frontier conflict

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frontier conflict has 104 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 43 references, with 15 live disagreements.

104 facts·71 predicates·43 sources·15 in dispute

Mostly:involves(11), includes event(5), involves native mounted police(3)

Involvesin dispute`involves`

Native Mounted Police^[6]all time · 011 Dev Fromthepage Com Qldfrontierconflict Correspondence 1879 Qsa6820 1895 Report From John Mcguire to Herve 03b6e9e4988d
Native Mounted Police Queensland^[16]all time · Focused Captured Sold Boys Mechanism Focused Demetries Boys Moved for Work Cooktown Bloomfield Island Point
Native Mounted Police in Queensland^[32]all time · Nmp Database Entry Eid 17379 Nott Alan Langi Archer River 1896
Native Mounted Police^[41]all time · 10608
Aboriginal People^[42]sourceall time · 10612
Native Mounted Police^[42]sourceall time · 10612
Walter Scott^[42]sourceall time · 10612
Henry Stone^[42]sourceall time · 10612
Commissioner of Police^[42]sourceall time · 10612
David Seymour^[42]sourceall time · 10612

Inbound mentions (102)

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.

`focusesOn`Focuses on(5)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Projectex:project
Qld Frontier Conflictex:qld-frontier-conflict
Qldfrontierconflictex:qldfrontierconflict
Qld Native Mounted Police Research Databaseex:qld-native-mounted-police-research-database

`isAbout`Is About(4)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Nmp Databaseex:nmp-database

`isBlogAbout`Is Blog About(4)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier
Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier

`hasFrontierHistory`Has Frontier History(3)

Qldex:qld
Qld Historyex:qld-history
Queenslandex:queensland

`causes`Causes(2)

Kidnapping of Women Boys Girlsex:kidnapping-of-women-boys-girls
Violence in Many Formsex:violence-in-many-forms

`conductedResearchInto`Conducted Research Into(2)

Noel Loosex:noel-loos
Professor Noel Loosex:professor-noel-loos

`documents`Documents(2)

Articleex:article
Conspiracy of Silence 2013ex:conspiracy-of-silence-2013

`involvedIn`Involved in(2)

Colonial Settlersex:colonial-settlers
Palmer Riverex:palmer-river

`involves`Involves(2)

Qld Historyex:qld-history
Queensland Historyex:queensland-history

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(2)

Nmpex:nmp
Qsa6826ex:qsa6826

`references`References(2)

Qsa665854ex:qsa665854
Qsa847522 Letterex:qsa847522-letter

`usedInContext`Used in Context(2)

Depredations Termex:depredations-term
Dispersal Termex:dispersal-term

`areEngagedIn`Are Engaged in(1)

Blacksex:blacks

`associatedWith`Associated With(1)

Native Mounted Police Campex:native-mounted-police-camp

`basedWhereConflictOccurredQuickMoveToAttacks`Based Where Conflict Occurred Quick Move to Attacks(1)

Native Police Centresex:native-police-centres

`categorizedAsAttack`Categorized As Attack(1)

Nmp Event 68446ex:nmp-event-68446

`categoryOf`Category of(1)

Event Dowlings Creek 1872ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

`caused`Caused(1)

Colonial Settlementex:colonial-settlement

`causedConflict`Caused Conflict(1)

Colonial Expansionex:colonial-expansion

`classifiedAsViolence`Classified As Violence(1)

Nmp Event 71637ex:nmp-event-71637

`classifiedOntologicallyAs`Classified Ontologically As(1)

Nmp Event 61961ex:nmp-event-61961

`classifiesAsPropertyAttack`Classifies As Property Attack(1)

Nmp Event 36956ex:nmp-event-36956

`classifiesAsViolence`Classifies As Violence(1)

Nmp Event Entryid 37410ex:nmp-event-entryid-37410

`classifiesEventAs`Classifies Event As(1)

Nmp Databaseex:nmp-database

`commitsToOntologyOf`Commits to Ontology of(1)

Nmp Event 51650ex:nmp-event-51650

`concerns`Concerns(1)

