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Black Police has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 25 references, with 7 live disagreements.

100 facts·88 predicates·25 sources·7 in dispute

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Inbound mentions (30)

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persuadedYoungToWaitForPersuaded Young to Wait for(2)

sameAsSame As(2)

suspectedPersonsSuspected Persons(2)

advocatesForMorePoliceStationsAdvocates for More Police Stations(1)

commandsCommands(1)

consistsOfConsists of(1)

criticizesCriticizes(1)

deceasedLastSeenWithDeceased Last Seen With(1)

deniedPresenceOfDenied Presence of(1)

hadBrotherShotByHad Brother Shot by(1)

hadCampOfHad Camp of(1)

inChargeOfIn Charge of(1)

inChargeOfBlackPoliceIn Charge of Black Police(1)

includedIncluded(1)

injuredByInjured by(1)

inquiredAboutPresenceOfInquired About Presence of(1)

involvesBlackPoliceInvolves Black Police(1)

isOfficerOfIs Officer of(1)

lastSeenCompanyLast Seen Company(1)

memberOfMember of(1)

participantParticipant(1)

persecutorsPersecutors(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

ranOffWhenSeeingRan Off When Seeing(1)

refersToRefers to(1)

resultOfReprisalByResult of Reprisal by(1)

shotByShot by(1)

Other facts (97)

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97 facts
PredicateValueRef
Described Asoutward semblance of human feeling[23]
Described Asthe savage only slept within[23]
Described Asdrunk-on-blood[25]
Rdf:typeGroup[24]
Rdf:typePolice Force[25]
Rdf:typeOrganization[25]
Characterized Asblack-hell-hounds[25]
Characterized Asblack-devils[25]
Characterized Asdrunk[25]
Take Gins by Forcenull[6]
Take Gins by Forcenull[8]
AbductedDolly[17]
AbductedNancy[17]
Actionclimbed the hill[23]
Actionshot those in ambush[23]
Characterization Ashell-hounds[25]
Characterization Asdevils[25]
Less Effective ThanWhites[1]
Acceptable RoleTrackers[1]
Implicates Renegade StatusMyalls View[1]
Employment IsMistake[1]
Deontically DiscouragedExcept Trackers[1]
Less Humane ThanWhites[1]
Could Have Exercised Functions Earliertrue[2]
Made Efforts Under Government Orderstrue[2]
Assuming Functions Long Overduetrue[2]
Assuming Functions ofPunishment and Protection[2]
Made Efforts toPacification Efforts North Coast[2]
Acted Under OrdersQueensland Government[2]
Under Government OrdersYes[2]
Might Have Long Exercised FunctionsYes[2]
Better If Surrounded With Legal SanctionYes[2]
Used for Repressive Purposesnull[2]
Used forRepressive Purposes[3]
RepressesAborigines[3]
Perform DispersalsWhenever Opportunity[4]
Engage in Massacres{}[4]
Aim to ExterminateCooktown Blacks[4]
Continue Work ofThinning Out Blacks[4]
Failed toStrike Terror[4]
Should Prosecute Searchnull[5]
Able to Prosecute Search IntoInterior[5]
Able to ProtectSettlers[5]
Strongly Reinforcednull[5]
Takes Gins by ForceTribes[7]
On Trail Since News Received{}[9]
Pursued Trail ofAboriginal Attackers[10]
Responded Quickly toNmp Event 18691[10]
Equivalent toNmp Troopers[11]
Exerted Pristine Barbaritynull[12]
Had Outward Semblance of Human Feeling But Savage Withinnull[12]
Sent Up for PurposeNmp Event Entryid 20744[12]
Prosecuted Wholesale Slaughter of Own Racenull[12]
Ontologically Savage Withinnull[12]
Taught Lesson toBlacks at Diamantina Lakes[13]
Went in PursuitAboriginal People[14]
Expected to PunishAboriginal People[14]
Fights Running Battle WithAboriginal People[15]
Exist As Respondersnull[15]
Related toNmp[16]
Lent Pistol toToby[17]
Took AwayBlack Gins[17]
Lent Gun toJemmy Murphy[17]
Attempted to ShootEllen[17]
Did Not See WheelerDicky[17]
ShotTommy[17]
Went toFrasers Island[18]
Absent FromYates Station[19]
Synonym ofNmp[20]
Involved in Search forNmp Event 68874[21]
Presupposed to Have SearchedHenry Shurey[21]
Searched for Several DaysHenry Shurey[21]
Presence Denied byRobert Hardgrave[22]
Existential Commitmentnull[22]
Rdf TypeOrganisation[23]
Also Known Asnative police[23]
Assisted inWar Declaration[23]
Sent for Purposewar against aborigines[23]
Compositionprincipally New South Wales aborigines[23]
Sparedneither women nor children[23]
In Charge ofAlexander Douglas[24]
Last Seen With Deceasedtrue[24]
Suspected Persontrue[24]
Group TypeBlack Police[24]
Alternative NameNative Mounted Police[24]
Suspected of Involvementtrue[24]
In Charge of Mr Douglasstrue[24]
Accused of Being With Deceasedtrue[24]
In Charge of Mr Douglass Recordedtrue[24]
Last Seen With Dicky Recordedtrue[24]
Suspected of Involvement Recordedtrue[24]
Colonial Police Force Indigenoustrue[24]
Same AsNative Mounted Police[25]
Should Have Been Kept Away FromLower Barcoo[25]
Action Descriptionchopping-off-legs[25]
Action TargetWaddymunduey[25]
Action AudienceHis Mother[25]

