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Empire 1855 10 15

Describes Attack As	brutal barbarity^[3]
Describes Attack As	murderous attack^[3]
Describes Aboriginal People As	ferocious^[1]
Describes Aboriginal People As	aborigines^[1]
Certainty Marker	It is believed^[1]
Certainty Marker	no doubt^[1]
Framed As	affray^[1]
Framed As	brutal barbarity^[1]
Conflicts With Cause Narrative	James Reid^[1]
Conflicts With Cause Narrative	Letter Inspector General to Murray 1855 12 05^[1]
Framed Attack As	savage violence^[1]
Framed Attack As	brutal barbarity^[1]
Framed Aboriginal People As	ferocious tribe^[1]
Framed Aboriginal People As	blacks^[1]
Conflicts With	James Reid^[1]
Conflicts With	Letter Inspector General to Murray 1855 12 05^[1]

ex:empire-1855-10-15

Empire 1855 10 15 has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 3 references, with 10 live disagreements.

100+ facts·77 predicates·3 sources·10 in dispute

Mostly:describes attack as(6), describes aboriginal people as(6), framed as(4)

Describes Attack Asin dispute`describesAttackAs`

brutal barbarity^[3]sourceall time · 10690
brutal barbarity^[1]sourceall time · 10690
murderous attack^[3]sourceall time · 10690
simultaneous blows^[1]sourceall time · 10690
outrage^[3]sourceall time · 10690
savage violence^[1]sourceall time · 10690

Describes Aboriginal People Asin dispute`describesAboriginalPeopleAs`

ferocious^[1]sourceall time · 10690
aborigines^[1]sourceall time · 10690
the blacks^[1]sourceall time · 10690
ferocious^[3]sourceall time · 10690
savages^[1]sourceall time · 10690
savage^[3]sourceall time · 10690

Certainty Markerin dispute`certaintyMarker`

It is believed^[1]sourceall time · 10690
no doubt^[1]sourceall time · 10690
seems^[1]sourceall time · 10690

Framed Asin dispute`framedAs`

affray^[1]all time · 10690
brutal barbarity^[1]all time · 10690
outrage^[1]all time · 10690
murderous attack^[1]all time · 10690

Conflicts With Cause Narrativein dispute`conflictsWithCauseNarrative`

James Reid^[1]sourceall time · 10690
Letter Inspector General to Murray 1855 12 05^[1]sourceall time · 10690

Framed Attack Asin dispute`framedAttackAs`

savage violence^[1]all time · 10690
brutal barbarity^[1]all time · 10690

Framed Aboriginal People Asin dispute`framedAboriginalPeopleAs`

ferocious tribe^[1]all time · 10690
blacks^[1]all time · 10690
savages^[1]all time · 10690

Conflicts Within dispute`conflictsWith`

James Reid^[1]sourceall time · 10690
Letter Inspector General to Murray 1855 12 05^[1]sourceall time · 10690

Contradicted byin dispute`contradictedBy`

James Reid^[3]all time · 10690
James Reid 1858 Select Committee^[2]all time · 10690

Count Discrepancy Within dispute`countDiscrepancyWith`

Empire 1855 11 05^[3]all time · 10690
Qsl Letter Leith Hay Holt 1855 10 17^[3]all time · 10690

Corroborated by`corroboratedBy`

Empire 1855 11 05^[1]sourceall time · 10690
Empire 1855 11 05^[2]sourceall time · 10690

Colonial Framing No Provocation`colonialFramingNoProvocation`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10690

Inbound mentions (35)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`countDiscrepancyWith`Count Discrepancy With(6)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855
Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855
Capricornian 1909 04 10ex:capricornian-1909-04-10
Capricornian 1913 07 19ex:capricornian-1913-07-19
Qsa Letter O Connell Murray 1855 09 27ex:qsa-letter-o-connell-murray-1855-09-27
Queenslander 1892 12 10ex:queenslander-1892-12-10

`attestedBy`Attested by(4)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23
Messenger Sent to Traylanex:messenger-sent-to-traylan
Nmp Reductionex:nmp-reduction
Station People Rannesex:station-people-rannes

`corroboratedBy`Corroborated by(4)

