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Ernest Eglinton has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 17 references, with 10 live disagreements.

100+ facts·72 predicates·17 sources·10 in dispute

Mostly:followed tracks on(8), followed blacks tracks on(4), arrived at(3)

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Arrived atin disputearrivedAt

Followed Tracks onin disputefollowedTracksOn

  • 1883-02-17 to 1883-02-18[5]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-17[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-12[4]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-13[4]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-17[4]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-18[4]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-18[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-11[4]all time · 11176

Followed Blacks Tracks onin disputefollowedBlacksTracksOn

  • 1883-02-12[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-11[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-13[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-11 to 1883-02-13[5]all time · 11176

Engineered Killings inin disputeengineeredKillingsIn

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  • Mr. Eglinton[3]all time · 10625
  • Inspector Eglinton[3]sourceall time · 10625
  • S-I[3]all time · 10625

Employmentin disputeemployment

  • Native Mounted Police officer[3]all time · 10625
  • Inspector[3]all time · 10625
  • police[3]all time · 10625

Arrived at Wills Creekin disputearrivedAtWillsCreek

  • 1879-01-31[3]sourceall time · 10625
  • true[3]all time · 10625

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  • Mr. Eglinton[3]sourceall time · 10625
  • S-I (Sub-Inspector)[3]sourceall time · 10625

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  • Inspector[3]all time · 10625
  • Sub-Inspector[3]all time · 10625

Dispersed Camp ondispersedCampOn

  • 1883-02-14[5]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-14[1]all time · 11176
  • 1883-02-14[4]all time · 11176

Arrived at Devoncourt onarrivedAtDevoncourtOn

  • 1883-02-10[4]sourceall time · 11176
  • 1883-02-10[1]sourceall time · 11176
  • 1883-02-10[5]sourceall time · 11176

Inbound mentions (75)

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Other facts (62)

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62 facts
PredicateValueRef
Engineered1879 Massacre[11]
Engineered1879 Massacre[9]
Engineered1879 Massacre[12]
Gendermale[3]
Evidence Belonged toBernard Molvo[3]
Evidence Locationin camps[3]
Evidence of Participationfound property[3]
Had News ofWonomo Attack January 1879[3]
Arrival MonthJanuary[3]
Arrival Day31st ultimo[3]
Evidence Typeproperty in camps[3]
Found Evidencetrue[3]
Dispersed Aboriginal Mobstrue[3]
Dispatched byMr Coley[3]
CommandedNative Troopers[3]
Carried Out Punitive Raids2[3]
DispersedAboriginal Mobs[3]
Arrived on Date1879-01-31[3]
Describes Month As UltoFebruary[4]
Addressed Letter AsSir[4]
Began Expedition on1883-02-07[4]
Dispersed CampAboriginal Camp Eglinton[4]
Has OccupationNmp Officer[4]
Accompanied by Four Trooperstrue[1]
Campaign Timeline7 Feb: departed for Cloncurry; 10 Feb: arrived Devoncourt; 11-13 Feb: followed tracks; 14 Feb: dispersed camp; 16 Feb: received remounts; 17-18 Feb: followed tracks[1]
Departed for Cloncurry on1883-02-07[1]
Date of Report1883-03-01[5]
Dispersed Aboriginal Camptrue[5]
Followed Aboriginal Tracks for Three Daystrue[5]
Formal Police Report Styletrue[5]
Addressed Report to Sirtrue[5]
Authored SourceQsa562996 1883 Letter Eglinton[5]
Associated With EventAttack Nmp Detachment Beresford Mckinlay Ranges 1883[5]
Described Aboriginal Presencethree or four blacks would sneak in during evenings[8]
Author ofEglinton Letter 1872 07 03[8]
Discharged Duty With Justice and MercyNmp Event 21061[10]
Acted With Native TroopersReprisals for 10625[2]
Carried Out Punitive Raids AfterNmp Event 10625[2]
Dispersed Aboriginal Mobs AfterNmp Event 10625[2]
Came tobutcher a whole lot of people[9]
Grandfather ofHazel Sullivan[9]
Former Native Police Officernull[17]
First Nmp OfficerBurke River[15]
First Officer atBurke River Nmp Camp[16]
Appointed AsMarriage Justice[6]
Appointed inMarathon Registry District[6]
In Command of ReprisalAttack on Aboriginal People Mckinlay Ranges Feb 1883[1]
Involved inAttack on Aboriginal People Mckinlay Ranges Feb 1883[1]
Compassionate Actionrescued Muscat[3]
Action Justificationfound property evidence[3]
Evidence Thoroughnesssearched all camps[3]
Evidence Collectionfound property in camps[3]
Found Evidence inAboriginal Mobs[3]
Informed byMr Coley[3]
CommandsNative Troopers[3]
Arrival Relative toWonomo Attack January 1879[3]
Agent ofAttack Aboriginal People Mckinlay Ranges Feb1883[4]
Began Expedition FromField Location[4]
Associated With CampNmp Cloncurry Camp[4]
Date of Birthcirca 1851[1]
Euphemism Useddispersed[5]
Addressed Letter toFrederick Murray[5]

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Mr. Eglinton
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butcher a whole lot of people
campaignTimelinecompact/11176
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carriedOutPunitiveRaidsfrontier-massacres/10625
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rescued Muscat
dateOfBirthcompact/11176
circa 1851
dateOfReportfrontier-massacres/11176
1883-03-01
departedForCloncurryOncompact/11176
1883-02-07
describedAboriginalPresencefrontier-massacres/10763
three or four blacks would sneak in during evenings
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February
dischargedDutyWithJusticeAndMercyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0777-eid-21061
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1883-02-14
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Native Mounted Police officer
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Inspector
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police
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followedAboriginalTracksForThreeDaysfrontier-massacres/11176
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References (17)

17 references
  1. customctx:test/compact/11176
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Marcus Beresford in the McKinlay Ranges (24 January 1883) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0021-eid-10625
  3. customctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10625
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Bernard Molvo and others at Wonomo waterhole, Sulieman Ck (January 1879) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle
  4. customctx:test/agnostic/11176
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Marcus Beresford in the McKinlay Ranges (24 January 1883) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry
  5. customctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/11176
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/11176
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Marcus Beresford in the McKinlay Ranges (24 January 1883) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry
  6. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/01-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-3429905-8a72f3834d75
  7. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1160-eid-37273
  8. customctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10763
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on NMP detachment - Cecil Hill at Sharper's Ck, near Duaringa, tributary of the Dawson River (23 May 1865) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21
  9. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0777-eid-21061
  11. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-2e448f8ec9eb
  12. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
  13. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8b030a27ab12
  14. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-bc150be6698e
  15. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series
  16. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/springer-pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children

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