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South Sea Islanders has 89 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 33 references, with 6 live disagreements.

89 facts·80 predicates·33 sources·6 in dispute

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Harder to Obtainin disputeharderToObtain

  • yes[1]all time · Cingalese
  • null[1]all time · Cingalese

More Costly Than Hithertoin disputemoreCostlyThanHitherto

  • yes[1]all time · Cingalese
  • null[1]all time · Cingalese

Ceased to Be Terror toin disputeceasedToBeTerrorTo

Insufficient Number toin disputeinsufficientNumberTo

Best Labourers forbestLabourersFor

  • Cane Fields[10]all time · Northmost Australia Vol2 Cooktown Coen Archer Context
  • Cane Fields[11]all time · 001 Gutenberg Net Au Ebooks13 1303641h Html Html Extracted 8a88a944988d

Abductedabducted

Presupposes ExistencepresupposesExistence

  • true[24]all time · Trove Trove Reynolds Qld James Walker Maryborough Saturday 8 February 1873 1308693 Telegraphic Australian Associated Press Telegrams Warwick Friday

Subject tosubjectTo

  • Labor Recruitment System[32]all time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Blucher Aboriginal Thursday 13 August 1885 288624273 Water Scheme Conference

Returned toreturnedTo

  • South Sea Islands[23]all time · Trove Trove Cooktown All James Walker Maryborough Saturday 3 September 1881 169520032 Local News

Also Known AsalsoKnownAs

  • Pacific Islanders[6]sourceall time · Trove Trove Articles Yarrabah Transfer Saturday 4 February 1933 54718976 Origin and History Aboriginal Missions Queensland Settlements

Inbound mentions (50)

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Other facts (68)

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68 facts
PredicateValueRef
Is Population GroupPacific Island Population[6]
Previously Resident inTorres Strait Islands[6]
Married to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Womentrue[28]
Taken to Work insugarcane plantations[33]
Recognised Separate1975Still Under Daia[31]
Employed AsWhite Collar Workers in Banks Offices[20]
Employed As Nursesnull[20]
Employed As Teachers and Pastorsnull[20]
Great Majority Practising Christiansnull[20]
In Own Small Businesses Such As Truck Drivingnull[20]
Must Qualify for Aboriginal Programs ThroughAboriginal Descent[20]
Preserved Value System Traditional Pragmatism Self Reliance Industriousness Generosity Hospitalitynull[20]
Success Stories inAitep[20]
Suffered Local Racism Legislative Restrictions Removed1960snull[20]
Wary Due to Long Experience Conduct Social Within Own Communitiesnull[20]
Ambivalent Social Positionlinks to Black community strong despite tensions[7]
Misidentified As Aboriginal TorresQueensland Nsw Coast[7]
Employ Aboriginals in DistrictAboriginals[19]
Known Ascannibals[27]
Important forSugar Cane Sowing and Harvesting[25]
Controlled byinspectors and stringent special laws[16]
Number8000[16]
EmployAboriginal Labor[18]
Best Labourers in Cane Fieldsnull[13]
Perform Duties inPearling Industry[13]
Best Labourers for Cane Fieldsnull[12]
Voluntarily Renewed Servicenull[12]
Are BestCane Field Labourers[8]
Best Labour forCane Fields[14]
Well Treated onQueensland Plantations[14]
Best forCane Fields[9]
Passed ThroughCooktown[30]
Transported bySteamer Marunon[30]
Origins IncludeRolumah, Lifu, Savage Island, Tanna[29]
Built Houses onDarnley Island[15]
Commenced Gardens onDarnley Island[15]
Relocated byJ Douglas[15]
Removed by FromJ Douglas[15]
Built Comfortable Houses onDarnley Island[15]
Commenced CultivatingGardens on Darnley[15]
Removed FromMurray Island[15]
75 Percent Returning With Firearmsnull[1]
Take Liberal Supply ofFirearms and Ammunition[1]
UncivilisedTrue[15]
Becoming Scarcer Dailynull[1]
Becoming Scarcerdaily[1]
Introducing Lower Class Physiqueyes[1]
Countrymen ofRuatoka[17]
Creeping in Everywherenull[1]
Employed in Tin MinesWild River[1]
Have Interest in Produce20s to 30s per ton fish[15]
Interest in Produce20s to 30s per ton of fish[15]
Wages30s per month[15]
Insufficient in Number toseriously affect labour market except locally[4]
No Longer Feared byEuropesns Workers[4]
Affect Labour Market Except inParticular Localities[4]
Exist in Insufficient Numbersnull[4]
Not Sufficient Number toSeriously Permanently Affect Labour Market[4]
Ceased to Beterror to European labourers[4]
Not Sufficient toSeriously Affect Labour Market Qld[4]
Has Contextblackbirding era[24]
AliasKanakas[5]
Fall Between Two Stools Not Postwar Immigrants Not Indigenousnull[20]
Implicature of Impunitynull[3]
Known As KanakasKanakas[18]
Previously Terror to Labourersnull[4]
Employed As LaborPlantations[21]
Stereotyped As TroublesomePolice[15]

