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Selectors has 74 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 44 references, with 2 live disagreements.

74 facts·71 predicates·44 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:lost all possessions in(2), encroached upon(2), find great difficulty in(2)

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Inbound mentions (53)

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suggestsAboriginalsOnReserveHiredOutToSuggests Aboriginals on Reserve Hired Out to(8)

suggestsHireOutAboriginalsFromReserveToSuggests Hire Out Aboriginals From Reserve to(2)

willBenefitWill Benefit(2)

allegesAboriginalsMurderedAlleges Aboriginals Murdered(1)

annoyedAnnoyed(1)

attendedByAttended by(1)

causedHairBreadthEscapesCaused Hair Breadth Escapes(1)

causesLossOfAllToCauses Loss of All to(1)

composedOfInstalmentsAsRentFromComposed of Instalments As Rent From(1)

composedOfInstalmentsFromComposed of Instalments From(1)

confersBenefitsOnConfers Benefits on(1)

couldBeHiredOutToCould Be Hired Out to(1)

emphasizesDroughtStraitsEmphasizes Drought Straits(1)

employedByEmployed by(1)

employedBySelectorsEmployed by Selectors(1)

equivalentToAnnuityEquivalent to Annuity(1)

essentialPropertyPioneeredEssential Property Pioneered(1)

impartedAdviceToImparted Advice to(1)

inflictedSeriousLossInflicted Serious Loss(1)

inputRequirementInput Requirement(1)

instanceOfHardshipsToInstance of Hardships to(1)

isProfitableForIs Profitable for(1)

largelyAttendedByLargely Attended by(1)

leasesLandFromMultipleOwnersLeases Land From Multiple Owners(1)

lookedForwardToWithGreatInterestByLooked Forward to With Great Interest by(1)

needfulForNeedful for(1)

notes50EmployedNotes50 Employed(1)

notMolestedNot Molested(1)

portrayedAsThreatPortrayed As Threat(1)

practicalAdvantageToPractical Advantage to(1)

predictsEmploymentPredicts Employment(1)

predictsSuccessWouldOpenLandToPredicts Success Would Open Land to(1)

presupposesSelectorsExistPresupposes Selectors Exist(1)

publicizesOpportunityPublicizes Opportunity(1)

receiveFoodFromReceive Food From(1)

suggestsEmployedAboriginalsSuppliedBySuggests Employed Aboriginals Supplied by(1)

suggestsHireOutAboriginalsFromReserveSuggests Hire Out Aboriginals From Reserve(1)

suggestsRationsForWorkingAboriginalsSuggests Rations for Working Aboriginals(1)

suggestsWorkingAboriginalsSuppliedBySuggests Working Aboriginals Supplied by(1)

takenOverByTaken Over by(1)

takenUpByTaken Up by(1)

visitedEmployersOfVisited Employers of(1)

willSolicitSupportFromWill Solicit Support From(1)

wouldBeTakenUpByWould Be Taken Up by(1)

Other facts (74)