Depredations on Flocksex:depredations-on-flocks
Empire 1855 11 05ex:empire-1855-11-05
Letter O Connell to Murray 1855 09 27ex:letter-o-connell-to-murray-1855-09-27
Shepherd Intimidation Rannesex:shepherd-intimidation-rannes

`attestedNoProvocationBy`Attested No Provocation by(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`blacksDescribedAsFerociousBy`Blacks Described As Ferocious by(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`causeDeniedBy`Cause Denied by(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`causeDisputedBetween`Cause Disputed Between(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`confirmsStatement`Confirms Statement(1)

Empire 1855 11 05ex:empire-1855-11-05

`conflictsWith`Conflicts With(1)

James Reidex:james-reid

`contradictedBy`Contradicted by(1)

James Reidex:james-reid

`corroborates`Corroborates(1)

Empire 1855 11 05ex:empire-1855-11-05

`deathsDay2Source`Deaths Day2 Source(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`describedAsAffrayBy`Described As Affray by(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`describedAsBrutalBarbarityBy`Described As Brutal Barbarity by(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`describedAsMurderousAttackBy`Described As Murderous Attack by(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`describedAsSimultaneousBlowsBy`Described As Simultaneous Blows by(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`hasContemporaryAccount`Has Contemporary Account(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`hasNarrativeIn`Has Narrative in(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`killedCountReportedBy`Killed Count Reported by(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`noProvocationClaimedBy`No Provocation Claimed by(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

`noProvocationClaimSource`No Provocation Claim Source(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`reportedBySource`Reported by Source(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`reportedIn`Reported in(1)

Attack Nmp Rannes 1855 09 23ex:attack-nmp-rannes-1855-09-23

`reportedInNewspaper`Reported in Newspaper(1)

Attack Rannes 1855ex:attack-rannes-1855

Other facts (65)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

65 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Hearsay Depth	3 (witness -> informed party -> letter to Leith Hay -> newspaper)	[1]
Based on Hearsay Chain	true	[1]
Provides Most Detailed Contemporary Account	true	[1]
Colonial Anxiety Manifest	true	[1]
Expresses Fear for Colonial Settlers	true	[1]
Document Genre	newspaper correspondence	[1]
Prediction Certainty	no doubt	[1]
Predicts Further Violence	true	[1]
Describes Intelligence Method As Unknown	true	[1]
Information Currency Limited	true	[1]
Contrasts No Provocation With Kind Treatment	true	[1]
Characterizes Report As Summary	true	[1]
Describes Own Source As	substance of a letter	[1]
Describes Aftermath	shearers fled messenger sent	[1]
Describes Attack Outcome	three killed two wounded	[1]
Describes Station Situation	situated about ninety miles to the west of Port Curtis	[1]
Information Relayed Via	Overland Mail	[1]
Describes Aborigines Possessing Knowledge of Police Reduction	true	[1]
Describes Survivor Crawling	true	[1]
Describes Aborigines Belonging to	Rannes neighbourhood	[1]
Denies Aboriginal Grievance	true	[1]
Defends Colonial Position	treated with kindness	[1]
Describes Attack As Coordinated	true	[1]
Chronological Position	first newspaper report	[1]
Expresses Fear of Further Outrage	true	[1]
Describes Information Chain	letter from Mr. Leith Hay from party informed by witness	[1]
Intelligence Source	overland mail from Gayndah	[1]
Correspondent Type	OWN CORRESPONDENT	[1]
Published About Three Weeks After Attack	true	[1]
Datelined From	Moreton Bay	[1]
Describes Aborigines Committing Depredations	true	[1]
Has Dateline	Gayndah	[1]
Published As	MORTON [sic] BAY [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]	[1]
Describes Event	Attack Rannes 1855	[1]
Has Page	5	[1]
Framed Attack As Unprovoked	true	[3]
Describes Blacks As Most Ferocious	true	[3]
Has Correspondent	Own Correspondent Moreton Bay	[3]
Describes Survivor Crawled to	nearest station	[3]
Describes Witness Status	witness of the affray	[3]
Describes Intermediary	a party who had been informed by a witness	[3]
Describes Source	letter received by Mr. Leith Hay	[3]
Published by	Empire Newspaper	[3]
Dated From	Moreton Bay	[3]
Mentions Shearers	Shearers Rannes	[3]
Describes Source As	letter received by Mr. Leith Hay from a party who had been informed by a witness	[3]
Describes Attack Method	simultaneous blows	[3]
Has Page Number	5	[3]
Hearsay Level	third-hand: correspondent reports from letter received by Leith Hay from a party informed by a witness	[2]
Published at	Moreton Bay	[2]
Colonial Justification	Aboriginal people treated with kindness but attacked without provocation	[2]
Framing of Perpetrators	one of the most ferocious tribes, act of brutal barbarity, savages	[2]
Correspondent Location	Moreton Bay	[2]
Page	5	[2]
Publication Date	1855-10-15	[2]
Publication Name	Empire	[2]
Anticipates Ongoing Violence	true	[1]
Information Reliability Limited by Distance	true	[1]
Prediction About Future Events	true	[1]
Describes Aboriginal Population	extremely numerous	[1]
Describes Aboriginal Behavior Before Attack	gathering and depredations	[1]
Geographic Distance From Event	approximately 600-700 miles (Moreton Bay to Rannes)	[1]
Days After Event	22	[1]
Colonial Bias	denies Aboriginal provocation while sources confirm gins taken	[1]
Potential Bias	colonial newspaper perspective, uses language like ferocious tribes, brutal barbarity, savages	[2]

