Sir George Bowen

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Sir George Bowen

Was	Queenslands First Governor^[8]
Was	Queensland’s first Governor^[1]
Wrote About	Colonial Forces Similar to Native Police^[8]
Wrote About	Other Colonial Forces Similar to Native Police^[9]
Wrote in	1861^[8]
Advised Organised	Local Constabulary Including Native Mounted Police^[1]
Described Aboriginal People Mid1863	'cannibals', who 'have no hereditary chiefs...'^[1]
Hoped to Extend Force	Inland Districts Settlers Danger^[1]
Ignorance of Indigenous Culture	no great impediment... to better understanding^[1]
Reported Glowing Terms	Wave Pastoral Settlement Northwards^[1]

ex:sir-george-bowen

Sir George Bowen has 34 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 9 references, with 2 live disagreements.

34 facts·30 predicates·9 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:was(3), wrote about(3), wrote in(1)

Wasin dispute`was`

Queenslands First Governor^[8]all time · Downloaded Archive 695941cf9f99c59d
Queenslands First Governor^[9]all time · Downloaded Arch Aaeb6bc39ab8
Queensland’s first Governor^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Wrote Aboutin dispute`wroteAbout`

Colonial Forces Similar to Native Police^[8]all time · Downloaded Archive 695941cf9f99c59d
Colonial Forces Similar to Native Police^[7]all time · Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch Db3b611644d7
Other Colonial Forces Similar to Native Police^[9]all time · Downloaded Arch Aaeb6bc39ab8

Wrote in`wroteIn`

1861^[8]all time · Downloaded Archive 695941cf9f99c59d

Advised Organised`advisedOrganised`

Local Constabulary Including Native Mounted Police^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Described Aboriginal People Mid1863`describedAboriginalPeopleMid1863`

'cannibals', who 'have no hereditary chiefs...'^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Hoped to Extend Force`hopedToExtendForce`

Inland Districts Settlers Danger^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Ignorance of Indigenous Culture`ignoranceOfIndigenousCulture`

no great impediment... to better understanding^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Reported Glowing Terms`reportedGlowingTerms`

Wave Pastoral Settlement Northwards^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Stated Law Applies`statedLawApplies`

same to Blacks as to Whites^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Told London`toldLondon`

'an uncontrollable desire for vengeance took possession of every heart'^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Wrote Soon After`wroteSoonAfter`

'Parliament legalized its existence... Regulations revised by Attorney General'^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Wrote to`wroteTo`

England, 1860^[1]all time · Downloaded Arch 329a1c37696b

Inbound mentions (5)

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`hasGovernorAppointmentRumored`Has Governor Appointment Rumored(1)

Hongkongex:hongkong

`referencedBy`Referenced by(1)

British Empireex:british-empire

`storyRecollectedBy`Story Recollected by(1)

Negro Church New Yorkex:negro-church-new-york

`successorOf`Successor of(1)

Sir John Pope Hennessey to Queenslandex:sir-john-pope-hennessey-to-queensland

`underGovernor`Under Governor(1)

Ratcliffe Pringex:ratcliffe-pring

Other facts (18)

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18 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Compared Native Police to Other Forces	Malay Corps Ceylon	[5]
Was Queenslands First Governor	1861	[5]
Position	Queensland's first Governor	[7]
Joked	Will wool grow in Australia?	[6]
Spoke in	Discussion	[6]
Apprehended About	Aboriginal Resistance	[3]
Named Models for	Native Police Queensland	[3]
Queenslands First Governor	null	[3]
Arrived As First Governor of	Queensland	[4]
Appointed to	Governor of Hongkong	[2]
Future Position	Hong Kong	[2]
Will Succeed	Sir John Pope a Musgrave	[2]
Rumored to Become	Governor of Hong Kong	[2]
Rumored to Succeed	Mr Pope Hennessey	[2]
In Facetious Mood	true	[6]
Rumored Appointed Governor of	Hongkong	[2]
Prior Role	Governor of Queensland	[2]
Known Governor	true	[2]

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34 undated

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advisedOrganisedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

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appointedTotrove-cooktown/cingalese

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apprehendedAboutrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children

ex:aboriginal-resistance

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arrivedAsFirstGovernorOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/163897215_Saturday-10-December-1892_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL

ex:queensland

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comparedNativePoliceToOtherForcesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99

ex:malay-corps-ceylon

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describedAboriginalPeopleMid1863rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

'cannibals', who 'have no hereditary chiefs...'