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74 facts
PredicateValueRef
Lost All Possessions in1894 Flood[19]
Lost All Possessions in1894 Daintree Flood[27]
Encroached UponRainforest Aborigines[30]
Encroached UponRainforest Aborigines[31]
Find Great Difficulty inFinding Market for Leaf[37]
Find Great Difficulty infinding a market for the leaf[38]
Conflicted WithSquatters[1]
Faced Conflict WithSquatters[1]
Action Upon Successtaken up by selectors[2]
Need Reliefimplied[3]
Overwhelmed With Responsibility ofNumerous Family[4]
Fortunate PossessorsForest Selections[5]
Secure Ten Years TenurePerpetuity Possession[5]
Pay Per Acre18pence-shilling-sixpence[5]
Have Railway AdjoiningLand[5]
Get Cash for ProduceNo Waiting for Floods[5]
Gain Fee SimpleLand[5]
Exist inCoast Districts[5]
Should AnticipateSales[5]
Advised to SelectLincoln Sheep[5]
EndeavoringProfitable Efforts[5]
Will Lose Heavily UnlessRain Soon[3]
Each Given250 Acrestrue[5]
Combine IntoSyndicate[5]
Have Desire to BecomeLandowners[5]
Require Small AreasFarming Class[6]
Deontically Entitled to CompensationQueensland Government[7]
Induced to Grow Riceby Chinese success[3]
Presupposes Existence Of94null[8]
Exist in MackayLand Selectors[9]
Exist EagerlyHerberton Lands[3]
Made Contracts on Fair PresumptionEqual Justice[10]
Undertake to Settle and Improvenull[11]
Anxious to KnowBoundaries of Land[12]
At Considerable Trouble Saving ImprovementsFrom Destruction[12]
Wrote AboutState of Roads[12]
Apply for Certificates of FulfilmentTrue[13]
May Pay PortionRent Arrears[14]
In Arrearssome[14]
Content With Cow Ifrears a calf[13]
Never Consider Selling Poor Milkernull[13]
Fail to OrganiseLabour Combination[15]
Use Capital forRates and Living Costs[15]
NeedCo Operation of Capital and Labour[15]
LackCapital[15]
Expects Equal TreatmentCooperative Settlers[16]
Cannot UnderstandNo Loans Like Cooperative Groups[16]
Would Take Up LandGood Land Endeavor Mcivor[17]
Pay Rent Initially Convertible toPurchase Price Part[18]
Obliged to Pay Rentnull[20]
Land Holderstrue[21]
Intends to Apply atJune Land Court Gympie[22]
Dependent on Land Court{}[23]
Determined to Give Right Loyal WelcomeSir Horace Tozer[24]
Have High Interest inSir Horace Tozer Visit[24]
Lost Everything in1894 Flood[25]
Hold Permits for AboriginalsAboriginals[26]
Found Fyfe Body Exactly AsMessengers Reported[28]
May Cut Down and Burn OffEvery Tree Inside Boundaries[29]
Refers to Roleland selectors[32]
Compelled to Live Awayfor convenience economy safety from blacks[33]
Own AboriginalsTrue[34]
Find Great DifficultyFinding Market[35]
Lacked Previous Knowledge ofTobacco Growing[36]
Appreciate Information But Difficulty Finding Markettrue[36]
Presupposes No Prior Experiencenull[37]
Greatly Appreciated Informationnull[37]
Lack Market Accessgreat difficulty finding market[38]
Suffer Economic HardshipDrought Effects[39]
Crops Vulnerable to Raidsnull[40]
Took Advantage ofLand Acts[41]
Should SupplyRations[42]
Treat Blacks Kindly Fairlykindly, fairly, few exceptions[43]
Rdf:typeConfiguration[44]

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conflictedWiththomas-davis/on-our-selection-wikipedia
ex:squatters
facedConflictWiththomas-davis/on-our-selection-wikipedia
ex:squatters
actionUponSuccesstrove-cooktown/mcivor-river
taken up by selectors
needRelieftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
implied
overwhelmedWithResponsibilityOftrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:numerous-family
fortunatePossessorstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:forest-selections
secureTenYearsTenuretrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:perpetuity-possession
payPerAcretrove-cooktown/cingalese
18pence-shilling-sixpence
haveRailwayAdjoiningtrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:land
getCashForProducetrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:no-waiting-for-floods
gainFeeSimpletrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:land
existIntrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:coast-districts
shouldAnticipatetrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:sales
advisedToSelecttrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:lincoln-sheep
endeavoringtrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:profitable-efforts
willLoseHeavilyUnlesstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:rain-soon
eachGiven250-acrestrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
combineIntotrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:syndicate
haveDesireToBecometrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:landowners
requireSmallAreastrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:farming-class
deonticallyEntitledToCompensationtrove-cooktown/mossman-early
ex:queensland-government
inducedToGrowRicetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
by Chinese success
presupposesExistenceOf94trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
null
existInMackaytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:land-selectors
existEagerlytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:herberton-lands
madeContractsOnFairPresumptiontrove-cooktown/fallen-women
ex:equal-justice
undertakeToSettleAndImprovetrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
null
anxiousToKnowtrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:boundaries-of-land
atConsiderableTroubleSavingImprovementstrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:from-destruction
wroteAbouttrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:state-of-roads
applyForCertificatesOfFulfilmenttrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:true
mayPayPortiontrove-cooktown/watkins
ex:rent-arrears
inArrearstrove-cooktown/watkins
some
contentWithCowIftrove-cooktown/reynolds
rears a calf
neverConsiderSellingPoorMilkertrove-cooktown/reynolds
null
failToOrganisetrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:labour-combination
useCapitalFortrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:rates-and-living-costs
needtrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:co-operation-of-capital-and-labour
lacktrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:capital
expectsEqualTreatmentlaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
ex:cooperative-settlers
cannotUnderstandlaura-corridor/loop6-blankets
ex:no-loans-like-cooperative-groups
wouldTakeUpLandbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/892298_Tuesday-2-November-1880-m-rose-endeavour-river-blacks-north-shore-letter
ex:good-land-endeavor-mcivor
payRentInitiallyConvertibleTolaura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
ex:purchase-price-part
lostAllPossessionsInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-035
ex:1894-flood
obligedToPayRenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield
null
land-holdersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/121931277_Tuesday-4-November-1884_COOKTOWN-Saturday-November-1
true
intendsToApplyAtbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168844985_Tuesday-19-May-1885_Advertising
ex:june-land-court-gympie
dependentOnLandCourtbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168868591_Thursday-11-August-1887_Advertising
{}
determinedToGiveRightLoyalWelcomebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171536244_Thursday-2-December-1897_notes-and-news
ex:sir-horace-tozer
haveHighInterestInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171536244_Thursday-2-December-1897_notes-and-news
ex:sir-horace-tozer-visit
lostEverythingInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/07-www-douglashistory-org-au-local-stories-daintree-river-floods-0199cc0ec334
ex:1894-flood
holdPermitsForAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-300-00f95cbde417
ex:aboriginals
lostAllPossessionsInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-douglashistory-org-au-local-stories-daintree-river-floods
ex:1894-daintree-flood
foundFyfeBodyExactlyAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20771513
ex:messengers-reported
mayCutDownAndBurnOffrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20772140
ex:every-tree-inside-boundaries
encroachedUponrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-jabukanji-focus-port-douglas-jabukanji-heritage-and-police-settler-violence
ex:rainforest-aborigines
encroachedUponrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-jcu-mona-mona-focus-places-removed-from-including-port-douglas-mowbray-vale
ex:rainforest-aborigines
refersToRolerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-read-all-itm847306-page-0425-craiglie-mowbray-river-selectors-carriers
land selectors
compelledToLiveAwayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/anu-native-police-frontier-targeted-excerpts-children-mowbray-port-douglas
for convenience economy safety from blacks
ownAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6820-walter-roth-1898-bloomfield-owned-by-selectors-children-service
ex:true
findGreatDifficultyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-20294327
ex:finding-market
lackedPreviousKnowledgeOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-146876519
ex:tobacco-growing
appreciateInformationButDifficultyFindingMarketrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-146876519
true
findGreatDifficultyInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-292718679
ex:finding-market-for-leaf
presupposesNoPriorExperiencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-292718679
null
greatlyAppreciatedInformationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-292718679
null
findGreatDifficultyInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3528271
finding a market for the leaf
lackMarketAccessrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3528271
great difficulty finding market
sufferEconomicHardshiprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-291460369
ex:drought-effects
cropsVulnerableToRaidsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jcu-race-relations-nq-chinese-palmer-kirkman-may
null
tookAdvantageOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/port-douglas-magazine-barnard-grave-morning-bulletin-local-context-053b36a81acd
ex:land-acts
shouldSupplyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-reynolds-rations-labour-batch-3117
ex:rations
treatBlacksKindlyFairlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-qsa6826-cooktown-exclusion-cape-bedford-3221
kindly, fairly, few exceptions
typeblah/tpmjs/24
ex:Configuration