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.

100 undated

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anticipatesOngoingViolenceingest-verify/10690

true

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basedOnHearsayChainingest-verify/10690

true

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certaintyMarkeringest-verify/10690

It is believed

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certaintyMarkeringest-verify/10690

no doubt

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certaintyMarkeringest-verify/10690

seems

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characterizesReportAsSummaryingest-verify/10690

true

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chronologicalPositioningest-verify/10690

first newspaper report

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colonialAnxietyManifestingest-verify/10690

true

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colonialBiasingest-verify/10690

denies Aboriginal provocation while sources confirm gins taken

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colonialFramingNoProvocationingest-verify/10690

true

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colonialJustificationfrontier-massacres/10690

Aboriginal people treated with kindness but attacked without provocation

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conflictsWithingest-verify/10690

ex:james-reid

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conflictsWithingest-verify/10690

ex:letter-inspector-general-to-murray-1855-12-05

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conflictsWithCauseNarrativeingest-verify/10690

ex:james-reid

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conflictsWithCauseNarrativeingest-verify/10690

ex:letter-inspector-general-to-murray-1855-12-05

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contradictedByagnostic/10690

ex:james-reid

—

contradictedByfrontier-massacres/10690

ex:james-reid-1858-select-committee

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contrastsNoProvocationWithKindTreatmentingest-verify/10690

true

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correspondentLocationfrontier-massacres/10690

Moreton Bay

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correspondentTypeingest-verify/10690

OWN CORRESPONDENT

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corroboratedByingest-verify/10690

ex:empire-1855-11-05

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corroboratedByfrontier-massacres/10690

ex:empire-1855-11-05

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countDiscrepancyWithagnostic/10690

ex:empire-1855-11-05

—

countDiscrepancyWithagnostic/10690

ex:qsl-letter-leith-hay-holt-1855-10-17

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datedFromagnostic/10690

Moreton Bay

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datelinedFromingest-verify/10690

Moreton Bay

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daysAfterEventingest-verify/10690

—

defendsColonialPositioningest-verify/10690

treated with kindness

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deniesAboriginalGrievanceingest-verify/10690

true

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describesAboriginalBehaviorBeforeAttackingest-verify/10690

gathering and depredations

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

ferocious

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

aborigines

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

the blacks

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsagnostic/10690

ferocious

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

savages

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describesAboriginalPeopleAsagnostic/10690

savage

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describesAboriginalPopulationingest-verify/10690

extremely numerous

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describesAboriginesBelongingToingest-verify/10690

