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Colonial context has 23 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 13 references, with 3 live disagreements.

23 facts·15 predicates·13 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:involves(4), characterized by(3), rdf:type(2)

Inbound mentions (13)

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Frontier Conflict Event August 1874ex:frontier-conflict-event-august-1874

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`groundedIn`Grounded in(1)

Attack August 1874ex:attack-august-1874

`occursInContext`Occurs in Context(1)

Attack on Europeans Dunk Island 1878ex:attack-on-europeans-dunk-island-1878

`ongoingIn1887`Ongoing In1887(1)

Tariff Debatesex:tariff-debates

`ontologicalRoleFrontierPolice`Ontological Role Frontier Police(1)

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`receivesRationsIn`Receives Rations in(1)

Aboriginesex:aborigines

`referencesNewGuineaExploration`References New Guinea Exploration(1)

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Other facts (21)

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21 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Involves	Imperial Telegraphs	[3]
Involves	European settlers	[13]
Involves	Aboriginal people	[13]
Involves	frontier conflict	[13]
Characterized by	unequal power relations	[13]
Characterized by	cultural misunderstanding	[13]
Characterized by	resource competition	[13]
Rdf:type	Context	[12]
Rdf:type	Context	[13]
Historical Setting	1881 Queensland	[1]
References Queensland Colony	multiple	[2]
Evident in Reports	Qld 1893	[4]
Assumes19th Century Australia	1881 Events	[5]
Involves New Guinea Tensions	Native Murders	[6]
References Asylums	Colonial Asylums	[5]
Assumed by Text	null	[7]
Involves Frontier Violence	null	[8]
Involves Indigenous Labor	null	[9]
Part of Massacres Map	Colonial Frontier Massacres Map	[10]
Has Date	1873	[11]
Grounds	Attack August 1874	[12]

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historicalSettingtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

1881 Queensland

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referencesQueenslandColonytrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

multiple

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involvestrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

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evidentInReportstrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:qld-1893

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assumes19thCenturyAustraliatrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:1881-events

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involvesNewGuineaTensionstrove-cooktown/watkins

ex:native-murders

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referencesAsylumstrove-cooktown/reynolds

ex:colonial-asylums

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assumedByTexttrove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew

null

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involvesFrontierViolencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/beta-fromthepage-com-display-read-all-works-9ca3ca22c0a2

null

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involvesIndigenousLaborrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-1893-daintree-mr-reynolds-hires-aboriginals

null

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partOfMassacresMaprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0198-eid-10815

ex:colonial-frontier-massacres-map

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hasDateblucher-uhr/trove--trove-reynolds-qld--james-walker-maryborough--saturday 8 february 1873--1308693--telegraphic-australian-associated-press-telegrams-warwick-friday

1873

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typefrontier-massacres/10617

ex:Context

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labelfrontier-massacres/10617

Colonial context

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groundsfrontier-massacres/10617

ex:attack-august-1874

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typefrontier-massacres/10623

ex:Context

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labelfrontier-massacres/10623

colonial frontier context

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involvesfrontier-massacres/10623

European settlers

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involvesfrontier-massacres/10623

Aboriginal people

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involvesfrontier-massacres/10623

frontier conflict

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characterizedByfrontier-massacres/10623

unequal power relations

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characterizedByfrontier-massacres/10623

cultural misunderstanding

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characterizedByfrontier-massacres/10623

resource competition

References (13)

13 references

[1]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[2]Mauritius Queensland1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
[3]Coloured Persons1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[4]John Davis1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[5]Reynolds2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
[6]Watkins1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
[7]Aboriginal Bdm Crew1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
[8]Beta Fromthepage Com Display Read All Works 9ca3ca22c0a21 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/archive-text/beta-fromthepage-com-display-read-all-works-9ca3ca22c0a2
[9]Qsa Itm6820 1893 Daintree Mr Reynolds Hires Aboriginals1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-itm6820-1893-daintree-mr-reynolds-hires-aboriginals
[10]Row 0198 Eid 108151 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0198-eid-10815
[11]Trove Trove Reynolds Qld James Walker Maryborough Saturday 8 February 1873 1308693 Telegraphic Australian Associated Press Telegrams Warwick Friday1 fact
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-reynolds-qld--james-walker-maryborough--saturday 8 february 1873--1308693--telegraphic-australian-associated-press-telegrams-warwick-friday
[12]106173 facts
ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10617
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - unnamed man and woman between Oxford Downs and Grosvenor Downs?, near Nebo (August 1874) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" …
[13]106238 facts
ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10623
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Henry Williams at Dunk Island (22 March 1878) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 10623. Coor…

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Inbound mentions (13)

presupposesPresupposes(3)

actedAsLiaisonOfficerActed As Liaison Officer(1)

believesEnglishLawInapplicableBelieves English Law Inapplicable(1)

dependsOnDepends on(1)

essentializedAsRationRecipientsEssentialized As Ration Recipients(1)

groundedInGrounded in(1)

occursInContextOccurs in Context(1)

ongoingIn1887Ongoing In1887(1)

ontologicalRoleFrontierPoliceOntological Role Frontier Police(1)

receivesRationsInReceives Rations in(1)

referencesNewGuineaExplorationReferences New Guinea Exploration(1)

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References (13)

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`presupposes`Presupposes(3)

`actedAsLiaisonOfficer`Acted As Liaison Officer(1)

`believesEnglishLawInapplicable`Believes English Law Inapplicable(1)

`dependsOn`Depends on(1)

`essentializedAsRationRecipients`Essentialized As Ration Recipients(1)

`groundedIn`Grounded in(1)

`occursInContext`Occurs in Context(1)

`ongoingIn1887`Ongoing In1887(1)

`ontologicalRoleFrontierPolice`Ontological Role Frontier Police(1)

`receivesRationsIn`Receives Rations in(1)

`referencesNewGuineaExploration`References New Guinea Exploration(1)