Townsville Gaol

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Townsville Gaol

Located in	Townsville^[7]
Has Aboriginal Prisoners	Tommy Spence^[4]
Detention Location for	James Underwood^[1]
Referred As	limbo of Townsville gaol^[9]
Imprisonment Location for	Alexander Williams^[6]
Receives Convicts	Henry Nicol^[6]
Governor to Be Appointed at	Next Cabinet Meeting^[2]
Will Detain	James Underwood^[11]

ex:townsville-gaol

Townsville Gaol has 17 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 11 references.

17 facts·16 predicates·11 sources

Mostly:located in(2), has aboriginal prisoners(1), detention location for(1)

Located in`locatedIn`

Townsville^[7]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All James Walker Maryborough Tuesday 28 August 1883 77188143 Adelaide August 27
Townsville^[3]all time · Malay Cooktown

Has Aboriginal Prisoners`hasAboriginalPrisoners`

Tommy Spence^[4]all time · Qsa Colonial Secretary Index Reynolds Negative Native Police Women Children 1886

Detention Location for`detentionLocationFor`

James Underwood^[1]all time · 174092420 Friday 22 July 1892 Murder Near Cooktown Shooting Affray at Two Islands

Referred As`referredAs`

limbo of Townsville gaol^[9]all time · Loop2 Massacres

Imprisonment Location for`imprisonmentLocationFor`

Alexander Williams^[6]all time · Bloomfield

Receives Convicts`receivesConvicts`

Henry Nicol^[6]all time · Bloomfield

Governor to Be Appointed at`governorToBeAppointedAt`

Next Cabinet Meeting^[2]all time · Cingalese

Will Detain`willDetain`

James Underwood^[11]all time · Coloured Persons

Spelling Variant`spellingVariant`

Townsviile^[10]all time · Beche De Mer

Doubled Prisoner Numbers in Three Years`doubledPrisonerNumbersInThreeYears`

null^[2]all time · Cingalese

Had One Death Reported As`hadOneDeathReportedAs`

Hogging^[2]all time · Cingalese

Exists In1883`existsIn1883`

Townsville^[3]all time · Malay Cooktown

Inbound mentions (88)

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`leftFor`Left for(14)

Billy Kingex:billy-king
Billy Kingex:billy-king
Billy Kingex:billy-king
Billy Kingex:billy-king
Charlie Mariaex:charlie-maria
Charlie Mariaex:charlie-maria
Charlie Mariaex:charlie-maria
Charlie Mariaex:charlie-maria
Charlie Maria 2ex:charlie-maria-2
Charlie Oakeyex:charlie-oakey
Charlie Oakeyex:charlie-oakey
Charlie Oakeyex:charlie-oakey
Charlie Oakey 2ex:charlie-oakey-2
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Plutoex:pluto
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Plutoex:pluto
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Billy Kingex:billy-king
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`sentencedToLocation`Sentenced to Location(2)

Joe Millerex:joe-miller
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Inspector Douglas Aboriginal Connectionex:inspector-douglas-aboriginal-connection
Two White Menex:two-white-men

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Mr a E Halloranex:mr-a-e-halloran

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Plutoex:pluto

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Embezzlement Convictionex:embezzlement-conviction

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Six Months Hard Laborex:six-months-hard-labor

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Mr Clareex:mr-clare

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Report 79 1696ex:report-79-1696

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Malay Sedimex:malay-sedim

`presupposesGaolExistence`Presupposes Gaol Existence(1)

Trove Article 285404052ex:trove-article-285404052

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Mrs Leesex:mrs-lees

`removedTo`Removed to(1)

Alexander Crudenex:alexander-cruden

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Northern Standardex:northern-standard

`returnedFrom`Returned From(1)

Archers Crewex:archers-crew

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Cooktownex:cooktown

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Sala Cassinex:sala-cassin

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`servedIn`Served in(1)

W Henry Rigby Sentenceex:w-henry-rigby-sentence

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Malay Sedimex:malay-sedim

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James Underwoodex:james-underwood

`transferredAfterCommitment`Transferred After Commitment(1)

Thirty Three Malaysex:thirty-three-malays

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Benjamin Kittex:benjamin-kitt

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Mr a E Halloranex:mr-a-e-halloran

`willBeSentTo`Will Be Sent to(1)

James Underwoodex:james-underwood

Other facts (4)

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4 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Discipline Issue	something wrong in discipline	[2]
Receives Prisoners From Region	true	[8]
Receives Prisoners From	Cooktown	[3]
Holds Debtors	Mrs Lees	[5]

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17 undated

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detentionLocationForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174092420_Friday-22-July-1892_murder-near-cooktown-shooting-affray-at-two-islands

ex:james-underwood

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disciplineIssuetrove-cooktown/cingalese

something wrong in discipline

—

doubledPrisonerNumbersInThreeYearstrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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existsIn1883trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:townsville

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governorToBeAppointedAttrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:next-cabinet-meeting

—

hadOneDeathReportedAstrove-cooktown/cingalese

Hogging

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hasAboriginalPrisonersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-colonial-secretary-index-reynolds-negative-native-police-women-children-1886

ex:tommy-spence

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holdsDebtorstrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mrs-lees

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imprisonmentLocationFortrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:alexander-williams

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locatedInblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-walker-maryborough--tuesday 28 august 1883--77188143--adelaide-august-27

ex:townsville

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locatedIntrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:townsville

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receivesConvictstrove-cooktown/bloomfield

ex:henry-nicol

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receivesPrisonersFromtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:cooktown

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receivesPrisonersFromRegionbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m

true

—

referredAslaura-corridor/loop2-massacres

limbo of Townsville gaol

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spellingVarianttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

Townsviile

—

willDetaintrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:james-underwood

References (11)

11 references

[1]174092420 Friday 22 July 1892 Murder Near Cooktown Shooting Affray at Two Islands1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174092420_Friday-22-July-1892_murder-near-cooktown-shooting-affray-at-two-islands
[2]Cingalese4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[3]Malay Cooktown3 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[4]Qsa Colonial Secretary Index Reynolds Negative Native Police Women Children 18861 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-colonial-secretary-index-reynolds-negative-native-police-women-children-1886
[5]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[6]Bloomfield2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
[7]Trove Trove Cooktown All James Walker Maryborough Tuesday 28 August 1883 77188143 Adelaide August 271 fact
customctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-walker-maryborough--tuesday 28 august 1883--77188143--adelaide-august-27
[8]286782068 Friday 25 March 1892 Cooktown Chronicles Council Meeting Maytown Leper Cooktown M1 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286782068_Friday-25-March-1892-cooktown-chronicles-council-meeting-maytown-leper-cooktown-m
[9]Loop2 Massacres1 fact
customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop2-massacres
[10]Beche De Mer1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[11]Coloured Persons1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons

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Townsville Gaol

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References (11)

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