Sir Arthur Gordon

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Sir Arthur Gordon

Namesake of	Mr a B Gordon^[1]
Namesake of	Mr a C Gordon^[1]
Encouraged Feudal System	Fiji^[1]
Encouraged Feudal System	null^[1]
Rdf:type	Government Official^[9]
Rdf:type	Person^[8]
Role	High Commissioner^[10]
Follows Theory That	natives mild innocent savages, whites murdering wretches^[5]
Is Pet of	Exeter Hall^[5]
Shown Annexation Easily Accomplished	New Guinea Annexation^[12]
Role Lord High Commissioner	null^[11]

ex:sir-arthur-gordon

Sir Arthur Gordon has 56 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 12 references, with 3 live disagreements.

56 facts·52 predicates·12 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:namesake of(2), encouraged feudal system(2), rdf:type(2)

Namesake ofin dispute`namesakeOf`

Mr a B Gordon^[1]all time · Protector Roth
Mr a C Gordon^[1]all time · Protector Roth

Encouraged Feudal Systemin dispute`encouragedFeudalSystem`

Fiji^[1]all time · Protector Roth
null^[1]all time · Protector Roth

Rdf:typein dispute`rdf:type`

Government Official^[9]all time · 01c7cc8f Bb00 4976 943f F22272215c59
Person^[8]all time · 0312d5c0 6c78 462a Bc38 Ae6d5fa1604b

Role`role`

High Commissioner^[10]all time · 004 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51982736 3537fe237add

Follows Theory That`followsTheoryThat`

natives mild innocent savages, whites murdering wretches^[5]all time · Aboriginal Bdm Crew

Is Pet of`isPetOf`

Exeter Hall^[5]all time · Aboriginal Bdm Crew

Shown Annexation Easily Accomplished`shownAnnexationEasilyAccomplished`

New Guinea Annexation^[12]all time · Watkins

Role Lord High Commissioner`roleLordHighCommissioner`

null^[11]all time · Prostitution

Attained Results in`attainedResultsIn`

Fiji^[3]all time · Beche De Mer

Encouraged`encouraged`

Feudal System^[1]all time · Protector Roth

Not Type to Establish`notTypeToEstablish`

Slavery System^[1]all time · Protector Roth

Described As`describedAs`

able and enlightened administrator^[1]all time · Protector Roth

Inbound mentions (15)

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`summonedBy`Summoned by(3)

Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour
Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour
Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour

`chargesMorallyResponsible`Charges Morally Responsible(1)

Sydney Telegraph Writerex:sydney-telegraph-writer

`claimsAgainst`Claims Against(1)

Mr Huntex:mr-hunt

`consistsOf`Consists of(1)

Royal Commission Polynesiaex:royal-commission-polynesia

`from`From(1)

Captain Kilgour Summonsex:captain-kilgour-summons

`inPlaceOf`In Place of(1)

Major General Scratchley Offerex:major-general-scratchley-offer

`inResponseToSummonsFrom`In Response to Summons From(1)

Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour

`inResponseToSummonsFromHighCommissioner`In Response to Summons From High Commissioner(1)

Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour

`praisesExtraordinaryResultsBy`Praises Extraordinary Results by(1)

Baron Hubnerex:baron-hubner

`quotesFrom`Quotes From(1)

Dr J G Patonex:dr-j-g-paton

`replaces`Replaces(1)

Major General Scratchley Appointmentex:major-general-scratchley-appointment

`summonedByHighCommissioner`Summoned by High Commissioner(1)

Captain Kilgourex:captain-kilgour

`wantsViewFrom`Wants View From(1)

The Telegraphex:the-telegraph

Other facts (41)

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41 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Able and Enlightened Administrator	null	[1]
Encouraged System	Feudal	[1]
Not Man to Establish	Absolute Slavery	[1]
Resigned	true	[3]
Resigns	High Commissionership Pacific	[2]
To Be Next Governor of	Ceylon	[2]
Is Still Amongst US	null	[6]
Will Arrive in Colony	end of November	[6]
Will Not Leave for	until October	[6]
Will Take Out With Him	four private secretaries	[6]
Is Currently	Governor of New Zealand	[2]
Commented on	Sydney Conference Minutes	[4]
Drew Attention to Anomalous Position	Imperial Government	[4]
Has Perfect Confidence With	Commodore	[4]
High Commissioner of Western Pacific	true	[4]
Received No Intimation	true	[4]
Regrets Conference Ignored Offer	true	[4]
Returned to Fiji	1879	[4]
Shows Facts Lacking Foundation	Conference Statements	[4]
Wrote Letter	Letter to Parliament	[4]
Wrote Memorandum	Accompanying Memorandum	[4]
Not Very Popular	Fiji	[7]
Will Be Recalled	True	[7]
Wants to Hear From	Fiji Matter	[1]
Has to Say on Matter	Feudal System	[1]
As Susceptible As to Almond Eyed Celestials of Hong Kong	null	[2]
Susceptible to	Cingalese	[2]
Historical Governor Context	null	[6]
Presupposes Colony Will Pay One Secretary	null	[6]
Complains With Justice	true	[4]
Disposes of Charges Masterfully	true	[4]
Expresses Guarded Opinion on Exceptional Dealing	true	[4]
Hopes Charges From Levity of Ignorance	true	[4]
Produced Able State Paper	true	[4]
Thinks Exceptional Circumstances Justify Exceptional Dealing	true	[4]
Views Topic As Sufficiently Important	true	[4]
Rdfs:label	Sir Arthur Gordon	[8]
Rdfs:label	Sir Arthur Gordon	[9]
Trip to	New Guinea	[9]
Not Likely to Establish Slavery	null	[1]
Rumoured to Become	Governor of Jamaica	[2]

