Telegraph Line

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Telegraph Line has 43 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 26 references, with 2 live disagreements.

43 facts·41 predicates·26 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:extended to(2), connected(2), proposed via(1)

Inbound mentions (22)

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`foundNear`Found Near(2)

John Matthewsex:john-matthews
Samuel Chapmanex:samuel-chapman

`hasLocationType`Has Location Type(2)

Nmp Event 54662ex:nmp-event-54662
Nmp Event Entry Id 58170ex:nmp-event-entry-id-58170

`approachedWithinDistanceOf`Approached Within Distance of(1)

Sub Inspector Dyasex:sub-inspector-dyas

`broughtLostDiggersSafely`Brought Lost Diggers Safely(1)

Aboriginalsex:aboriginals

`classifiedAsAttackOnProperty`Classified As Attack on Property(1)

Nmp Event 60292ex:nmp-event-60292

`concernsTelegraphInfrastructure`Concerns Telegraph Infrastructure(1)

Nmp Event Entryid 68564ex:nmp-event-entryid-68564

`constructedParallelTo`Constructed Parallel to(1)

Blacks Parallel Lineex:blacks-parallel-line

`emphasizesProgress`Emphasizes Progress(1)

Articleex:article

`framedAsPropertyAttack`Framed As Property Attack(1)

Nmp Event 51110ex:nmp-event-51110

`involvesCuttingOf`Involves Cutting of(1)

Nmp Event Entryid 51077ex:nmp-event-entryid-51077

`involvesDamageToInfrastructure`Involves Damage to Infrastructure(1)

Nmp Event 51118ex:nmp-event-51118

`isPropertyAttack`Is Property Attack(1)

Nmp Event 54662ex:nmp-event-54662

`knownOnlyAlong`Known Only Along(1)

Peninsulaex:peninsula

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

Nmp Event 60292ex:nmp-event-60292

`proposedAtCrossingOf`Proposed at Crossing of(1)

Police Station Duc Ie Riverex:police-station-duc ie-river

`repairedFirstBreak`Repaired First Break(1)

Mr Joseph Powerex:mr-joseph-power

`routeVia`Route Via(1)

Road to Potallahex:road-to-potallah

`supersedes`Supersedes(1)

Telephoneex:telephone

`targetsTelegraphLine`Targets Telegraph Line(1)

Nmp Event Entryid 68564ex:nmp-event-entryid-68564

`wasNorthernTerminusOf`Was Northern Terminus of(1)

Normanton 1876ex:normanton-1876

Other facts (43)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

43 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Extended to	Cape York	[7]
Extended to	Cairns	[16]
Connected	Cooktown Post Office	[26]
Connected	Palmerville Post Office	[26]
Proposed Via	Archer Point	[1]
Not Marked on Maps	Unmarked River	[2]
Miles Now Cleared	about thirty-five	[2]
Has Miles Cleared	35	[2]
Deontic Obligation	Contract	[2]
Completed Distance	80 miles	[2]
Proposed for	Herbert and Burdekin Railways	[3]
Lying in	Street Near Armbrusts	[3]
Was Idle Yesterday for	Lack of Operator	[4]
To Quarantine Station	Brisbane	[4]
Runs Along	Main Road Peninsula	[5]
Essential for	Northern Communication	[6]
Extended From	Palmerville	[7]
Used Iron Poles and	Single Wire	[7]
Connected by Cable to	Thursday Island	[7]
Enabled Communication to	Thursday Island	[7]
Erection Completed in	October 1886	[7]
Implies Regional Development	Cooktown Area	[8]
Was Swept Away by	Cooktown Cyclone	[9]
Under Construction in	1887	[10]
Dependent on	Repair Boat	[11]
Never Interfered With by	Aboriginals	[12]
Ran From Brisbane Via	Toowoomba Dalby Hawkwood Banana	[13]
Opened to on Date	Thornborough, November 10th 1877	[14]
Opened to Thornborough Nov10 1877 From Tate River Cooktown Line	null	[15]
Constructed From	Tate River	[16]
Opened to	Thronborough	[16]
Has Existential Parallel	Blacks Opposition Line	[17]
Broke Down	Nmp Event 18703	[18]
Under Construction to	Norman	[19]
Essential Infrastructure in	Cook Pastoral District	[20]
Functionally Serves Communication	Cooktown	[21]
Extends to	Palmer River	[21]
Extends From	Cooktown	[21]
Serves Teleological Purpose of Communication	true	[22]
Enables Rapid Communication	true	[23]
Is Infrastructure	Telegraph Infrastructure	[24]
Is Type of	Communication Infrastructure	[25]
Had Breakdown Cause	Blacks Using Wire for Spears	[26]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

