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Roundabout Column has 53 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 9 references, with 5 live disagreements.

53 facts·45 predicates·9 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:reports on(5), genre(2), puns on(2)

Inbound mentions (3)

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`isReferredNewspaper`Is Referred Newspaper(1)

Herberton Advertiserex:herberton-advertiser

`isSection`Is Section(1)

Trove Article 84141802ex:trove-article-84141802

`writesColumn`Writes Column(1)

Roundabout Authorex:roundabout-author

Other facts (53)

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53 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Reports on	Labor Issues	[9]
Reports on	Womens Issues	[9]
Reports on	Crime and Punishment	[9]
Reports on	Industrial Accidents	[9]
Reports on	Economic Development	[9]
Genre	humorous news gossip puns	[2]
Genre	gossip social notes	[5]
Puns on	re-Bell-any	[2]
Puns on	Burke-d	[2]
Uses Poetic Form	null	[7]
Uses Poetic Form	True	[9]
Uses Racial Term	Blacks	[9]
Uses Racial Term	Maori	[9]
Contains Poem Snippet	To the Pearly-brook...	[1]
Presupposes Audience Knowledge of	Local Gossip Figures	[1]
Sarcastic Tone About	Chief Justice Departure	[1]
Published on Date	1883-05-12	[1]
Is Olla Podrida	null	[1]
Appeared on Page	9	[1]
Gossip Column Genre	null	[1]
Uses Proverb	When cat's away the mice can play	[2]
Criticizes Poor Literature	Brisbane company burden	[2]
Dismisses Scare	Bah!	[2]
Employs Poetry	multiple poems	[2]
Invites Readers When	thy Mother out	[2]
Presupposes Mischief When	authority absent	[2]
Addresses	Are you awake Sam?	[2]
Counters With Trial Scenario	Slow Poison Mother in Law Trial	[3]
Advocates Payment	Conscience Smitten Queensland	[3]
Asserts Facts True	Don Juan Quote Presupposition	[3]
Counters Philosopher With Scenario	Prison Hominy Kapok Scenario	[3]
Hopes for	Rawdon Briggs Insurance	[3]
Mocks	Lady Constance Howard	[3]
Praises Finder Likelihood	Young Man Ad Man	[3]
Quotes	"All that I know is that the facts I state Are true as truth has ever been of late."	[3]
Sarcastic on Release	Separation Release	[3]
Section of	Trove Article 84112733	[3]
Speculates Humorously on	Other Street Cases	[3]
Suggests Hint to	Big Firm to Act	[3]
Uses Humor and Sarcasm	frequently	[3]
Publication Date	1883-05-26	[4]
Located on	Queensland Figaro	[4]
Page Number	6	[4]
Introduces With Poem	Intro Poem	[5]
References Multiple Newspapers	true	[5]
Genre Gossip and News Roundup	null	[6]
Genre Gossip	null	[8]
Has Genre	news miscellany	[9]
Uses Humor	True	[9]
Covers Geographic Scope	Queensland and beyond	[9]
Presupposes	Male Reader Default	[9]
Reflects	Colonial Australian Society	[9]
Uses Ethnic Term	Chinese	[9]

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containsPoemSnippettrove-cooktown/cingalese

To the Pearly-brook...

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presupposesAudienceKnowledgeOftrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:local-gossip-figures

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sarcasticToneAbouttrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:chief-justice-departure

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publishedOnDatetrove-cooktown/cingalese

1883-05-12

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isOllaPodridatrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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appearedOnPagetrove-cooktown/cingalese

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gossipColumnGenretrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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usesProverbtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

When cat's away the mice can play

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criticizesPoorLiteraturetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

Brisbane company burden

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dismissesScaretrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

Bah!

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employsPoetrytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

multiple poems

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genretrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

humorous news gossip puns

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invitesReadersWhentrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

thy Mother out

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punsOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

re-Bell-any

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punsOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

Burke-d

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presupposesMischiefWhentrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

authority absent

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addressestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

Are you awake Sam?

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countersWithTrialScenariotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:slow-poison-mother-in-law-trial

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advocatesPaymenttrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:conscience-smitten-queensland

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assertsFactsTruetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:don-juan-quote-presupposition

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countersPhilosopherWithScenariotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:prison-hominy-kapok-scenario

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hopesFortrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:rawdon-briggs-insurance

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mockstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:lady-constance-howard

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praisesFinderLikelihoodtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:young-man-ad-man

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quotestrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

"All that I know is that the facts I state Are true as truth has ever been of late."

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sarcasticOnReleasetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:separation-release

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sectionOftrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:trove-article-84112733

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speculatesHumorouslyOntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:other-street-cases

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suggestsHintTotrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:big-firm-to-act

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usesHumorAndSarcasmtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

frequently

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publicationDatetrove-cooktown/watkins

1883-05-26

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locatedOntrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:queensland-figaro

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pageNumbertrove-cooktown/watkins

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genretrove-cooktown/davis-cooktown

gossip social notes

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introducesWithPoemtrove-cooktown/davis-cooktown

ex:intro-poem

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referencesMultipleNewspaperstrove-cooktown/davis-cooktown

true

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genreGossipAndNewsRounduptrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

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usesPoeticFormlaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

null

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genreGossiprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-83678465

null

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hasGenreblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

news miscellany

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usesPoeticFormblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

ex:true

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usesHumorblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

ex:true

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coversGeographicScopeblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

Queensland and beyond

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presupposesblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

ex:male-reader-default

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reflectsblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

ex:colonial-australian-society

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usesRacialTermblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

Blacks

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usesRacialTermblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

Maori

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usesEthnicTermblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 14 july 1883--83677638--roundabout

Chinese

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