Home Secretary Qpp Cooktown Coen Child Removal Controls 2026 05 08

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--- source_url: local://research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-loop-log.ndjson source_title: Research checkpoint: Home Secretary/QPP annual reports Cooktown-Coen child-removal controls source_type: research-summary archive_file: research-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-loop-log.ndjson archive_text_file: accessed_at: 2026-05-08T15:12:22+1000 evidence_label: Bridge hypothesis project: rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection notes: Five-loop checkpoint after Home Secretary index and AIATSIS annual-report batch. --- # Source text Checkpoint 3190. New direct evidence: none for Coen Rosie. New mechanism/context: AIATSIS annual reports provide primary/near-primary Parliamentary Paper text for Northern Protector removals: Jennie and Rosie of Cooktown sent to Yarrabah in 1899; Dolly and Tommy sent after their mother died; by 1905 the administration explicitly discusses child labour, kidnapping/barter risk, half-caste children, Coen/Cooktown beche-de-mer enforcement, Billy Nichols from Coen to Yarrabah, Cissie from Cooktown to Yarrabah, and Rosie/Lily north of Cooktown. New bridge candidates: later Cooktown Rosie/Yarrabah entries and Coen Billy Nichols are non-merge controls showing record types and removal mechanisms to search backward for the 1896 hospital death. Still missing: any 1896 protector/police record naming Coen Rosie, her parents, or a removal/hospital handoff. Next direction: pull AIATSIS/QPP 1898-1900 reports around Cooktown/Roth, then chase original ITM6820 Roth reports and Cooktown Hospital originals. # Archived/OCR text Checkpoint 3190. New direct evidence: none for Coen Rosie. New mechanism/context: AIATSIS annual reports provide primary/near-primary Parliamentary Paper text for Northern Protector removals: Jennie and Rosie of Cooktown sent to Yarrabah in 1899; Dolly and Tommy sent after their mother died; by 1905 the administration explicitly discusses child labour, kidnapping/barter risk, half-caste children, Coen/Cooktown beche-de-mer enforcement, Billy Nichols from Coen to Yarrabah, Cissie from Cooktown to Yarrabah, and Rosie/Lily north of Cooktown. New bridge candidates: later Cooktown Rosie/Yarrabah entries and Coen Billy Nichols are non-merge controls showing record types and removal mechanisms to search backward for the 1896 hospital death. Still missing: any 1896 protector/police record naming Coen Rosie, her parents, or a removal/hospital handoff. Next direction: pull AIATSIS/QPP 1898-1900 reports around Cooktown/Roth, then chase original ITM6820 Roth reports and Cooktown Hospital originals.