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futurePositiontrove-cooktown/cingalese

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hopedToExtendForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

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ignoranceOfIndigenousCulturerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

no great impediment... to better understanding

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inFacetiousMoodrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-71985104

true

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jokedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-71985104

Will wool grow in Australia?

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knownGovernortrove-cooktown/cingalese

true

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namedModelsForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children

ex:native-police-queensland

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positionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-db3b611644d7

Queensland's first Governor

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priorRoletrove-cooktown/cingalese

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queenslandsFirstGovernorrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children

null

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reportedGlowingTermsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

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rumoredToBecometrove-cooktown/cingalese

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rumoredToSucceedtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:mr-pope-hennessey

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spokeInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-71985104

ex:discussion

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statedLawAppliesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

same to Blacks as to Whites

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toldLondonrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

'an uncontrollable desire for vengeance took possession of every heart'

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wasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-695941cf9f99c59d

ex:queenslands-first-governor

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wasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8

ex:queenslands-first-governor

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wasrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

Queensland’s first Governor

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wasQueenslandsFirstGovernorrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99

1861

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willSucceedtrove-cooktown/cingalese

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wroteAboutrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-695941cf9f99c59d

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wroteAboutrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-db3b611644d7

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wroteAboutrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8

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wroteInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-695941cf9f99c59d

1861

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wroteSoonAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

'Parliament legalized its existence... Regulations revised by Attorney General'

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wroteTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-329a1c37696b

England, 1860

References (9)

9 references

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[2]Cingalese8 facts
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[3]Jonathan Richards Question of Necessity Isley Port Douglas Children3 facts
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[4]163897215 Saturday 10 December 1892 Local and General1 fact
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[5]Downloaded Arch 695941cf9f992 facts
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[6]Trove Hartley Sykes Oconnor Cape Bedford 719851043 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-71985104
[7]Downloaded Archives 2026 05 05 2026 05 06 Batch Db3b611644d72 facts
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[9]Downloaded Arch Aaeb6bc39ab82 facts
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Sir George Bowen

Wasin disputewas

Wrote Aboutin disputewroteAbout

Wrote inwroteIn

Advised OrganisedadvisedOrganised

Described Aboriginal People Mid1863describedAboriginalPeopleMid1863

Hoped to Extend ForcehopedToExtendForce

Ignorance of Indigenous CultureignoranceOfIndigenousCulture

Reported Glowing TermsreportedGlowingTerms

Stated Law AppliesstatedLawApplies

Told LondontoldLondon

Wrote Soon AfterwroteSoonAfter

Wrote towroteTo

Inbound mentions (5)

hasGovernorAppointmentRumoredHas Governor Appointment Rumored(1)

referencedByReferenced by(1)

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Wrote Aboutin dispute`wroteAbout`

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Advised Organised`advisedOrganised`

Described Aboriginal People Mid1863`describedAboriginalPeopleMid1863`

Hoped to Extend Force`hopedToExtendForce`

Ignorance of Indigenous Culture`ignoranceOfIndigenousCulture`

Reported Glowing Terms`reportedGlowingTerms`

Stated Law Applies`statedLawApplies`

Told London`toldLondon`

Wrote Soon After`wroteSoonAfter`

Wrote to`wroteTo`

`hasGovernorAppointmentRumored`Has Governor Appointment Rumored(1)

`referencedBy`Referenced by(1)

`storyRecollectedBy`Story Recollected by(1)

`successorOf`Successor of(1)

`underGovernor`Under Governor(1)