Black Boys
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Black Boys has 119 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 37 references, with 5 live disagreements.
Mostly:took with them(3), reported to(3), ammunition running short(2)
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- Mr Henriques[17]all time · Trove Demetries Network North Shore Cooktown Boys Rifle
Inbound mentions (37)
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- Agent of Steamer Taiwan
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- Captain Watson Group
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- Mr Bridgman
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- Employers
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- Baxter Remains
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- Steamer Taiwan Agent
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- Gough Henry Bloomfield
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- Mr T Weir
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Other facts (118)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Took With Them | Two Days Provisions | [3] |
| Took With Them | Remaining Ammunition | [3] |
| Took With Them | Firearms | [3] |
| Reported to | Captain Bremmer | [6] |
| Reported to | "White fellow sit 'em down shore; all the same dead." | [8] |
| Reported to | White fellow sit down shore; all the same dead. | [11] |
| Ammunition Running Short | true | [3] |
| Ammunition Running Short | null | [17] |
| Used | Rifles | [3] |
| Used | Revolvers | [3] |
| Went Ashore to | cooking a quantity of fish | [8] |
| Went Ashore to | cook a quantity of fish | [11] |
| Found | Bucket | [8] |
| Found | Bucket | [11] |
| Presupposes Local Availability | null | [1] |
| Subordinate to | Christie Christenson | [2] |
| Blindly Agreed to | Cooktown Articles | [2] |
| Exist As Crew | Beche De Mer Boat | [2] |
| Shows Disloyalty | Desertion | [2] |
| Perform Work on | Cattle Stations | [2] |
| Determines to Escape | Mainland | [3] |
| Commences Journey on Foot | Cooktown | [3] |
| Fastens | Dingy to Mangroves | [3] |
| Avoids | Natives Cape Bedford | [3] |
| Departs in | Dingy | [3] |
| Avoids Natives During Journey | null | [3] |
| Takes With | two days provisions | [3] |
| Essential Bravery | null | [3] |
| Reaches After Days | 8 | [3] |
| Subsists on | sugar bag honey | [3] |
| Exist As Defenders | null | [3] |
| Shoots | One Native Thigh | [3] |
| Described As Brave | brave defenders | [3] |
| Did Not See Natives Until | Tuesday last | [3] |
| Praised for | pluckily pursuing | [3] |
| Praised | brave | [3] |
| Met | Savages | [3] |
| Make Way on Foot to | Cooktown | [3] |
| Essential As | defenders despite origins | [3] |
| Subsisted on | sugar bag or honey | [3] |
| Repulsed Attacks | Blacks | [3] |
| Reached on Eighth Day | North Shore | [3] |
| Saw Natives Near | Cape Bedford | [3] |
| Shot | One Native Thigh | [3] |
| Visited | Mr T Weir Residence | [3] |
| Advocated As | capable defenders | [3] |
| Brought to | Cooktown | [3] |
| Commenced Journey | Perilous Journey | [3] |
| Reached | Shore | [3] |
| Described As | brave defenders | [3] |
| Pursued Journey | pluckily | [3] |
| Determined to Escape | Mainland | [3] |
| Known From | Particulars Inquiry | [3] |
| Killed | Four Natives | [3] |
| Gave Wide Berth to | Natives | [3] |
| Kept Near | Coast | [3] |
| Fastened | Dingy | [3] |
| Left Island in | Dingy | [3] |
| Are Brave Defenders | true | [3] |
| Essential Property | bravery | [3] |
| Praised As | pluckily | [3] |
| Kept in Water | null | [4] |
| Presupposes Presence in | Cooktown | [5] |
| Went Ashore | No 5 Howick Group | [6] |
| Purpose of Visit | cooking fish | [6] |
| Linguistically Othered Less Than Blacks | null | [7] |
| Framed As Heroes | null | [7] |
| Essentializes As Non Savage | null | [7] |
| Rushed Back to | Kate Kearney | [8] |
| Discovered | Remains of Ah Sam | [8] |
| Dependency on | Agent of Taiwan | [9] |
| Source of Knowledge for | Taiwan Leak Condition | [9] |
| Dived to Inspect | Steamer Taiwan | [9] |
| Exist As Companions | Eyre Party | [10] |
| Source of Knowledge | Taiwan Damage | [9] |
| Succeeded Where | Hms Diamond | [9] |
| Dived | true | [9] |
| Reported | one of the plates was broken, but not seriously | [9] |
| Discovered Remains of | Ah Sam | [11] |
| Half Civilised | null | [11] |
| Desert After | Receiving Clothing | [12] |
| Did Work at | Native Police Camp | [13] |
| Picked Up Spears | James Comes | [14] |
| Picked Up Spears for | James Comes | [15] |
| Picked Up | Spears | [16] |
| Saw No Natives Until Tuesday Near Cape Bedford | null | [17] |
| At Fishing Station Barrow Island | null | [17] |
| Brave Defenders | null | [17] |
| Left Island Same Night in Dinghy | null | [17] |
| Rations Consumed Subsisted on Sugar Bag Honey | null | [17] |
| Reached Mainland Fastened Dinghy to Mangroves | null | [17] |
| Reached Northern Shore Eighth Day | null | [17] |
| Repulsed Attacks With Rifles Revolvers | null | [17] |
| Shot One Through Thigh Drowned | null | [17] |
| Derogatory Term Used by | Whites | [18] |
| Transported on | Albatross | [19] |
| Assisted Ascent | Bartle Frere | [20] |
| Presupposed Guilty of | Wild Duck Massacre | [21] |
| Lent As Guides on Expeditions | true | [22] |
| Are Australian Aboriginals | null | [23] |
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References (37)
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See also
- Christie Christenson
- Cooktown Articles
- Beche De Mer Boat
- Desertion
- Cattle Stations
- Mainland
- Cooktown
- Dingy to Mangroves
- Natives Cape Bedford
- Dingy
- One Native Thigh
- Savages
- Blacks
- North Shore
- Cape Bedford
- Mr T Weir Residence
- Rifles
- Revolvers
- Two Days Provisions
- Remaining Ammunition
- Perilous Journey
- Firearms
- Shore
- Particulars Inquiry
- Four Natives
- Natives
- Coast
- No 5 Howick Group
- Captain Bremmer
- Kate Kearney
- Bucket
- Remains of Ah Sam
- Agent of Taiwan
- Taiwan Leak Condition
- Steamer Taiwan
- Eyre Party
- Taiwan Damage
- Hms Diamond
- Ah Sam
- Receiving Clothing
- Native Police Camp
- James Comes
- Spears
- Mr Henriques
- Whites
- Albatross
- Bartle Frere
- Wild Duck Massacre
- Gun
- Frank Hann
- Norseman
- Toby
- True
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