Attack Wilmot Lagoon Near Mt Larcomb 1855

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Attack Wilmot Lagoon Near Mt Larcomb 1855 has 312 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 26 live disagreements.

312 facts·261 predicates·1 sources·26 in dispute

Mostly:accompanied by(8), key verbatim phrase(8), certainty marker(5)

Inbound mentions (42)

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`perpetratorOf`Perpetrator of(9)

Captain Oconnellex:captain-oconnell
Civilians Presentex:civilians-present
Constable Donald Mcdonaldex:constable-donald-mcdonald
Constable Thribbleex:constable-thribble
James Boles Nmpex:james-boles-nmp
John Murray Nmpex:john-murray-nmp
Nmp Troopers Wilmot Lagoonex:nmp-troopers-wilmot-lagoon
Punitive Partyex:punitive-party
Sergeant Horriganex:sergeant-horrigan

`presentAt`Present at(9)

Captain Oconnellex:captain-oconnell
Civilians Presentex:civilians-present
Constable Donald Mcdonaldex:constable-donald-mcdonald
Constable Thribbleex:constable-thribble
James Boles Nmpex:james-boles-nmp
Nmp Troopers Wilmot Lagoonex:nmp-troopers-wilmot-lagoon
Other Constablesex:other-constables
Sergeant Horriganex:sergeant-horrigan
White Sergeant Nmpex:white-sergeant-nmp

`perpetratorGroupOf`Perpetrator Group of(3)

Nmpex:nmp
Settlers Squattersex:settlers-squatters
Shepherds Farm Labourers Servantsex:shepherds-farm-labourers-servants

`reports`Reports(3)

Capricornian 1925 09 05 P60ex:capricornian-1925-09-05-p60
Capricornian 1925 09 19 P59ex:capricornian-1925-09-19-p59
Qsl 1856 Letter Murray Inspector Generalex:qsl-1856-letter-murray-inspector-general

`partOfSameCampaign`Part of Same Campaign(2)

Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-nankin-creek-1855
Attack Aboriginal People Sneaker Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-sneaker-creek-1855

`relatedEvent`Related Event(2)

Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-nankin-creek-1855
Attack Aboriginal People Sneaker Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-sneaker-creek-1855

`associatedWith`Associated With(1)

Gladstone Nmp Campex:gladstone-nmp-camp

`classifies`Classifies(1)

Colonial Frontier Massacres Australia 1788 1930ex:colonial-frontier-massacres-australia-1788-1930

`escapedFrom`Escaped From(1)

Unnamed Aboriginal People Wilmot Lagoonex:unnamed-aboriginal-people-wilmot-lagoon

`indirectSourceOf`Indirect Source of(1)

James Boles Snrex:james-boles-snr

`inResponseTo`In Response to(1)

Attack Europeans Mt Larcomb Station 1855ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

`killedIn`Killed in(1)

Unnamed Aboriginal People Wilmot Lagoonex:unnamed-aboriginal-people-wilmot-lagoon

`possiblyPartOfSameCampaign`Possibly Part of Same Campaign(1)

Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-nankin-creek-1855

`possiblySiteOf`Possibly Site of(1)

Dense Scrub 15 Miles From Youngsex:dense-scrub-15-miles-from-youngs

`precededBy`Preceded by(1)

Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855ex:attack-aboriginal-people-nankin-creek-1855

`propertyReferencedBy`Property Referenced by(1)

William Youngex:william-young

`providedAccountOf`Provided Account of(1)

James Boles Jnrex:james-boles-jnr

`provokedReprisal`Provoked Reprisal(1)

Attack Europeans Mt Larcomb Station 1855ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

`siteOf`Site of(1)

Wilmot Lagoonex:wilmot-lagoon

`subsequentReprisal`Subsequent Reprisal(1)

Attack Europeans Mt Larcomb Station 1855ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

Other facts (312)