43 undated

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proposedViatrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:archer-point

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notMarkedOnMapstrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:unmarked-river

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milesNowClearedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

about thirty-five

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hasMilesClearedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

—

deonticObligationtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:contract

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completedDistancetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

80 miles

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proposedFortrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:herbert-and-burdekin-railways

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lyingIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:street-near-armbrusts

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wasIdleYesterdayFortrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:lack-of-operator

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toQuarantineStationtrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:brisbane

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runsAlonglaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

ex:main-road-peninsula

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essentialForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19805339_Saturday-22-May-1886-the-ministerial-northern-tour-by-electric-telegraph-from-our

ex:northern-communication

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extendedFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

ex:palmerville

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usedIronPolesAndbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

ex:single-wire

—

extendedTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

ex:cape-york

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connectedByCableTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

ex:thursday-island

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enabledCommunicationTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

ex:thursday-island

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erectionCompletedInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r

October 1886

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impliesRegionalDevelopmenttrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:cooktown-area

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wasSweptAwayBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123990300_Saturday-26-January-1907_AN-INTERESTING-INTERVIEW-MR-DAVID-LINDSAYS-EXPERIENCES

ex:cooktown-cyclone

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underConstructionInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-61036576-0811b582df78

1887

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dependentOnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article21630870

ex:repair-boat

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neverInterferedWithByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-meston-port-douglas-mowbray-service-synthesis-meston-places-mowbray-river-labour-beside-child-service-abuse-pattern

ex:aboriginals

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ranFromBrisbaneViarosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-68870162

ex:toowoomba-dalby-hawkwood-banana

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openedToOnDaterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough--2703a478b8f3

Thornborough, November 10th 1877

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openedToThornboroughNov10-1877FromTateRiverCooktownLinerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-007-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-1dfca0c567e5

null

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constructedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-focused-reynolds-hotel-kingsborough-wason-thornborough-314bd64cdd88

ex:tate-river

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extendedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-focused-reynolds-hotel-kingsborough-wason-thornborough-314bd64cdd88

ex:cairns

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openedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-focused-reynolds-hotel-kingsborough-wason-thornborough-314bd64cdd88

ex:thronborough

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hasExistentialParallelrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0284-eid-17843

ex:blacks-opposition-line

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brokeDownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0384-eid-18703

ex:nmp-event-18703

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underConstructionTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0845-eid-21949

ex:norman

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essentialInfrastructureInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1699-eid-51110

ex:cook-pastoral-district

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functionallyServesCommunicationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2110-eid-60292

ex:cooktown

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extendsTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2110-eid-60292

ex:palmer-river

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extendsFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2110-eid-60292

ex:cooktown

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servesTeleologicalPurposeOfCommunicationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1930-eid-54627

true

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enablesRapidCommunicationblucher-uhr/trove--yululah--19787021--saturday-7-october-1882

true

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isInfrastructureblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--tuesday 10 april 1894--169000747--telegraphic-queensland-camooweal-april-9

ex:telegraph-infrastructure

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isTypeOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 28 april 1883--183698220--official-notifications

ex:communication-infrastructure

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connectedblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

ex:cooktown-post-office

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connectedblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

ex:palmerville-post-office

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hadBreakdownCauseblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

ex:blacks-using-wire-for-spears

References (26)