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56 undated

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ableAndEnlightenedAdministratortrove-cooktown/protector-roth

null

—

asSusceptibleAsToAlmondEyedCelestialsOfHongKongtrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

—

attainedResultsIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:fiji

—

commentedOntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:sydney-conference-minutes

—

complainsWithJusticetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

describedAstrove-cooktown/protector-roth

able and enlightened administrator

—

disposesOfChargesMasterfullytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

drewAttentionToAnomalousPositiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:imperial-government

—

encouragedtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:feudal-system

—

encouragedFeudalSystemtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:fiji

—

encouragedFeudalSystemtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

null

—

encouragedSystemtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:feudal

—

expressesGuardedOpinionOnExceptionalDealingtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

followsTheoryThattrove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew

natives mild innocent savages, whites murdering wretches

—

hasPerfectConfidenceWithtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:commodore

—

hasToSayOnMattertrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:feudal-system

—

highCommissionerOfWesternPacifictrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

historicalGovernorContexttrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

null

—

hopesChargesFromLevityOfIgnorancetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

isCurrentlytrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:governor-of-new-zealand

—

isPetOftrove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew

ex:exeter-hall

—

isStillAmongstUstrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

null

—

namesakeOftrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:mr-a-b-gordon

—

namesakeOftrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:mr-a-c-gordon

—

notLikelyToEstablishSlaverytrove-cooktown/protector-roth

null

—

notManToEstablishtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:absolute-slavery

—

notTypeToEstablishtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:slavery-system

—

notVeryPopulartrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:fiji

—

presupposesColonyWillPayOneSecretarytrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

null

—

producedAbleStatePapertrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

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Sir Arthur Gordon

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Sir Arthur Gordon

—

typedocument/01c7cc8f-bb00-4976-943f-f22272215c59

ex:GovernmentOfficial

—

typedocument/0312d5c0-6c78-462a-bc38-ae6d5fa1604b

ex:Person

—

receivedNoIntimationtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

regretsConferenceIgnoredOffertrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

resignedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

—

resignstrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:high-commissionership-pacific

—

returnedToFijitrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

1879

—

rolerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51982736-3537fe237add

High Commissioner

—

roleLordHighCommissionertrove-cooktown/prostitution

null

—

rumouredToBecometrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:governor-of-jamaica

—

shownAnnexationEasilyAccomplishedtrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:new-guinea-annexation

—

showsFactsLackingFoundationtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:conference-statements

—

susceptibleTotrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:cingalese

—

thinksExceptionalCircumstancesJustifyExceptionalDealingtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

toBeNextGovernorOftrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:ceylon

—

tripTodocument/01c7cc8f-bb00-4976-943f-f22272215c59

New Guinea

—

viewsTopicAsSufficientlyImportanttrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

wantsToHearFromtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:fiji-matter

—

willArriveInColonytrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

end of November

—

willBeRecalledtrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

ex:true

—

willNotLeaveFortrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

until October

—

willTakeOutWithHimtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

four private secretaries

—

wroteLettertrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:letter-to-parliament

—

wroteMemorandumtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:accompanying-memorandum

References (12)

12 references

[1]Protector Roth13 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/protector-roth
[2]Cingalese6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[3]Beche De Mer2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[4]Coloured Persons17 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[5]Aboriginal Bdm Crew2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
[6]Malay Cooktown6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[7]Mauritius Queensland2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
[8]THE SUGAR INDUSTRY ISIS PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.2 facts
trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/0312d5c0-6c78-462a-bc38-ae6d5fa1604b
- full textTHE SUGAR INDUSTRY ISIS PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.
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  28 Feb 1894 - THE SUGAR INDUSTRY Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wednesday 28 February 1894, page 6 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY ISIS PROGRESS ASSOCIATION. "J ho monthly committco meeting of tho Isis Progress Association was held on Saturday t…
[9]City Police Court. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12.3 facts
trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/01c7cc8f-bb00-4976-943f-f22272215c59
- full textCity Police Court. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
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  13 Nov 1879 - City Police Court. Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thursday 13 November 1879, page 3 City Police Court. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12. Bei out the police magistrate and uses T F Merry and 6 L mg, JJ P OihU.NL Lvnuihci William …
[10]004 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 51982736 3537fe237add1 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51982736-3537fe237add
[11]Prostitution1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
[12]Watkins1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins

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Sir Arthur Gordon

Namesake ofin disputenamesakeOf

Encouraged Feudal Systemin disputeencouragedFeudalSystem

Rdf:typein disputerdf:type

Rolerole

Follows Theory ThatfollowsTheoryThat

Is Pet ofisPetOf

Shown Annexation Easily AccomplishedshownAnnexationEasilyAccomplished

Role Lord High CommissionerroleLordHighCommissioner

Attained Results inattainedResultsIn

Encouragedencouraged

Not Type to EstablishnotTypeToEstablish

Described AsdescribedAs

Inbound mentions (15)

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fromFrom(1)

inPlaceOfIn Place of(1)

inResponseToSummonsFromIn Response to Summons From(1)

inResponseToSummonsFromHighCommissionerIn Response to Summons From High Commissioner(1)

praisesExtraordinaryResultsByPraises Extraordinary Results by(1)

quotesFromQuotes From(1)

replacesReplaces(1)

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