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312 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Accompanied by	James Boles Nmp	[1]
Accompanied by	Sergeant Horrigan	[1]
Accompanied by	Constable Donald Mcdonald	[1]
Accompanied by	Constable Thribble	[1]
Accompanied by	White Sergeant Nmp	[1]
Accompanied by	Nmp Troopers Wilmot Lagoon	[1]
Accompanied by	Civilians Present	[1]
Accompanied by	Other Constables	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	Over 100 blacks paid the penalty	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	not many escaped from the weapons of the avengers	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	There was no difficulty in surrounding the revellers	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	a large number of the black murderers of the unfortunate Mount Larcombe Station folk were shot down on Christmas Day, 1855	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	barbaric feast of mutton roasted in the wool	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	A big party was soon organised to go out and bury the victims and punish the offenders	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	they had cast a great many sheep, wool and all	[1]
Key Verbatim Phrase	On the 30th I came up with a party of Blacks in a dense scrub about 15 miles from Mr Youngs a and [sic] succeeded in retaking 300 sheep	[1]
Certainty Marker	Possible	[1]
Certainty Marker	not clear	[1]
Certainty Marker	presumably	[1]
Certainty Marker	about	[1]
Certainty Marker	about 15 miles	[1]
Aboriginal People Described As	blacks	[1]
Aboriginal People Described As	a party of Blacks	[1]
Aboriginal People Described As	the revellers	[1]
Aboriginal People Described As	the offenders	[1]
Aboriginal People Described As	the black murderers	[1]
Euphemism Decoded	paid the penalty → killed	[1]
Euphemism Decoded	avengers → punitive party / killers	[1]
Euphemism Decoded	surrounding the revellers → attacking the Aboriginal people	[1]
Euphemism Decoded	punish the offenders → kill Aboriginal people	[1]
Perpetrated by	Nmp	[1]
Perpetrated by	Settlers Squatters	[1]
Perpetrated by	Shepherds Farm Labourers Servants	[1]
Related Event	Attack Europeans Mt Larcomb Station 1855	[1]
Related Event	Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855	[1]
Related Event	Attack Aboriginal People Sneaker Creek 1855	[1]
Euphemism in Source	paid the penalty	[1]
Euphemism in Source	shot down	[1]
Euphemism in Source	punish the offenders	[1]
Victims Framed As	the black murderers	[1]
Victims Framed As	the revellers	[1]
Victims Framed As	the offenders	[1]
Attested by	James Boles Jnr	[1]
Attested by	John Murray Nmp	[1]
Attested by	James Boles Snr	[1]
Reported in	Capricornian 1925 09 05 P60	[1]
Reported in	Capricornian 1925 09 19 P59	[1]
Euphemism for	killed	[1]
Euphemism for	kill Aboriginal people	[1]
Reported Death Toll Per Source	11 men killed per John Murray letter	[1]
Reported Death Toll Per Source	over 100 per Capricornian 5 September 1925	[1]
Murray Encounter Date	December 30 1855	[1]
Murray Encounter Date	1855-12-30	[1]
Sheep Stolen From	Mr Wilmot	[1]
Sheep Stolen From	William Young	[1]
Led by	Captain Oconnell	[1]
Led by	John Murray Nmp	[1]
Followed by	Attack Aboriginal People Sneaker Creek 1855	[1]
Followed by	Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855	[1]
Unreliability Reason	James Boles Jnr's version presumably came from his father who was not in NMP at the time	[1]
Unreliability Reason	JB Jnr's account confuses the day of the Mt Larcomb killings	[1]
Corroborated by	Capricornian 1925 09 05 P60	[1]
Corroborated by	Capricornian 1925 09 19 P59	[1]
Attack Method	surrounding	[1]
Attack Method	shooting	[1]
According to	James Boles Jnr	[1]
According to	John Murray Nmp	[1]
Campaign Includes	Attack Aboriginal People Nankin Creek 1855	[1]
Campaign Includes	Attack Aboriginal People Sneaker Creek 1855	[1]
Colonial Framing of Aboriginal Activity	barbaric feast of mutton	[1]
Colonial Framing of Aboriginal Activity	huge banquet	[1]
Colonial Framing of Killings	blacks paid the penalty	[1]
Colonial Framing of Killings	weapons of the avengers	[1]
See Separate Entry	MOUNT LARCOMB	[1]
See Separate Entry	Nankin Ck	[1]
Associated Nmp Officer	John Murray Nmp	[1]
Associated Nmp Officer	James Boles Nmp	[1]
Rdf Type	Event	[1]
Rdfs Label	Possible attack on Aboriginal people - Wilmot Lagoon, near Mt Larcomb (after 27 December 1855)	[1]
Nature of Event	Attack on Aboriginal people	[1]
Event Label	Possible attack on Aboriginal people	[1]
Possible Event	true	[1]
Occurred After Date	1855-12-27	[1]
Occurred in Year	1855	[1]
Day Month	After 27 December	[1]
Occurred on Date	1855-12-25	[1]
Date Disputed	true	[1]
Date Discrepancy With	event record says after 27 December 1855 but Capricornian 19 Sept 1925 says Christmas Day 1855	[1]
Occurred at	Wilmot Lagoon	[1]
Near Place	Mt Larcomb	[1]
Within Pastoral Run	Mount Larcomb Station	[1]
Within Pastoral District	Port Curtis Pastoral District	[1]
On Country of	Bayali Language Group	[1]
Number of People Killed	100	[1]
Killed Count Approximate	true	[1]
Count Lower Bound	100	[1]
Killed Count Reported Per Source	over 100	[1]
Victims Unnamed	true	[1]
Victim Group	Unnamed Aboriginal People Wilmot Lagoon	[1]
Caused by	Attack Europeans Mt Larcomb Station 1855	[1]