References (44)

44 references
  1. ctx:genes/thomas-davis/on-our-selection-wikipedia
  2. [2]Mcivor River1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mcivor-river
  3. [3]Beche De Mer4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  4. [4]John Davis1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  5. [5]Cingalese13 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  6. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  7. [7]Mossman Early1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
  8. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  9. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  10. [10]Fallen Women1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  11. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
  12. [12]Prostitution3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  13. [13]Reynolds3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  14. [14]Watkins2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  15. [15]Nunn4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
  16. [16]Loop6 Blankets2 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop6-blankets
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/892298_Tuesday-2-November-1880-m-rose-endeavour-river-blacks-north-shore-letter
  18. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-035
  20. [20]Bloomfield1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  21. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/121931277_Tuesday-4-November-1884_COOKTOWN-Saturday-November-1
  22. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168844985_Tuesday-19-May-1885_Advertising
  23. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168868591_Thursday-11-August-1887_Advertising
  24. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/171536244_Thursday-2-December-1897_notes-and-news
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/07-www-douglashistory-org-au-local-stories-daintree-river-floods-0199cc0ec334
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-300-00f95cbde417
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/www-douglashistory-org-au-local-stories-daintree-river-floods
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20771513
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20772140
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-jabukanji-focus-port-douglas-jabukanji-heritage-and-police-settler-violence
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-jcu-mona-mona-focus-places-removed-from-including-port-douglas-mowbray-vale
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-read-all-itm847306-page-0425-craiglie-mowbray-river-selectors-carriers
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/anu-native-police-frontier-targeted-excerpts-children-mowbray-port-douglas
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6820-walter-roth-1898-bloomfield-owned-by-selectors-children-service
  35. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-20294327
  36. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-146876519
  37. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-292718679
  38. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hislop-bloomfield-rations-children-control-3528271
  39. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-291460369
  40. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jcu-race-relations-nq-chinese-palmer-kirkman-may
  41. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/port-douglas-magazine-barnard-grave-morning-bulletin-local-context-053b36a81acd
  42. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-reynolds-rations-labour-batch-3117
  43. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-qsa6826-cooktown-exclusion-cape-bedford-3221
  44. [44]241 fact
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