W J Hartley

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W J Hartley

Speared by Blacks	North Shore Cooktown Harbour^[8]
Speared by Blacks	null^[5]
Holds Position	Ops Cooktown^[3]
Holds Position	O.P.S.^[3]
Capt Sykes Speared Blacks	North Shore Harbour Hartley merchant PM Mackay Sykes Harbour Master Rockhampton cedar log Sandy beach Cape Bedford jacking towing shower spears wounded fired decamped broke spears carried back boat 7 miles recoveries native police away Browne party recover gear W H Campbell Jacandal Charley Harris lad shots mimis burnt Sub-inspector O’Connor 31 bucks bathing Cape Bedford 10 miles up Endeavour sharp punishment^[2]
Entered Public Service	null^[5]
Merchant	null^[5]
Police Magistrate at Mackay	null^[5]
Is Auctioneer in	Cooktown^[6]
Confirms Report of	Recent Attack on Chinese Fishing Boat^[3]

ex:w-j-hartley

W J Hartley has 27 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references, with 2 live disagreements.

27 facts·25 predicates·8 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:speared by blacks(2), holds position(2), capt sykes speared blacks(1)

Speared by Blacksin dispute`spearedByBlacks`

North Shore Cooktown Harbour^[8]all time · Downloaded Arch A64752f51e34
null^[5]all time · Browne Reynolds Hotel Family Owen Carrier Reynolds Bros Teamsters

Holds Positionin dispute`holdsPosition`

Ops Cooktown^[3]all time · Trepang
O.P.S.^[3]all time · Trepang

Capt Sykes Speared Blacks`capt-sykesSpearedBlacks`

North Shore Harbour Hartley merchant PM Mackay Sykes Harbour Master Rockhampton cedar log Sandy beach Cape Bedford jacking towing shower spears wounded fired decamped broke spears carried back boat 7 miles recoveries native police away Browne party recover gear W H Campbell Jacandal Charley Harris lad shots mimis burnt Sub-inspector O’Connor 31 bucks bathing Cape Bedford 10 miles up Endeavour sharp punishment^[2]all time · Downloaded Arch 785fe63f3bf0

Entered Public Service`enteredPublicService`

null^[5]all time · Browne Reynolds Hotel Family Owen Carrier Reynolds Bros Teamsters

Merchant`merchant`

null^[5]all time · Browne Reynolds Hotel Family Owen Carrier Reynolds Bros Teamsters

Police Magistrate at Mackay`policeMagistrateAtMackay`

null^[5]all time · Browne Reynolds Hotel Family Owen Carrier Reynolds Bros Teamsters

Is Auctioneer in`isAuctioneerIn`

Cooktown^[6]all time · 62489253 Thursday 5 March 1953 Spencer Brownes Memoirs Cooktown District 1878 81

Confirms Report of`confirmsReportOf`

Recent Attack on Chinese Fishing Boat^[3]all time · Trepang

Confirms Via Telegram`confirmsViaTelegram`

Report^[3]all time · Trepang

Sent Telegram From`sentTelegramFrom`

Cooktown^[3]all time · Trepang

Telegram Dated`telegramDated`

1884-09-09^[3]all time · Trepang

Is District Registrar for`isDistrictRegistrarFor`

Cook^[7]all time · Watkins

Inbound mentions (8)

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`requested`Requested(2)

Cooktown Mayorex:cooktown-mayor
Cooktown Residentsex:cooktown-residents

`builtToOrderOf`Built to Order of(1)

Petrel Boatex:petrel-boat

`deliveredLetterTo`Delivered Letter to(1)

P a Bizantex:p-a-bizant

`hasAppointedMember`Has Appointed Member(1)

Cooktown Fire Brigade Boardex:cooktown-fire-brigade-board

`hasSecretary`Has Secretary(1)

Cooktown Hospitalex:cooktown-hospital

`propertyOf`Property of(1)

Petrel Boatex:petrel-boat

`supportsEffortsOf`Supports Efforts of(1)

Mr Cooper Aidex:mr-cooper-aid

Other facts (13)

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.

13 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Located at	Cooktown	[7]
Appointed As	mining registrar	[1]
Member of	Cooktown Fire Brigade Board	[1]
Appointed As Member of	Cooktown Fire Brigade Board	[1]
Elected by	Fire Insurance Companies	[1]
Endeavouring to Obtain	Concessions for Cooktown	[4]
Interviewed Ministers in	Brisbane	[4]
Is Resident of	Cooktown	[4]
Endeavouring to Wring	Concessions for Cooktown	[4]
Enlisted Aid of	Mr Cooper	[4]
Interviewed Ministers	Brisbane	[4]
Requested by	Mayor and Residents	[4]
Resident of	Cooktown	[4]

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27 undated

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appointedAstrove-cooktown/john-davis

mining registrar

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appointedAsMemberOftrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:cooktown-fire-brigade-board