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/46860

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rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/46860

Possible attack on Aboriginal people - Wilmot Lagoon, near Mt Larcomb (after 27 December 1855)

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natureOfEventfrontier-massacres/46860

Attack on Aboriginal people

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eventLabelfrontier-massacres/46860

Possible attack on Aboriginal people

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possibleEventfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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occurredAfterDatefrontier-massacres/46860

1855-12-27

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occurredInYearfrontier-massacres/46860

1855

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dayMonthfrontier-massacres/46860

After 27 December

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occurredOnDatefrontier-massacres/46860

1855-12-25

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dateDisputedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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dateDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/46860

event record says after 27 December 1855 but Capricornian 19 Sept 1925 says Christmas Day 1855

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occurredAtfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:wilmot-lagoon

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nearPlacefrontier-massacres/46860

ex:mt-larcomb

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withinPastoralRunfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:mount-larcomb-station

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withinPastoralDistrictfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:port-curtis-pastoral-district

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onCountryOffrontier-massacres/46860

ex:bayali-language-group

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numberOfPeopleKilledfrontier-massacres/46860

100

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killedCountApproximatefrontier-massacres/46860

true

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countLowerBoundfrontier-massacres/46860

100

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killedCountReportedPerSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

over 100

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victimsUnnamedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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victimGroupfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:unnamed-aboriginal-people-wilmot-lagoon

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perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:nmp

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perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:settlers-squatters

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perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:shepherds-farm-labourers-servants

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causedByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

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reprisalForfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

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motiveStatedfrontier-massacres/46860

Reprisal for the Mt Larcomb killings of the Forans, Smelt, Murray and an Aboriginal man

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relatedEventfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

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relatedEventfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-aboriginal-people-nankin-creek-1855

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relatedEventfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-aboriginal-people-sneaker-creek-1855

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partOfCampaignfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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precededByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:attack-europeans-mt-larcomb-station-1855

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contemporaryReferencefrontier-massacres/46860

ex:qsl-1856-letter-murray-inspector-general

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dateFirstReportedfrontier-massacres/46860

1925

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reliabilityRatingfrontier-massacres/46860

Not reliable

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reliabilityNotefrontier-massacres/46860