Rannes neighbourhood

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describesAboriginesCommittingDepredationsingest-verify/10690

true

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describesAboriginesPossessingKnowledgeOfPoliceReductioningest-verify/10690

true

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describesAftermathingest-verify/10690

shearers fled messenger sent

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describesAttackAsagnostic/10690

brutal barbarity

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describesAttackAsingest-verify/10690

brutal barbarity

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describesAttackAsagnostic/10690

murderous attack

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describesAttackAsingest-verify/10690

simultaneous blows

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describesAttackAsagnostic/10690

outrage

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describesAttackAsingest-verify/10690

savage violence

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describesAttackAsCoordinatedingest-verify/10690

true

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describesAttackMethodagnostic/10690

simultaneous blows

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describesAttackOutcomeingest-verify/10690

three killed two wounded

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describesBlacksAsMostFerociousagnostic/10690

true

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describesEventingest-verify/10690

ex:attack-rannes-1855

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describesInformationChainingest-verify/10690

letter from Mr. Leith Hay from party informed by witness

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describesIntelligenceMethodAsUnknowningest-verify/10690

true

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describesIntermediaryagnostic/10690

a party who had been informed by a witness

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describesOwnSourceAsingest-verify/10690

substance of a letter

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describesSourceagnostic/10690

letter received by Mr. Leith Hay

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describesSourceAsagnostic/10690

letter received by Mr. Leith Hay from a party who had been informed by a witness

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describesStationSituationingest-verify/10690

situated about ninety miles to the west of Port Curtis

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describesSurvivorCrawledToagnostic/10690

nearest station

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describesSurvivorCrawlingingest-verify/10690

true

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describesWitnessStatusagnostic/10690

witness of the affray

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documentGenreingest-verify/10690

newspaper correspondence

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expressesFearForColonialSettlersingest-verify/10690

true

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expressesFearOfFurtherOutrageingest-verify/10690

true

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framedAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

ferocious tribe

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framedAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

blacks

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framedAboriginalPeopleAsingest-verify/10690

savages

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framedAsingest-verify/10690

affray

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framedAsingest-verify/10690

brutal barbarity

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framedAsingest-verify/10690

outrage

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framedAsingest-verify/10690

murderous attack

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framedAttackAsingest-verify/10690

savage violence

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framedAttackAsingest-verify/10690

brutal barbarity

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framedAttackAsUnprovokedagnostic/10690

true

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framingOfPerpetratorsfrontier-massacres/10690

one of the most ferocious tribes, act of brutal barbarity, savages

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geographicDistanceFromEventingest-verify/10690

approximately 600-700 miles (Moreton Bay to Rannes)

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hasCorrespondentagnostic/10690

ex:own-correspondent-moreton-bay

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hasDatelineingest-verify/10690

Gayndah

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hasPageingest-verify/10690

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hasPageNumberagnostic/10690

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hearsayDepthingest-verify/10690

3 (witness -> informed party -> letter to Leith Hay -> newspaper)

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hearsayLevelfrontier-massacres/10690

third-hand: correspondent reports from letter received by Leith Hay from a party informed by a witness

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informationCurrencyLimitedingest-verify/10690

true

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informationRelayedViaingest-verify/10690

ex:overland-mail

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informationReliabilityLimitedByDistanceingest-verify/10690

true

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intelligenceSourceingest-verify/10690

overland mail from Gayndah

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mentionsShearersagnostic/10690

ex:shearers-rannes

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pagefrontier-massacres/10690

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potentialBiasfrontier-massacres/10690

colonial newspaper perspective, uses language like ferocious tribes, brutal barbarity, savages

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predictionAboutFutureEventsingest-verify/10690

true

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predictionCertaintyingest-verify/10690

no doubt

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predictsFurtherViolenceingest-verify/10690

true

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providesMostDetailedContemporaryAccountingest-verify/10690

true

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publicationDatefrontier-massacres/10690

1855-10-15

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publicationNamefrontier-massacres/10690

Empire

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publishedAboutThreeWeeksAfterAttackingest-verify/10690

true

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publishedAsingest-verify/10690

MORTON [sic] BAY [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

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publishedAtfrontier-massacres/10690

ex:moreton-bay

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publishedByagnostic/10690

ex:empire-newspaper

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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Combo James, Colin and Hamlet at Rannes station, opposite side of the creek to the headstation (23 September 1855) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres …
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Combo James, Colin and Hamlet at Rannes station, opposite side of the creek to the headstation (23 September 1855) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres …
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Combo James, Colin and Hamlet at Rannes station, opposite side of the creek to the headstation (23 September 1855) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres …

