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Attack on Europeans/others - crew and passengers of the brig Maria on the coast and islands north of Cardwell (26 February 1872)

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Attack on Europeans/others - crew and passengers of the brig Maria on the coast and islands north of Cardwell (26 February 1872) has 141 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 22 live disagreements.

141 facts·66 predicates·1 sources·22 in dispute

Mostly:has victim(12), has associated individual(10), has crew survivor(8)

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Other facts (118)

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118 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Crew SurvivorThomas Tate[1]
Has Crew SurvivorAshley Goble[1]
Has Crew SurvivorG George Sonnichsen[1]
Has Crew SurvivorRichard Good[1]
Has Crew SurvivorHugh Finnie[1]
Has Crew SurvivorJames Sullivan[1]
Has Crew SurvivorOscar Wallen[1]
Has Crew SurvivorWilliam Wilson[1]
Has Witnessed byRichard Good[1]
Has Witnessed byThomas Tate[1]
Has Witnessed byAshley Goble[1]
Has Witnessed byG George Sonnichsen[1]
Has Witnessed byOscar Wallen[1]
Has Witnessed byWilliam Wilson[1]
Has Witnessed byJames Sullivan[1]
Has Associated SourceNewspaper Maryborough Chronicle 6 Apr 1872[1]
Has Associated SourceNewspaper Maryborough Chronicle 12 Mar 1872[1]
Has Associated SourceNewspaper Sydney Morning Herald 28 Mar 1872[1]
Has Associated SourceThe Age 4 Apr 1872[1]
Has Associated SourceNewspaper Port Denison Times 27 Apr 1872[1]
Has Associated SourceCentral Queensland Herald 13 Aug 1931[1]
Contains PersonOscar Wallen[1]
Contains PersonJames Sullivan[1]
Contains PersonParnell[1]
Contains PersonDaniel Polin[1]
Contains PersonO Malley[1]
Contains PersonFinney[1]
Has Associated EventEvent Nmp Reprisal Near Dunk Island 13 Mar 1872[1]
Has Associated EventEvent Aboriginal Kidnappings Before 30 Jan 1872[1]
Has Associated EventEvent Aboriginal Unnamed Man Near Gladys Inlet 1873[1]
Has Associated EventEvent Tam Oshanter Point 12 Mar 1872[1]
Has Associated EventEvent Hhsabben Clump Point 7 Mar 1872[1]
Has WoundedOscar Wilson[1]
Has WoundedJames Sullivan[1]
Has WoundedSw Hooker[1]
Has WoundedFinney[1]
Has WoundedHugh Finnie[1]
Has Location MarkerShoal Rivulet[1]
Has Location MarkerLouisa River[1]
Has Location MarkerTam Oshanter Point[1]
Has Location MarkerDouble Point[1]
Has LocationCoast and Islands North of Cardwell[1]
Has LocationBramble Reef[1]
Has LocationCardwell[1]
Has Native Mounted Police OfficerJohnstone[1]
Has Native Mounted Police OfficerRobert Arthur[1]
Has Native Mounted Police OfficerRichard Ratcliffe[1]
Has Casualty by TypeBlack Killings of Blacks[1]
Has Casualty by TypeDrowning at Wreck[1]
Has Casualty by TypeDrowned From Rafts[1]
Has SurvivorsOscar Wallen[1]
Has SurvivorsJames Sullivan[1]
Has SurvivorsTwo Search Boat Men[1]
Has Reported Wound Typeswounds-cranial-facial[1]
Has Reported Wound Typeswounds-weapon[1]
Has Reported Wound Typesbody-fragmentation[1]
Has Murdered PersonThomas Stratman[1]
Has Murdered PersonRobert Solomon[1]
Has Murdered PersonWalter Davis[1]
Has Wound Causeblack-attack[1]
Has Wound Causeshipwreck-drowning[1]
Has Wound Causeraft-swash[1]
Has Survivor Conditionnudity-for-five-days[1]
Has Survivor Conditionsword-and-spear-wounds[1]
Has Search Party Typevolunteers-from-Cardwell[1]
Has Search Party TypePeri-sailors[1]
Has Reported byNewspaper Toward Sheridan Telegram[1]
Has Reported byMaryborough Chronicle 6 Apr 1872[1]
Has Archive SourceQsa Statement Hugh Finnie 9 Mar[1]
Has Archive SourceQsa New Guinea Expedition Maria 72 1812[1]
Has Debated Landing SiteRockingham Bay[1]
Has Debated Landing SiteTam O'Shanter Point[1]
Has Survivor DestinationHinchinbrook Island[1]
Has Survivor DestinationTam Oshanter Point[1]
Rdf:typeFrontier Conflict Event[1]
Has Day26 February[1]
Has Year1872[1]
Has Occured on Date26 February 1872[1]
Has NatureAttack on Europeans/others[1]
Has Location TypeOther[1]
Has Latitude-17.647952[1]
Has Longitude146.147045[1]
Has Number of People Killed14[1]
Has Number of People Wounded4[1]
Perpetrated byAboriginal People[1]
Has Location Notesapproximately half way between the different sets of bodies as marked on QSA846902 1872 Plan of the Coast of Queensland from Tam O'Shanter Pt to Point Cooper[1]
Has Language GroupDjirbalngan[1]
Has Related Pastoral DistrictCook District[1]
Has Native Mounted Police CampCashmere Camp[1]
Has Contemporary ReferenceNewspaper Brisbane Courier 6 Mar 1872[1]
Has Other SourceNewspaper Brisbane Courier 8 Mar 1872[1]
Has Source ReliabilitySurvivors and Search and Rescue Reports[1]
Has Date First Reported1872[1]
Has AttributionSource University of Newcastle[1]
Has ShipBrig Maria[1]
Has WoundEvent Attack on Europeans Houses[1]
Has Survivor OutcomeNo Souls Left[1]
Has AftermathAboriginal Massacre Accounts[1]
Has Attack LocationTam Oshanter Point[1]
Attested byNewspaper Maryborough Chronicle 6 Apr 1872[1]

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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - crew and passengers of the brig Maria on the coast and islands north of Cardwell (26 February 1872) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia

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