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capt-sykesSpearedBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-785fe63f3bf0

North Shore Harbour Hartley merchant PM Mackay Sykes Harbour Master Rockhampton cedar log Sandy beach Cape Bedford jacking towing shower spears wounded fired decamped broke spears carried back boat 7 miles recoveries native police away Browne party recover gear W H Campbell Jacandal Charley Harris lad shots mimis burnt Sub-inspector O’Connor 31 bucks bathing Cape Bedford 10 miles up Endeavour sharp punishment

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confirmsReportOftrove-cooktown/trepang

ex:recent-attack-on-chinese-fishing-boat

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confirmsViaTelegramtrove-cooktown/trepang

ex:report

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electedBytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:fire-insurance-companies

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endeavouringToObtaintrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:concessions-for-cooktown

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endeavouringToWringtrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:concessions-for-cooktown

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enlistedAidOftrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:mr-cooper

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enteredPublicServicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/browne-reynolds-hotel-family-owen-carrier-reynolds-bros-teamsters

null

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holdsPositiontrove-cooktown/trepang

ex:ops-cooktown

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holdsPositiontrove-cooktown/trepang

O.P.S.

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interviewedMinisterstrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:brisbane

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interviewedMinistersIntrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:brisbane

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isAuctioneerInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/62489253_Thursday-5-March-1953-spencer-brownes-memoirs-cooktown-district-1878-81

ex:cooktown

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isDistrictRegistrarFortrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:cook

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isResidentOftrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:cooktown

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locatedAttrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:cooktown

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memberOftrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:cooktown-fire-brigade-board

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merchantrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/browne-reynolds-hotel-family-owen-carrier-reynolds-bros-teamsters

null

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policeMagistrateAtMackayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/browne-reynolds-hotel-family-owen-carrier-reynolds-bros-teamsters

null

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requestedBytrove-cooktown/mossman-early

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residentOftrove-cooktown/mossman-early

ex:cooktown

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sentTelegramFromtrove-cooktown/trepang

ex:cooktown

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spearedByBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-a64752f51e34

ex:north-shore-cooktown-harbour

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spearedByBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/browne-reynolds-hotel-family-owen-carrier-reynolds-bros-teamsters

null

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telegramDatedtrove-cooktown/trepang

1884-09-09

References (8)

8 references

[1]John Davis4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[2]Downloaded Arch 785fe63f3bf01 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-785fe63f3bf0
[3]Trepang6 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/trepang
[4]Mossman Early8 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
[5]Browne Reynolds Hotel Family Owen Carrier Reynolds Bros Teamsters4 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/browne-reynolds-hotel-family-owen-carrier-reynolds-bros-teamsters
[6]62489253 Thursday 5 March 1953 Spencer Brownes Memoirs Cooktown District 1878 811 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/62489253_Thursday-5-March-1953-spencer-brownes-memoirs-cooktown-district-1878-81
[7]Watkins2 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
[8]Downloaded Arch A64752f51e341 fact
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-a64752f51e34

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W J Hartley

Speared by Blacksin disputespearedByBlacks

Holds Positionin disputeholdsPosition

Capt Sykes Speared Blackscapt-sykesSpearedBlacks

Entered Public ServiceenteredPublicService

Merchantmerchant

Police Magistrate at MackaypoliceMagistrateAtMackay

Is Auctioneer inisAuctioneerIn

Confirms Report ofconfirmsReportOf

Confirms Via TelegramconfirmsViaTelegram

Sent Telegram FromsentTelegramFrom

Telegram DatedtelegramDated

Is District Registrar forisDistrictRegistrarFor

Inbound mentions (8)

requestedRequested(2)

builtToOrderOfBuilt to Order of(1)

deliveredLetterToDelivered Letter to(1)

hasAppointedMemberHas Appointed Member(1)

hasSecretaryHas Secretary(1)

propertyOfProperty of(1)

supportsEffortsOfSupports Efforts of(1)

Other facts (13)

Timeline

References (8)

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Speared by Blacksin dispute`spearedByBlacks`

Holds Positionin dispute`holdsPosition`

Capt Sykes Speared Blacks`capt-sykesSpearedBlacks`

Entered Public Service`enteredPublicService`

Merchant`merchant`

Police Magistrate at Mackay`policeMagistrateAtMackay`

Is Auctioneer in`isAuctioneerIn`

Confirms Report of`confirmsReportOf`

Confirms Via Telegram`confirmsViaTelegram`

Sent Telegram From`sentTelegramFrom`

Telegram Dated`telegramDated`

Is District Registrar for`isDistrictRegistrarFor`

`requested`Requested(2)

`builtToOrderOf`Built to Order of(1)

`deliveredLetterTo`Delivered Letter to(1)

`hasAppointedMember`Has Appointed Member(1)

`hasSecretary`Has Secretary(1)

`propertyOf`Property of(1)

`supportsEffortsOf`Supports Efforts of(1)