Qsa Gilbert White Letterex:qsa-gilbert-white-letter

`conducted`Conducted(1)

Queensland Native Mounted Policeex:queensland-native-mounted-police

`constitutes`Constitutes(1)

Nmp Event 63891ex:nmp-event-63891

`contextualizedIn`Contextualized in(1)

Nmp Event 10663ex:nmp-event-10663

`coversConflictType`Covers Conflict Type(1)

Colonial Frontier Massacres Datasetex:colonial-frontier-massacres-dataset

`documentsFrontierViolence`Documents Frontier Violence(1)

Nmp Event 50274ex:nmp-event-50274

`documentsHistoricalViolence`Documents Historical Violence(1)

Nmp Event 37438ex:nmp-event-37438

`essentialRoleInResponse`Essential Role in Response(1)

Native Policeex:native-police

`exemplifies`Exemplifies(1)

Nmp Event Entryid 70813ex:nmp-event-entryid-70813

`existentiallyCommitsTo`Existentially Commits to(1)

Nmp Event 23225ex:nmp-event-23225

`focusesOnTopic`Focuses on Topic(1)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier

`framedAsEvidence`Framed As Evidence(1)

Qsa 95 4020ex:qsa-95-4020

`framedAsReprisal`Framed As Reprisal(1)

Nmp Event 52295ex:nmp-event-52295

`hasCategory`Has Category(1)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier

`hasKeywords`Has Keywords(1)

Pagels Et Al 2024 Paperex:pagels-et-al-2024-paper

`hasTopic`Has Topic(1)

Archaeology on the Frontierex:archaeology-on-the-frontier

`identifiesAsCauseOf`Identifies As Cause of(1)

Qsa6826ex:qsa6826

`implicates`Implicates(1)

Qsa Item Itm847055ex:qsa-item-itm847055

`implicatesViolenceAgainstAboriginalPeople`Implicates Violence Against Aboriginal People(1)

Nmp Event Eid 62921ex:nmp-event-eid-62921

`impliesRecurringPattern`Implies Recurring Pattern(1)

Nmp Event 23310ex:nmp-event-23310

`impliesViolenceAndDisplacement`Implies Violence and Displacement(1)

Yarrabah Historyex:yarrabah-history

`includesThesesOn`Includes Theses on(1)

Bibliographyex:bibliography

`includesTopics`Includes Topics(1)

Colonial Newsex:colonial-news

`instanceOf`Instance of(1)

Durundur Stock Attackex:durundur-stock-attack

`isCategorizedAs`Is Categorized As(1)

Event 10622ex:event-10622

`isClassifiedAs`Is Classified As(1)

Nmp Event Eid 38693ex:nmp-event-eid-38693

`isFrontierViolence`Is Frontier Violence(1)

Murder Jim Powell 1894ex:murder-jim-powell-1894

`isHistoricalRecordOf`Is Historical Record of(1)

Nmp Event 19097ex:nmp-event-19097

`isInstanceOfStockAttack`Is Instance of Stock Attack(1)

Nmp Event Eid 71363ex:nmp-event-eid-71363

`isOntologically`Is Ontologically(1)

Nmp Event 23194ex:nmp-event-23194

`isRelatedProject`Is Related Project(1)

Queensland Native Mounted Police Research Databaseex:queensland-native-mounted-police-research-database

`isSeriousCauseOf`Is Serious Cause of(1)

Kidnapping of Women Boys Girlsex:kidnapping-of-women-boys-girls

`limitedRoleIn`Limited Role in(1)

Sa Native Police Forceex:sa-native-police-force

`lostTheirLivesIn`Lost Their Lives in(1)

Tribal Eldersex:tribal-elders

`ontologicalFocusOn`Ontological Focus on(1)

Textex:text

`ontologicallyClassifiedAs`Ontologically Classified As(1)

Nmp Event 38687ex:nmp-event-38687

`ontologicalRoleIn`Ontological Role in(1)

Nmpex:nmp

`partOf`Part of(1)

Frontier Conflict Series March 1873ex:frontier-conflict-series-march-1873

`pertainsToTopic`Pertains to Topic(1)