Timeline

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

lessEffectiveThantrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:whites
acceptableRoletrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:trackers
implicatesRenegadeStatustrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:myalls-view
employmentIstrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:mistake
deonticallyDiscouragedtrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:except-trackers
lessHumaneThantrove-cooktown/bloomfield
ex:whites
couldHaveExercisedFunctionsEarliertrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
true
madeEffortsUnderGovernmentOrderstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
true
assumingFunctionsLongOverduetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
true
assumingFunctionsOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:punishment-and-protection
madeEffortsTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:pacification-efforts-north-coast
actedUnderOrderstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:queensland-government
underGovernmentOrderstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:yes
mightHaveLongExercisedFunctionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:yes
betterIfSurroundedWithLegalSanctiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:yes
usedForRepressivePurposestrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
null
usedForbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/288111944_Saturday-21-February-1885-times-past-the-pd-times-saturday-february-21-1885
ex:repressive-purposes
repressesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/288111944_Saturday-21-February-1885-times-past-the-pd-times-saturday-february-21-1885
ex:aborigines
performDispersalsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
ex:whenever-opportunity
engageInMassacresbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
{}
aimToExterminatebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
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continueWorkOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
ex:thinning-out-blacks
failedTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
ex:strike-terror
shouldProsecuteSearchbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522201_Saturday-17-December-1881_THE-TRAGEDY-AT-THE-LIZARDS
null
ableToProsecuteSearchIntobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522201_Saturday-17-December-1881_THE-TRAGEDY-AT-THE-LIZARDS
ex:interior
ableToProtectbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522201_Saturday-17-December-1881_THE-TRAGEDY-AT-THE-LIZARDS
ex:settlers
stronglyReinforcedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522201_Saturday-17-December-1881_THE-TRAGEDY-AT-THE-LIZARDS
null
takeGinsByForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-ba93583b3e71
null
takesGinsByForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-f3eead437504
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takeGinsByForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/wikisource-way-we-civilise-cooktown-massacre-school-3222
null
onTrailSinceNewsReceivedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0104-eid-10711
{}
pursuedTrailOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0381-eid-18691
ex:aboriginal-attackers
respondedQuicklyTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0381-eid-18691
ex:nmp-event-18691
equivalentTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0732-eid-20779
ex:nmp-troopers
exertedPristineBarbarityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
null
hadOutwardSemblanceOfHumanFeelingButSavageWithinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
null
sentUpForPurposerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
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prosecutedWholesaleSlaughterOfOwnRacerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
null
ontologicallySavageWithinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
null
taughtLessonTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0752-eid-20941
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wentInPursuitrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1170-eid-37351
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expectedToPunishrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1170-eid-37351
ex:aboriginal-people
fightsRunningBattleWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1222-eid-37889
ex:aboriginal-people
existAsRespondersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1222-eid-37889
null
relatedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0848-eid-21992
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lentPistolTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
ex:toby
tookAwayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
ex:black-gins
lentGunTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
ex:jemmy-murphy
abductedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
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abductedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
ex:nancy
attemptedToShootrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
ex:ellen
didNotSeeWheelerrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
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shotrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
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wentTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1807-eid-52260
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absentFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1506-eid-49090
