Attack on Aboriginal People Dunk Island 1877

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Dataset Entry	Entry 10621^[1]
Dataset Entry	10621^[1]
Crime Committed Against	Aboriginal Companion^[1]
Crime Committed Against	Dungaree^[1]
Date First Reported Field	1880^[1]
Contemporary Reference Field	QSA847037 1880 Letter from Robert Johnstone to Commissioner of Police 15 October, In letter 81/296^[1]
Associated Events Field	Attack on Europeans/others - Patrick Troy, Humphrey Coghlan (or Cochrane) and Alexander Macintosh (crew of the schooner Douglas), Chilcott Island, Great Barrier Reef (22 February 1877)^[1]
Associated Nmp Troopers Field	Dungaree^[1]
Critical Awareness	true^[1]
Cross Referenced Sources	true^[1]

ex:attack-on-aboriginal-people-dunk-island-1877

Attack on Aboriginal People Dunk Island 1877 has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 2 live disagreements.

100+ facts·97 predicates·1 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:crime committed against(3), dataset entry(2), date first reported field(1)

Other facts (85)

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.

85 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Brackets Used for Clarification	true	[1]
Colon Format Used	true	[1]
Contemporary Reference Exists	true	[1]
Associated Event Documented	true	[1]
Associated Nmp Known	true	[1]
Catalogued in Academic Dataset	true	[1]
Coordinates Label	Coordinates	[1]
Coordinates Format	latitude -17.92844, longitude 146.152618	[1]
Additional Source	Queenslander Account 1904	[1]
Associated Trooper	Dungaree	[1]
Associated Law Enforcement	Native Mounted Police	[1]
Classification	Frontier conflict event	[1]
Alternative Title	Kidnapping of three Aboriginal men off Dunk Island	[1]
Colonial Bias in Sources	true	[1]
Colonial Identity Relevant	true	[1]
Account Differences	true	[1]
Competing Stories	true	[1]
Collective Reference	true	[1]
Accessible History	true	[1]
Actual Event	true	[1]
Cross Source Verification	true	[1]
Academic Validation	true	[1]
Comparable to Other Events	true	[1]
Case Study Value	true	[1]
Chronological Data	true	[1]
Date Precision	month level	[1]
Catalogued Event	true	[1]
Academic Documentation	true	[1]
Academically Recognized	true	[1]
Archive Preservation	true	[1]
Belated Legal Response	true	[1]
Civilian Maritime Conflict	true	[1]
At Sea Conflict	true	[1]
Commercial Maritime Context	true	[1]
Colonial Expansion Context	true	[1]
Contemporary Language	true	[1]
Crew Death Count Qualifier	some	[1]
Crew Death Count Approximate	true	[1]
Crew Deaths	some	[1]
Aboriginal Deaths	1	[1]
Coercion	true	[1]
Also Documented in	newspaper	[1]
Colonial Documentation	true	[1]
Colonial Frontier Event	true	[1]
Coordinates Provided	true	[1]
Cross Referenceable	true	[1]
Associated With	Attack on Europeans Chilcott Island 1877	[1]
Alternative Account Available	true	[1]
Crew Death Count	some	[1]
Aboriginal Death Count	1	[1]
Aboriginal Survivor Count	1	[1]
Activity Before Attack	turtling	[1]
Date First Reported	1880	[1]
Associated Event	Attack on Europeans Chilcott Island 1877	[1]
Analysis Ready Data	true	[1]
Data Consistency	true	[1]
Agency Demonstrated	true	[1]
Counter Narrative Exists	true	[1]
Data Rich	true	[1]
Cross Genre Documentation	true	[1]
Account Style Variation	true	[1]
Account Preserved	true	[1]
Cultural Conflict	true	[1]
Cross Cultural Violence	true	[1]
Aboriginal Survivors	1	[1]
Contemporary Relevance	true	[1]
Archival Injustice	true	[1]
Absent Voices	true	[1]
Archival Bias	true	[1]
Colonial Record Practices	true	[1]
Anonymity of Victims	true	[1]
Born Digital	false	[1]
Comparative Value	true	[1]
Chronological Structure	true	[1]
Absence of Legal Order	true	[1]
Civilian Violence	true	[1]
Cultural Clash	true	[1]
Contact Zone Violence	true	[1]
Colonial Power Relations	true	[1]
Aboriginal Fate Unknown	1	[1]
Archive and Press Coverage	true	[1]
Colonial Context	true	[1]
Colonial Power Advantage	true	[1]
Coordinate Accuracy	high	[1]
Account Perspectives	Aboriginal and white	[1]

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aboriginalDeathCountfrontier-massacres/10621

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aboriginalDeathsfrontier-massacres/10621

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aboriginalFateUnknownfrontier-massacres/10621

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aboriginalSurvivorCountfrontier-massacres/10621

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aboriginalSurvivorsfrontier-massacres/10621