Frontier Conflict Qsa Correspondence Search Pages for Thornborough Union Campex:frontier-conflict-qsa-correspondence-search-pages-for-thornborough-union-camp

`playedRoleIn`Played Role in(1)

Native Mounted Policeex:native-mounted-police

`potentiallyLinksTo`Potentially Links to(1)

Rosie Reynolds Massacre Connectionex:rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection

`presentsAboriginesAndSettlersPointOfViewOn`Presents Aborigines and Settlers Point of View on(1)

Gilbert Whiteex:gilbert-white

`presupposes`Presupposes(1)

Textex:text

`presupposesExistence`Presupposes Existence(1)

Terms of Friendshipex:terms-of-friendship

`presupposesExistenceOfViolence`Presupposes Existence of Violence(1)

George Demetriesex:george-demetries

`presupposesHistoricalContinuity`Presupposes Historical Continuity(1)

Textex:text

`provideContextFor`Provide Context for(1)

Trove Sourcesex:trove-sources

`reflectsColonialWorldview`Reflects Colonial Worldview(1)

Articleex:article

`relatesTo`Relates to(1)

Blogex:blog

`resultingFrom`Resulting From(1)

Depopulation Bowen Districtex:depopulation-bowen-district

`significantFor`Significant for(1)

Event Significanceex:event-significance

`temporallySucceeds`Temporally Succeeds(1)

Aboriginal Workers After Frontier Conflictex:aboriginal-workers-after-frontier-conflict

`tiesTo`Ties to(1)

Queensland Places Palmer Riverex:queensland-places-palmer-river

`timeSince`Time Since(1)

140 Years Agoex:140-years-ago

`witnessed`Witnessed(1)

John Brown Gribbleex:john-brown-gribble

`workedAfter`Worked After(1)

Aboriginal Workersex:aboriginal-workers

`writesAbout`Writes About(1)

Bottoms Timothyex:bottoms-timothy

Other facts (90)

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.

90 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Includes Event	Event Dowlings Creek 1872	[39]
Includes Event	Event 10622	[40]
Includes Event	Mount Leach Dispersal 1873	[42]
Includes Event	Seaview Range Dispersals 1873	[42]
Includes Event	Stone Station Dispersal 1873	[42]
Involves Native Mounted Police	Queensland	[5]
Involves Native Mounted Police	Qld	[15]
Involves Native Mounted Police	null	[30]
Rdf:type	Historical Phenomenon	[41]
Rdf:type	Historical Phenomenon	[42]
Rdf:type	Phenomenon	[43]
Has Event	Mount Leach Dispersal 1873	[42]
Has Event	Seaview Range Dispersals 1873	[42]
Has Event	Stone Station Dispersal 1873	[42]
Participants	colonial settlers	[42]
Participants	Aboriginal people	[42]
Participants	colonial police	[42]
Involves Views From	Settlers	[2]
Involves Views From	Aboriginal People	[2]
Preceded	Intra Community Violence	[10]
Preceded	Aboriginal Workers	[22]
Context of	Qsa6820 Report	[12]
Context of	Nmp Event 61531	[37]
Rdf Type	Conflict Category	[39]
Rdf Type	Event Category	[40]
Rdfs Label	Frontier conflict	[39]
Rdfs Label	Frontier conflict event	[40]
Between	Settlers	[41]
Between	Aboriginal People	[41]
Documented in	Colonial Frontier Massacres Dataset	[42]
Documented in	Conspiracy of Silence 2013	[42]
Type	colonial conflict	[42]
Type	frontier war	[42]
Occurred After	Palmer River Gold Rush	[1]
Involves Multiple Viewpoints	Gilbert White Letter	[3]
Context of Native Police Violence Presupposed	null	[4]
Documents	Qld Frontier History	[7]
Relates to	Nmp in Queensland	[8]
Has Post Count	7	[8]
Context for	Nmp Research	[9]
Underlies Report	Qld History	[11]
Context of Document	Qsa 95 4020	[13]
Contextualized by	Barnard Inquest Transcription	[14]
Theme of Project	null	[17]
Historical Context	Queensland	[18]
Presupposed in Correspondence	Depredations Massacres	[19]
Confined to North Qld	null	[20]
Still Continuing	null	[21]
Causes Depopulation	null	[21]
Involves Ontological Outlawing	null	[23]
Related to Document	Letter	[24]
Involves Existential Commitment to Massacres	null	[25]
Had Higher Mortality Among	Male Aborigines	[26]
Inherent Costs Removed by	Admitting Aborigines	[27]
Is Ontologically Linked to	Settler Activities	[28]
Teleological Purpose	Quantify Violence Scale	[29]
Described As	least well known aspect	[29]
Contextualizes	Nmp Database Entry 69828	[31]
Ontological Category Violence Between Races	True	[33]
Exemplifies	Nmp Event 12178	[34]
Deontic Implication of Retaliation	null	[35]
Exemplifies Reciprocal Violence	Nmp Event 20683	[36]
Is Research Topic of	Heather Burke	[38]
Is Category Used by	Colonial Frontier Massacres Dataset	[40]
Includes	Attack Wyandotte 1871	[41]
Caused by	Colonial Expansion	[41]
Period	colonial era	[42]
Perpetrated by	Native Mounted Police	[42]
Targeted	Aboriginal People	[42]
Location	Queensland	[42]
Has Subject	Frontier Violence Against Aboriginal People	[42]
Spans	1788-1930	[42]
Begins in	1788	[42]
Ends in	1930	[42]
Over Land	true	[42]
Over Resources	true	[42]
Economic Motivation	true	[42]
Territorial Motivation	true	[42]
Cultural Motivation	true	[42]
Conflict Duration	extended period	[42]
Conflict Intensity	variable and widespread	[42]
Conflict Participants	multiple parties	[42]
Conflict Drivers	multiple factors	[42]
Conflict Historical Context	colonial expansion 1788-1930	[42]
Conflict Political Context	colonial governance	[42]
Conflict Economic Context	pastoral expansion	[42]
Conflict Social Context	colonial-settler relations	[42]
Conflict Cultural Context	Indigenous-European contact	[42]
Manifested As	Gilbert River Attack 1872	[43]
Involves Conflict Between	Aboriginal Attackers and Ex:chinese Miners	[43]