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synonymOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2127-eid-60954
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involvedInSearchForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2580-eid-68874
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presupposedToHaveSearchedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2580-eid-68874
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presenceDeniedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2757-eid-72017
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existentialCommitmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2757-eid-72017
null
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native police
assistedInfrontier-massacres/20744
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sentForPurposefrontier-massacres/20744
war against aborigines
compositionfrontier-massacres/20744
principally New South Wales aborigines
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climbed the hill
actionfrontier-massacres/20744
shot those in ambush
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neither women nor children
describedAsfrontier-massacres/20744
outward semblance of human feeling
describedAsfrontier-massacres/20744
the savage only slept within
typefrontier-massacres/10613
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labelfrontier-massacres/10613
Black Police
inChargeOffrontier-massacres/10613
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lastSeenWithDeceasedfrontier-massacres/10613
true
suspectedPersonfrontier-massacres/10613
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Black Police
alternativeNamefrontier-massacres/10613
Native Mounted Police
suspectedOfInvolvementfrontier-massacres/10613
true
inChargeOfMrDouglassfrontier-massacres/10613
true
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true
inChargeOfMrDouglassRecordedfrontier-massacres/10613
true
lastSeenWithDickyRecordedfrontier-massacres/10613
true
suspectedOfInvolvementRecordedfrontier-massacres/10613
true
colonialPoliceForceIndigenousfrontier-massacres/10613
true
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characterizedAsfrontier-massacres/10607
black-hell-hounds
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black-devils
describedAsfrontier-massacres/10607
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characterizationAsfrontier-massacres/10607
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characterizationAsfrontier-massacres/10607
devils
characterizedAsfrontier-massacres/10607
drunk
actionDescriptionfrontier-massacres/10607
chopping-off-legs
actionTargetfrontier-massacres/10607
ex:waddymunduey
actionAudiencefrontier-massacres/10607
ex:his-mother

References (25)

25 references
  1. [1]Bloomfield6 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  2. [2]North Shore Full10 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  3. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/288111944_Saturday-21-February-1885-times-past-the-pd-times-saturday-february-21-1885
  4. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/13406679_Tuesday-29-January-1878_OUR-BRISBANE-LETTER-JANUAR-26
  5. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/169522201_Saturday-17-December-1881_THE-TRAGEDY-AT-THE-LIZARDS
  6. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-ba93583b3e71
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-f3eead437504
  8. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/wikisource-way-we-civilise-cooktown-massacre-school-3222
  9. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0104-eid-10711
  10. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0381-eid-18691
  11. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0732-eid-20779
  12. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0714-eid-20744
  13. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0752-eid-20941
  14. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1170-eid-37351
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1222-eid-37889
  16. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0848-eid-21992
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1211-eid-37542
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1807-eid-52260
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1506-eid-49090
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2127-eid-60954
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2580-eid-68874
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2757-eid-72017
  23. [23]2074410 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20744
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20744
      text/plain7 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20744
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Mt Goulbolba/Goulbolba Hill, St Helen's near Emerald (c1867?) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au),
  24. [24]1061314 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10613
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10613
      text/plain4 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10613
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Dicky in the Waverley/St Lawrence area (early August 1873) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), ent
  25. [25]1060715 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10607
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10607
      text/plain20 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10607
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Richard Welford and Henry Hall, Welford Downs station (24 May 1872) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu

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