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Empire 1855 10 15

Describes Attack Asin disputedescribesAttackAs

Describes Aboriginal People Asin disputedescribesAboriginalPeopleAs

Certainty Markerin disputecertaintyMarker

Framed Asin disputeframedAs

Conflicts With Cause Narrativein disputeconflictsWithCauseNarrative

Framed Attack Asin disputeframedAttackAs

Framed Aboriginal People Asin disputeframedAboriginalPeopleAs

Conflicts Within disputeconflictsWith

Contradicted byin disputecontradictedBy

Count Discrepancy Within disputecountDiscrepancyWith

Corroborated bycorroboratedBy

Colonial Framing No ProvocationcolonialFramingNoProvocation

Inbound mentions (35)

countDiscrepancyWithCount Discrepancy With(6)

attestedByAttested by(4)

corroboratedByCorroborated by(4)

attestedNoProvocationByAttested No Provocation by(1)

blacksDescribedAsFerociousByBlacks Described As Ferocious by(1)

causeDeniedByCause Denied by(1)

causeDisputedBetweenCause Disputed Between(1)

confirmsStatementConfirms Statement(1)

conflictsWithConflicts With(1)

contradictedByContradicted by(1)

corroboratesCorroborates(1)

deathsDay2SourceDeaths Day2 Source(1)

describedAsAffrayByDescribed As Affray by(1)

describedAsBrutalBarbarityByDescribed As Brutal Barbarity by(1)

describedAsMurderousAttackByDescribed As Murderous Attack by(1)

describedAsSimultaneousBlowsByDescribed As Simultaneous Blows by(1)

hasContemporaryAccountHas Contemporary Account(1)

hasNarrativeInHas Narrative in(1)

killedCountReportedByKilled Count Reported by(1)

noProvocationClaimedByNo Provocation Claimed by(1)

noProvocationClaimSourceNo Provocation Claim Source(1)

reportedBySourceReported by Source(1)

reportedInReported in(1)

reportedInNewspaperReported in Newspaper(1)

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Describes Attack Asin dispute`describesAttackAs`

Describes Aboriginal People Asin dispute`describesAboriginalPeopleAs`

Certainty Markerin dispute`certaintyMarker`

Framed Asin dispute`framedAs`

Conflicts With Cause Narrativein dispute`conflictsWithCauseNarrative`

Framed Attack Asin dispute`framedAttackAs`

Framed Aboriginal People Asin dispute`framedAboriginalPeopleAs`

Conflicts Within dispute`conflictsWith`

Contradicted byin dispute`contradictedBy`

Count Discrepancy Within dispute`countDiscrepancyWith`

Corroborated by`corroboratedBy`

Colonial Framing No Provocation`colonialFramingNoProvocation`

`countDiscrepancyWith`Count Discrepancy With(6)

`attestedBy`Attested by(4)

`corroboratedBy`Corroborated by(4)

`attestedNoProvocationBy`Attested No Provocation by(1)

`blacksDescribedAsFerociousBy`Blacks Described As Ferocious by(1)

`causeDeniedBy`Cause Denied by(1)

`causeDisputedBetween`Cause Disputed Between(1)

`confirmsStatement`Confirms Statement(1)

`conflictsWith`Conflicts With(1)

`contradictedBy`Contradicted by(1)

`corroborates`Corroborates(1)

`deathsDay2Source`Deaths Day2 Source(1)

`describedAsAffrayBy`Described As Affray by(1)

`describedAsBrutalBarbarityBy`Described As Brutal Barbarity by(1)

`describedAsMurderousAttackBy`Described As Murderous Attack by(1)

`describedAsSimultaneousBlowsBy`Described As Simultaneous Blows by(1)

`hasContemporaryAccount`Has Contemporary Account(1)

`hasNarrativeIn`Has Narrative in(1)

`killedCountReportedBy`Killed Count Reported by(1)

`noProvocationClaimedBy`No Provocation Claimed by(1)

`noProvocationClaimSource`No Provocation Claim Source(1)

`reportedBySource`Reported by Source(1)

`reportedIn`Reported in(1)

`reportedInNewspaper`Reported in Newspaper(1)