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Cape Bedford Massacre has 64 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 7 references, with 1 live disagreement.

64 facts·63 predicates·7 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:perpetrator(2), retaliation for(1), compared to(1)

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Perpetratorin disputeperpetrator

Retaliation forretaliationFor

Compared tocomparedTo

Disputed Death TolldisputedDeathToll

Occurred in YearoccurredInYear

  • 1879[3]all time · Queensland Review Red Snake Oconnor Cape Bedford Note

Resulted in Death ofresultedInDeathOf

  • 24[3]all time · Queensland Review Red Snake Oconnor Cape Bedford Note

Was Reprisal forwasReprisalFor

Aboriginal Men Escaped by Swimming CountaboriginalMenEscapedBySwimmingCount

  • 4[1]all time · Colonial Frontier Massacres Cape Bedford Cooktown 1879

Aboriginal Victims Killed CountaboriginalVictimsKilledCount

  • 24[1]all time · Colonial Frontier Massacres Cape Bedford Cooktown 1879

Attackers Killed CountattackersKilledCount

  • 0[1]all time · Colonial Frontier Massacres Cape Bedford Cooktown 1879

Attack Time MorningattackTimeMorning

  • True[1]all time · Colonial Frontier Massacres Cape Bedford Cooktown 1879

Captured Aboriginal Men CountcapturedAboriginalMenCount

  • 28[1]all time · Colonial Frontier Massacres Cape Bedford Cooktown 1879

Inbound mentions (5)

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ledAttackLed Attack(1)

participatedInParticipated in(1)

providesAnotherAccountOfProvides Another Account of(1)

reportedOnReported on(1)

Other facts (51)

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51 facts
PredicateValueRef
Captured Aboriginal Women Count13[1]
Caused by Tracking FromSub Inspector O Connor Party[1]
Contextualized in Colonial Frontier Era1788 1930[1]
Has Attacker DescriptionNative Police[1]
Has Attacker TypeColonists[1]
Has Latitude-15.285[1]
Has Longitude145.313[1]
Has MotiveReprisal[1]
Has Site NameCape Bedford, QLD[1]
Has Victim TypeAboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People[1]
Hemmed in Narrow Gorge by Sunday MorningTrue[1]
In Police DistrictCooktown Police District[1]
Involves Language GroupGuugu Yimidhirr[1]
Is Reprisal forHartley Sykes Attack[1]
Known From Newspaper SourceBrisbane Courier 1 Mar 1879 P6[1]
Located in Present StateQld[1]
Occurred in ColonyQld[1]
Occurred in GorgeTrue[1]
Occurred on Date16 Feb 1879[1]
Outlets Secured by TroopersTrue[1]
Shot Aboriginal Men Count24[1]
Sourced FromBrisbane Courier 1 Mar 1879 P6[1]
Used TransportHorse[1]
Victims Killed Notes Men and WomenTrue[1]
Weapons UsedSnider(s)[1]
Women ReleasedTrue[1]
Involved No Escape for Mennull[5]
Occurred in1879[5]
Reported inBrisbane Courier Northern News[5]
Was Retribution forHartley Sykes Wounding[5]
Located North ofCooktown[6]
Summarised inQueensland Review[3]
Deontically Justified in NarrativeTrue[1]
Following IncidentCedar Cutter Killing[1]
Location Methodnarrow gorge[4]
Killed Methodshooting[4]
Escape Directionto sea[4]
Escape Methodswimming[4]
Escaped by Swimming Count4[4]
Shot Down Count24[4]
Killed at LocationBeach[4]
Methodhemmed within narrow gorge[4]
Killed Count Is Approximatetrue[4]
Killed Count Approximate24[4]
VictimGuugu Yimithirr People[4]
Event LocationNear Cooktown[4]
Event Date1879-02-16[4]
Rdfs:labelCape Bedford massacre[4]
Potential Candidate forCooktown Cape Bedford Displacement[2]
Presupposes Native Police EffectivenessTrue[1]
Total Victims28[4]

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.

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4
aboriginalVictimsKilledCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
24
attackersKilledCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
0
attackTimeMorningrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
capturedAboriginalMenCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
28
capturedAboriginalWomenCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
13
causedByTrackingFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:sub-inspector-o-connor-party
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ex:1889-archer-coen
contextualizedInColonialFrontierErarosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:1788-1930
deonticallyJustifiedInNarrativerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
disputedDeathTollrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
ex:reginald-spencer-browne
escapedBySwimmingCountrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
4
escapeDirectionrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
to sea
escapeMethodrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
swimming
eventDaterosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
1879-02-16
eventLocationrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
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followingIncidentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:cedar-cutter-killing
hasAttackerDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Native Police
hasAttackerTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Colonists
hasLatituderosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
-15.285
hasLongituderosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
145.313
hasMotiverosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Reprisal
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Cape Bedford, QLD
hasVictimTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People
hemmedInNarrowGorgeBySundayMorningrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
inPoliceDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:cooktown-police-district
involvedNoEscapeForMenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead
null
involvesLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:guugu-yimidhirr
isReprisalForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
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killedAtLocationrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
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killedCountApproximaterosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
24
killedCountIsApproximaterosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
true
killedMethodrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
shooting
knownFromNewspaperSourcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
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locatedInPresentStaterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:qld
locatedNorthOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-cooktown-hotel-publican-aboriginal-children
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locationMethodrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
narrow gorge
methodrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
hemmed within narrow gorge
occurredInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead
1879
occurredInColonyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
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ex:true
occurredInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
1879
occurredOnDaterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
16 Feb 1879
outletsSecuredByTroopersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
perpetratorrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
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perpetratorrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
ex:sub-inspector-stanhope-oconnor
potentialCandidateForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-massacre-1879
ex:cooktown-cape-bedford-displacement
presupposesNativePoliceEffectivenessrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
labelrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
Cape Bedford massacre
reportedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead
ex:brisbane-courier-northern-news
resultedInDeathOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
24
retaliationForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cole-2004-battle-camp-to-boralga-coen-child-capture-3344
ex:near-fatal-spearing-two-whites
shotAboriginalMenCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
24
shotDownCountrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
24
sourcedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
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summarisedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
ex:queensland-review
totalVictimsrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
28
usedTransportrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Horse
victimrosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
ex:guugu-yimithirr-people
victimsKilledNotesMenAndWomenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true
wasReprisalForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
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wasRetributionForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead
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weaponsUsedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
Snider(s)
womenReleasedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
ex:true

References (7)

7 references
  1. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/colonial-frontier-massacres-cape-bedford-cooktown-1879
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-massacre-1879
  3. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-review-red-snake-oconnor-cape-bedford-note
  4. customctx:research/rosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
    • full textctx:research/rosie-research/rosie-world-haviland
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      Rosie's world: McIvor River and Cooktown Aboriginal life, 1879-1896. Compiled from verified primary and scholarly sources for the donto research on Rosie (Rosie Reynolds / Rosie Rosie), an Aboriginal Kuku Yalanji woman born at the McIvor Ri
  5. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead
  6. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-cooktown-hotel-publican-aboriginal-children
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cole-2004-battle-camp-to-boralga-coen-child-capture-3344

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