26 references

[1]Cingalese1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[2]Coloured Persons5 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[3]North Shore Full2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[4]Watkins2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
[5]Loop2 Massacres1 fact
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop2-massacres
[6]19805339 Saturday 22 May 1886 the Ministerial Northern Tour by Electric Telegraph From Our1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19805339_Saturday-22-May-1886-the-ministerial-northern-tour-by-electric-telegraph-from-our
[7]42486017 Saturday 9 March 1946 Palmer Days and Afterwards 1873 1926 Reminiscences Told by R6 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/42486017_Saturday-9-March-1946-palmer-days-and-afterwards-1873-1926-reminiscences-told-by-r
[8]Bloomfield1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
[9]123990300 Saturday 26 January 1907 an Interesting Interview Mr David Lindsays Experiences1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123990300_Saturday-26-January-1907_AN-INTERESTING-INTERVIEW-MR-DAVID-LINDSAYS-EXPERIENCES
[10]Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 61036576 0811b582df781 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-61036576-0811b582df78
[11]Trove Nla News Article216308701 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article21630870
[12]Focused Meston Port Douglas Mowbray Service Synthesis Meston Places Mowbray River Labour Beside Child Service Abuse Pattern1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-meston-port-douglas-mowbray-service-synthesis-meston-places-mowbray-river-labour-beside-child-service-abuse-pattern
[13]Trove Hartley Sykes Oconnor Cape Bedford 688701621 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-68870162
[14]Downloaded Archive 002 Historicalaustraliantowns Blogspot Com 2021 02 Kingsborough 2703a478b8f31 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-002-historicalaustraliantowns-blogspot-com-2021-02-kingsborough--2703a478b8f3
[15]Downloaded Archive 007 Www Chapelhill Homeip Net Familyhistory Other Queenslandhist 1dfca0c567e51 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-007-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhist-1dfca0c567e5
[16]Atherton History Focused Reynolds Hotel Kingsborough Wason Thornborough 314bd64cdd883 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/atherton-history-focused-reynolds-hotel-kingsborough-wason-thornborough-314bd64cdd88
[17]Row 0284 Eid 178431 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0284-eid-17843
[18]Row 0384 Eid 187031 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0384-eid-18703
[19]Row 0845 Eid 219491 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0845-eid-21949
[20]Row 1699 Eid 511101 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1699-eid-51110
[21]Row 2110 Eid 602923 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2110-eid-60292
[22]Row 1930 Eid 546271 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1930-eid-54627
[23]Trove Yululah 19787021 Saturday 7 October 18821 fact
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--yululah--19787021--saturday-7-october-1882
[24]Trove Trove Cooktown All Darcy Uhr Tuesday 10 April 1894 169000747 Telegraphic Queensland Camooweal April 91 fact
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--darcy-uhr--tuesday 10 april 1894--169000747--telegraphic-queensland-camooweal-april-9
[25]Trove Trove Cooktown All Reginald Uhr Saturday 28 April 1883 183698220 Official Notifications1 fact
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--reginald-uhr--saturday 28 april 1883--183698220--official-notifications
[26]Trove Trove Articles Uhrstown Wednesday 14 April 1948 42580097 18733 facts
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--uhrstown--wednesday 14 april 1948--42580097--1873

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Inbound mentions (22)

foundNearFound Near(2)

hasLocationTypeHas Location Type(2)

approachedWithinDistanceOfApproached Within Distance of(1)

broughtLostDiggersSafelyBrought Lost Diggers Safely(1)

classifiedAsAttackOnPropertyClassified As Attack on Property(1)

concernsTelegraphInfrastructureConcerns Telegraph Infrastructure(1)

constructedParallelToConstructed Parallel to(1)

emphasizesProgressEmphasizes Progress(1)

framedAsPropertyAttackFramed As Property Attack(1)

involvesCuttingOfInvolves Cutting of(1)

involvesDamageToInfrastructureInvolves Damage to Infrastructure(1)

isPropertyAttackIs Property Attack(1)

knownOnlyAlongKnown Only Along(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

proposedAtCrossingOfProposed at Crossing of(1)

repairedFirstBreakRepaired First Break(1)

routeViaRoute Via(1)

supersedesSupersedes(1)

targetsTelegraphLineTargets Telegraph Line(1)

wasNorthernTerminusOfWas Northern Terminus of(1)