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.

104 undated

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occurredAfterresearch-briefs

ex:palmer-river-gold-rush

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involvesViewsFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-59-thornborough-woodville-waterford-orphan-children-ration-control

ex:settlers

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involvesViewsFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-59-thornborough-woodville-waterford-orphan-children-ration-control

ex:aboriginal-people

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involvesMultipleViewpointsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-045

ex:gilbert-white-letter

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contextOfNativePoliceViolencePresupposedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0087

null

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involvesNativeMountedPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0067

ex:queensland

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involvesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-dev-fromthepage-com-qldfrontierconflict-correspondence-1879-qsa6820-1895-report-from-john-mcguire-to-herve-03b6e9e4988d

ex:native-mounted-police

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documentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-dev-fromthepage-com-qldfrontierconflict-correspondence-1879-qsa6820-1895-report-from-john-mcguire-to-herve-5e6a682c81ee

ex:qld-frontier-history

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ex:nmp-in-queensland

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hasPostCountrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/028-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-01-04-self-provisioning-at-boralga-html-extracted-0385a2b40a90

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contextForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/025-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-08-23-to-be-seen-and-not-heard-40a8fa1e7f27

ex:nmp-research

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ex:intra-community-violence

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underliesReportrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/dev-fromthepage-com-qldfrontierconflict-correspondence-1879-qsa6826-1896-report-on-the-abo-ea562ca59cef

ex:qld-history

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contextOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/008-dev-fromthepage-com-qldfrontierconflict-correspondence-1879-qsa6820-1895-report-from-john-mcguire-to-herve-a1d953c8ac3a

ex:qsa6820-report

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contextOfDocumentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-95-4020-demetries-mowbray-beche-de-mer-qsa-95-4020-exact-publican-took-gin-from-demetries

ex:qsa-95-4020

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contextualizedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa2727360-barnard-inquest-lead