James Boles Jnr's version of events presumably came from his father, who was in the NMP but not at the time of the Mt Larcomb killings

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reportedInfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:capricornian-1925-09-05-p60

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reportedInfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:capricornian-1925-09-19-p59

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entryNumberfrontier-massacres/46860

46860

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sourceDatasetfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:colonial-frontier-massacres-australia-1788-1930

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euphemismInSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

paid the penalty

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euphemismForfrontier-massacres/46860

killed

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euphemismInSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

shot down

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euphemismInSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

punish the offenders

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euphemismForfrontier-massacres/46860

kill Aboriginal people

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perpetratorsFramedAsfrontier-massacres/46860

the avengers

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victimsFramedAsfrontier-massacres/46860

the black murderers

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victimsFramedAsfrontier-massacres/46860

the revellers

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victimsFramedAsfrontier-massacres/46860

the offenders

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colonialFramingfrontier-massacres/46860

Aboriginal people depicted as barbaric feast-makers; perpetrators as avengers

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biasInSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

perpetrator perspective

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countDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/46860

Murray reports 11 killed and 3 wounded; Boles Jnr reports over 100 killed

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reportedDeathTollPerSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

11 men killed per John Murray letter

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reportedDeathTollPerSourcefrontier-massacres/46860

over 100 per Capricornian 5 September 1925

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countDisputedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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ambiguityWhetherKillingsAssociatedWithOneOrTwoReprisalsfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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locationDisputedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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locationDiscrepancyNotefrontier-massacres/46860

Murray says dense scrub about 15 miles from Mr Youngs; Wilmot's lagoon is not far enough away to qualify

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dateDiscrepancyBetweenSourcesfrontier-massacres/46860

Capricornian 19 Sept 1925 says Christmas Day 1855; record says after 27 December 1855

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locationNotefrontier-massacres/46860

Location of Wilmot Lagoon

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murrayLocationDescriptionfrontier-massacres/46860

a dense scrub about 15 miles from Mr Youngs

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distanceFromYoungsfrontier-massacres/46860

15 miles

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narrativeLocationfrontier-massacres/46860

on the bank of a big lagoon afterwards known as Wilmot Lagoon

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distanceFromStationfrontier-massacres/46860

about four miles away

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sheepTakenByAboriginalPeoplefrontier-massacres/46860

true

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livestockSpearedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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sheepThrownIntoBonfiresfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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numberOfBonfiresfrontier-massacres/46860

a number of very large bonfires

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surroundingMethodfrontier-massacres/46860

surrounding the Aboriginal people

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fewEscapedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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weaponsUsedfrontier-massacres/46860

weapons

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sheepBelongedTofrontier-massacres/46860

ex:william-young

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sheepAlsoBelongedTofrontier-massacres/46860

ex:mr-wilmot

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occurredInDenseScrubfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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occurredOnLagoonBankfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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murrayEncounterDatefrontier-massacres/46860

December 30 1855

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murrayPursuedPartyfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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partyLeftBroadTrailfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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partyAdvancedSlowlyfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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overtakenfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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sheepRetakenfrontier-massacres/46860

300

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blanketsClothingRetakenfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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othersShotDownAtSneakersCreekfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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partOfMassacreGroupfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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surelyOrganisedfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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organisedQuicklyfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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foransVictimOfPrecedingEventfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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smeltVictimOfPrecedingEventfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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murrayVictimOfPrecedingEventfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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aboriginalManVictimOfPrecedingEventfrontier-massacres/46860

true

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contextDrought1902frontier-massacres/46860

Wilmot Lagoon had 23 ft of water even in drought of 1902

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sheepStolenFromfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:mr-wilmot

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sheepStolenFromfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:william-young

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aboriginalActivityPrecedingfrontier-massacres/46860

getting ready for a barbaric feast of mutton

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perpetratedByGroupfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:punitive-party

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ledByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:captain-oconnell

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ledByfrontier-massacres/46860

ex:john-murray-nmp

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