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absenceOfLegalOrderfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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absentVoicesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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academicallyRecognizedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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academicCataloguingfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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academicDocumentationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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academicSignificancefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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academicValidationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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accessibleHistoryfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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accountDifferencesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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accountPerspectivesfrontier-massacres/10621

Aboriginal and white

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accountPreservedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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accountStyleVariationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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activityBeforeAttackfrontier-massacres/10621

turtling

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actualEventfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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additionalSourcefrontier-massacres/10621

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agencyDemonstratedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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alsoDocumentedInfrontier-massacres/10621

newspaper

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alternativeAccountAvailablefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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alternativeTitlefrontier-massacres/10621

Kidnapping of three Aboriginal men off Dunk Island

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analysisReadyDatafrontier-massacres/10621

true

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anonymityOfVictimsfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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archivalBiasfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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archivalInjusticefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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archivalRecordfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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archiveAndPressCoveragefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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archivePreservationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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associatedEventfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:attack-on-europeans-chilcott-island-1877

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associatedEventDocumentedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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associatedEventsFieldfrontier-massacres/10621

Attack on Europeans/others - Patrick Troy, Humphrey Coghlan (or Cochrane) and Alexander Macintosh (crew of the schooner Douglas), Chilcott Island, Great Barrier Reef (22 February 1877)

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associatedLawEnforcementfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:native-mounted-police

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associatedNMPKnownfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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associatedNMPTroopersFieldfrontier-massacres/10621

Dungaree

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associatedTrooperfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:dungaree

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associatedWithfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:attack-on-europeans-chilcott-island-1877

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atSeaConflictfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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belatedLegalResponsefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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bornDigitalfrontier-massacres/10621

false

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bracketsUsedForClarificationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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caseStudyValuefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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cataloguedEventfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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cataloguedInAcademicDatasetfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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chronologicalDatafrontier-massacres/10621

true

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chronologicalStructurefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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civilianMaritimeConflictfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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civilianViolencefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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classificationfrontier-massacres/10621

Frontier conflict event

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coercionfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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collectiveReferencefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonFormatUsedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialBiasInSourcesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialContextfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialDocumentationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialExpansionContextfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialFrontierEventfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialIdentityRelevantfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialPowerAdvantagefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialPowerRelationsfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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colonialRecordPracticesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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commercialMaritimeContextfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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comparableToOtherEventsfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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comparativeValuefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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competingStoriesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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contactZoneViolencefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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contemporaryLanguagefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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contemporaryReferenceExistsfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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contemporaryReferenceFieldfrontier-massacres/10621

QSA847037 1880 Letter from Robert Johnstone to Commissioner of Police 15 October, In letter 81/296

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contemporaryRelevancefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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coordinateAccuracyfrontier-massacres/10621

high

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coordinatesFormatfrontier-massacres/10621

latitude -17.92844, longitude 146.152618

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coordinatesLabelfrontier-massacres/10621

Coordinates

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coordinatesProvidedfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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counterNarrativeExistsfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crewDeathCountfrontier-massacres/10621

some

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crewDeathCountApproximatefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crewDeathCountQualifierfrontier-massacres/10621

some

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crewDeathsfrontier-massacres/10621

some

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crimeCommittedAgainstfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:aboriginal-companion

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crimeCommittedAgainstfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:dungaree

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crimeCommittedAgainstfrontier-massacres/10621

ex:third-aboriginal

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criticalAwarenessfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crossCulturalViolencefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crossGenreDocumentationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crossReferenceablefrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crossReferencedSourcesfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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crossSourceVerificationfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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culturalClashfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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culturalConflictfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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databaseEntryFormatfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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dataConsistencyfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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dataRichfrontier-massacres/10621

true

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datasetEntryfrontier-massacres/10621

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datasetEntryfrontier-massacres/10621

10621

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dateFirstReportedfrontier-massacres/10621

1880

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dateFirstReportedFieldfrontier-massacres/10621

1880

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datePrecisionfrontier-massacres/10621

month level

Attack on Aboriginal People Dunk Island 1877

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Crime Committed Againstin disputecrimeCommittedAgainst

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Contemporary Reference FieldcontemporaryReferenceField

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Associated Nmp Troopers FieldassociatedNMPTroopersField

Critical AwarenesscriticalAwareness

Cross Referenced SourcescrossReferencedSources

Archival RecordarchivalRecord

Academic SignificanceacademicSignificance

Academic CataloguingacademicCataloguing

Database Entry FormatdatabaseEntryFormat

Inbound mentions (36)

victimInVictim in(4)

documentsDocuments(3)

partOfPart of(3)

accountOfAccount of(2)

containsAccountOfContains Account of(2)

evidenceForEvidence for(2)

perpetratorInPerpetrator in(2)

accountsForAccounts for(1)

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associatedWithAssociated With(1)

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monthAfterMonth After(1)

precedesPrecedes(1)

testimonyAboutTestimony About(1)

witnessedWitnessed(1)

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References (1)

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