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Attack on Europeans/others - "Luck-Eye" on Waterview station, Herbert River (24 November 1870)

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Attack on Europeans/others - "Luck-Eye" on Waterview station, Herbert River (24 November 1870) has 60 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 6 live disagreements.

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  • Information reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview[1]sourceall time · Row 0020 Eid 10624
  • Outrage by the Blacks. — Information reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview—where they have been exceedingly troublesome for some time past—on Thursday, the 24th ultimo.[1]sourceall time · Row 0020 Eid 10624
  • This horrible act of cannibalism occurred within forty miles of Townsville, and quite confirms the opinion we have frequently heard expressed that the Kennedy blacks are cannibals.[1]sourceall time · Row 0020 Eid 10624

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46 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Sub EventDispersal of Blacks Waterview 1870[1]
Has Sub EventKilling of Luck Eye 1870[1]
Has Sub EventBurial Attempt After Dusk Discovery 1870[1]
Has Sub EventTrack Following and Gins Encounter 1870[1]
Has Associated IndividualLuck Eye[1]
Has Associated IndividualChristopher Allingham[1]
Has Associated IndividualThomas Coward[1]
Has Other Associated IndividualsLuck-Eye[1]
Has Other Associated IndividualsAllingham, Christopher[1]
Has Related Language GroupNyawaygi[1]
Has Related Language GroupNyawaygi[1]
Rdf:typeAttack on Europeans Others Event[1]
Has Nature of EventAttack on Europeans/others[1]
Has Day and Month of Event24 November[1]
Has Year of Event1870[1]
Has Date1870-11-24[1]
Has DescriptionInformation reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview—where they have been exceedingly troublesome for some time past—on Thursday, the 24th ultimo.[1]
Has Location TypePastoral run[1]
Has Pastoral Run Station or Run NameWaterview[1]
Has Pastoral Run Landowner or LesseeChristopher Allingham[1]
Has Location DescriptionWaterview station, Herbert River[1]
Has Location NotesissuesApproximate location of Waterview headstation in 1878[1]
Has No of People Killed1[1]
Has Names of People Killed and DetailsSSI labourer named Luck-Eye[1]
Has PerpetratorsAboriginal people[1]
Has Associated Nmp CampsAttie/Meunga Creek[1]
Has Associated Nmp OfficersCoward, Thomas[1]
Has Contemporary ReferenceBrisbane Courier, 2 December 1870, p2[1]
Has Date of First Reporting of Event1870[1]
Has NotescommentsThis killing was after an NMP 'dispersal' of Aboriginal people who had been spearing cattle on the station.[1]
Has Related Pastoral DistrictNorth Kennedy[1]
Has Coordinate X Min146.113317[1]
Has Coordinate Y Min-18.786444[1]
Has Coordinate X Max146.113317[1]
Has Coordinate Y Max-18.786444[1]
Has VictimLuck Eye[1]
Has Perpetrator GroupAboriginal People[1]
Has OfficerThomas Coward[1]
Has LocationWaterview Station Herbert River[1]
Has Associated CampAttie Meunga Creek[1]
Related Pastoral DistrictNorth Kennedy[1]
Perpetrator ofAboriginal People[1]
Has After EventSearch for Luck Eye 1870[1]
Reported As"This act confirms an opinion that the Kennedy blacks are cannibals"[1]
Has Related PlaceTownsville[1]
Reported inSource Queenslander 17 December 1870 P3[1]

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Attack on Europeans/others - "Luck-Eye" on Waterview station, Herbert River (24 November 1870)
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Attack on Europeans/others
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24 November
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1870
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Information reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview—where they have been exceedingly troublesome for some time past—on Thursday, the 24th ultimo.
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Waterview
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Christopher Allingham
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Waterview station, Herbert River
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Approximate location of Waterview headstation in 1878
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1
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SSI labourer named Luck-Eye
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Aboriginal people
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Coward, Thomas
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Luck-Eye
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Allingham, Christopher
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Brisbane Courier, 2 December 1870, p2
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1870
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This killing was after an NMP 'dispersal' of Aboriginal people who had been spearing cattle on the station.
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Information reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview
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Outrage by the Blacks. — Information reached town on Wednesday evening relative to another fearful outrage which was committed by the blacks in the vicinity of Waterview—where they have been exceedingly troublesome for some time past—on Thursday, the 24th ultimo.
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This horrible act of cannibalism occurred within forty miles of Townsville, and quite confirms the opinion we have frequently heard expressed that the Kennedy blacks are cannibals.
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