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75PercentReturningWithFirearmstrove-cooktown/cingalese
null
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links to Black community strong despite tensions
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daily
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null
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null
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ceasedToBetrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
terror to European labourers
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commencedCultivatingtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
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inspectors and stringent special laws
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null
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null
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null
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null
greatMajorityPractisingChristiansrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06
null
harderToObtaintrove-cooktown/cingalese
yes
harderToObtaintrove-cooktown/cingalese
null
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blackbirding era
haveInterestInProducetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
20s to 30s per ton fish
implicatureOfImpunityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-charles-hilton-lawrence-cooktown-black-protector-north-shore-reserve-1882
null
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inOwnSmallBusinesses-such-as-truck-drivingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06
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interestInProducetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
20s to 30s per ton of fish
introducingLowerClassPhysiquetrove-cooktown/cingalese
yes
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cannibals
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marriedToAboriginalOrTorresStraitWomenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-publications-colonial-secretary-index-port-douglas-chairman-telegram-721f3094847f
true
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moreCostlyThanHithertotrove-cooktown/cingalese
yes
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null
mustQualifyForAboriginalProgramsThroughrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06
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numberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/ros-kidd-queensland-aboriginal-administration-overview-employment-registers-permits-structure
8000
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Rolumah, Lifu, Savage Island, Tanna
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null
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null
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null
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References (33)

33 references
  1. [1]Cingalese11 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0075
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-charles-hilton-lawrence-cooktown-black-protector-north-shore-reserve-1882
  4. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  5. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-publications-colonial-secretary-index-col-a579-baileys-creek-67c69c3db990
  6. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--yarrabah-transfer--saturday 4 february 1933--54718976--origin-and-history-aboriginal-missions-queensland-settlements
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-05
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-3cfaf411bc17
  9. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-mail-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-83af66c9d4b8
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northmost-australia-vol2-cooktown-coen-archer-context
  11. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-8a88a944988d
  12. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-803552e89746
  13. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-4433e6ffd325
  14. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-mail-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-a82927ffadc5
  15. [15]Coloured Persons12 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  16. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/ros-kidd-queensland-aboriginal-administration-overview-employment-registers-permits-structure
  17. [17]Beche De Mer1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  18. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-ocr-page/dr57972-page-280-420a03347acf
  19. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/home-secretary-roth-index-exact-bridge-snippets
  20. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-06
  21. [21]Watkins1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  22. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-d45e8a9888e2
  23. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-walker-maryborough--saturday 3 september 1881--169520032--local-news
  24. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-reynolds-qld--james-walker-maryborough--saturday 8 february 1873--1308693--telegraphic-australian-associated-press-telegrams-warwick-friday
  25. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cairns-history-tim-bottoms-source-route
  26. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2475-eid-67472
  27. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-23977184
  28. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-publications-colonial-secretary-index-port-douglas-chairman-telegram-721f3094847f
  29. [29]Fallen Women1 fact
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  30. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172579577_Friday-5-December-1902_Provincial-Pickings
  31. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/turning-aboriginal-ahwang-protector-legal-classification-asian-aboriginal-c9bfa0b4c8c2
  32. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--blucher-aboriginal--thursday 13 august 1885--288624273--water-scheme-conference
  33. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cairns-art-gallery-daniel-boyd-harry-mossman-neglected-yarrabah-6a8b9fad31c3

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