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involvesNativeMountedPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa847047-guest-route-captured-sold-boy

ex:qld

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involvesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-demetries-boys-moved-for-work-cooktown-bloomfield-island-point

ex:native-mounted-police-queensland

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themeOfProjectrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-qsa847047-carrier-chained-boy-to-dray-and-sold-him

null

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historicalContextrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-collection-search-owen-reynolds

ex:queensland

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presupposedInCorrespondencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-mother-brought-child-to-be-kept-cured

ex:depredations-massacres

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confinedToNorthQldrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/anu-source-mentioning-mowbray-detachment-native-police-pdftotext-extract

null

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stillContinuingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/anu-native-police-frontier-targeted-excerpts-children-mowbray-port-douglas

null

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causesDepopulationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/anu-native-police-frontier-targeted-excerpts-children-mowbray-port-douglas

null

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precededrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/cole-et-al-2020-lower-laura-boralga-culturally-modified-trees-paper

ex:aboriginal-workers

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involvesOntologicalOutlawingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/so-that-we-remember-cape-bedford-cooktown-massacre-lead

null

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relatedToDocumentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6820-9715870-meston-hislop-cohabiting-aboriginal-women-three-half-caste-children

ex:letter

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involvesExistentialCommitmentToMassacresrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8b030a27ab12

null

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hadHigherMortalityAmongrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/race-relations-north-queensland-fulltext-chunk-04

ex:male-aborigines

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inherentCostsRemovedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jcu-race-relations-nq-cooktown-palmer-chinese-reynolds-861ef9ea0cb9

ex:admitting-aborigines

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isOntologicallyLinkedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study-current-projectdoc-reynolds-hart-cattle-creek-fe5771dcbc77

ex:settler-activities

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teleologicalPurposerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/frontierconflict-nmp-database-route-pages-3342

ex:quantify-violence-scale

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describedAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/frontierconflict-nmp-database-route-pages-3342

least well known aspect

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involvesNativeMountedPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-database-entry-eid-38911-reynolds-unknown-coen-speared-1881

null

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contextualizesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-database-entry-eid-69828-corporal-jimmy-coen-captured-boy

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involvesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-database-entry-eid-17379-nott-alan-langi-archer-river-1896

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ontologicalCategoryViolenceBetweenRacesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-database-entry-eid-8773-bromby-rosey-gin

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exemplifiesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0234-eid-12178

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deonticImplicationOfRetaliationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0593-eid-20113

null

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exemplifiesReciprocalViolencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0701-eid-20683

ex:nmp-event-20683

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contextOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2137-eid-61531

ex:nmp-event-61531

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isResearchTopicOfblucher-uhr/aof--men-in-blue-part-i

ex:heather-burke

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/10615

ex:ConflictCategory

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rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/10615

Frontier conflict

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includesEventfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/10622

ex:EventCategory

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rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/10622

Frontier conflict event

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includesEventfrontier-massacres/10622

ex:event-10622

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isCategoryUsedByfrontier-massacres/10622

ex:colonial-frontier-massacres-dataset

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typefrontier-massacres/10608

ex:HistoricalPhenomenon

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labelfrontier-massacres/10608

frontier conflict

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includesfrontier-massacres/10608

ex:attack-wyandotte-1871

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causedByfrontier-massacres/10608

ex:colonial-expansion

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betweenfrontier-massacres/10608

ex:settlers

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betweenfrontier-massacres/10608

ex:aboriginal-people

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involvesfrontier-massacres/10608

ex:native-mounted-police

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typefrontier-massacres/10612

ex:HistoricalPhenomenon

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labelfrontier-massacres/10612

frontier conflict in colonial Queensland

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periodfrontier-massacres/10612

colonial era

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includesEventfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:mount-leach-dispersal-1873

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includesEventfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:seaview-range-dispersals-1873

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includesEventfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:stone-station-dispersal-1873

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perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:native-mounted-police

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targetedfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:aboriginal-people

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locationfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:queensland

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documentedInfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:colonial-frontier-massacres-dataset

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documentedInfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:conspiracy-of-silence-2013

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hasSubjectfrontier-massacres/10612

ex:frontier-violence-against-aboriginal-people

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