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Goulbolba Attack 1867

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Goulbolba Attack 1867 has 40 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 6 live disagreements.

40 facts·33 predicates·1 sources·6 in dispute

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40 facts
PredicateValueRef
Perpetrator GroupNative Mounted Police[1]
Perpetrator GroupSettlers Squatters[1]
Perpetrator GroupShepherds Farm Labourers Servants[1]
Occurred atMt Goulbolba[1]
Occurred atSt Helens Station[1]
CauseRetaliation for Culin-la-Ringo Station massacre[1]
CauseRetaliation for killing of a shepherd that occurred after the massacre[1]
Cause Attributed toTimothy Bottoms[1]
Cause Attributed toRorsted Jensen[1]
Associated EventAttack Shepherd Cullin LA Ringo 1863[1]
Associated EventAttack Wills Family Cullin LA Ringo 1861[1]
Other SourceBottoms 2013[1]
Other SourceOrsted Jensen 2011[1]
Rdf TypeMassacre Event[1]
Event LabelAttack on Aboriginal people - Mt Goulbolba/Goulbolba Hill, St Helen's near Emerald[1]
Nature of EventAttack on Aboriginal people[1]
Occurred in Year1867[1]
Date Uncertaintrue[1]
Occurred NearEmerald[1]
Location TypeMountain/range[1]
Number Killed300[1]
Named PerpetratorFrederick Wheeler[1]
Associated Nmp OfficerFrederick Wheeler[1]
Scholarly Dispute on CauseBottoms attributes the reason to the entire massacre whereas Orsted-Jensen and the article cite it specifically to the shepherd after the massacre[1]
Related Language GroupGayiri[1]
Related Pastoral DistrictLeichhardt District[1]
Contemporary ReferenceCapricornian 1899 08 12 P53[1]
First Reported Year1899[1]
Source ReliabilityStory told much later about this landmark; newspaper account is highly embellished[1]
No Contemporary ReferencesNo contemporary (1867) references to this area[1]
Could Be Reprisalthis could be one of the reprisals noted in previous or later years[1]
Recorded inSource 20744 Newcastle[1]
Associated IndividualPeter Fitzallan Macdonald[1]
Is Frontier Conflict Eventtrue[1]
Location DescriptionGoulbolba hills situated near the Nogoa River on the southern boundary of the run[1]
Location NotesLocation of Mount Gobulba[1]
Victims Were Aboriginal Peopletrue[1]
Is Retaliationtrue[1]
Location Coordinate Lat-23.635083[1]
Location Coordinate Long147.99785[1]

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/20744
ex:MassacreEvent
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eventLabelfrontier-massacres/20744
Attack on Aboriginal people - Mt Goulbolba/Goulbolba Hill, St Helen's near Emerald
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natureOfEventfrontier-massacres/20744
Attack on Aboriginal people
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occurredInYearfrontier-massacres/20744
1867
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dateUncertainfrontier-massacres/20744
true
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occurredAtfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:mt-goulbolba
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occurredAtfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:st-helens-station
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occurredNearfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:emerald
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locationTypefrontier-massacres/20744
Mountain/range
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numberKilledfrontier-massacres/20744
300
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perpetratorGroupfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:native-mounted-police
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perpetratorGroupfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:settlers-squatters
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perpetratorGroupfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:shepherds-farm-labourers-servants
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namedPerpetratorfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:frederick-wheeler
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associatedNMPOfficerfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:frederick-wheeler
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causefrontier-massacres/20744
Retaliation for Culin-la-Ringo Station massacre
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causefrontier-massacres/20744
Retaliation for killing of a shepherd that occurred after the massacre
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causeAttributedTofrontier-massacres/20744
ex:timothy-bottoms
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causeAttributedTofrontier-massacres/20744
ex:rorsted-jensen
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scholarlyDisputeOnCausefrontier-massacres/20744
Bottoms attributes the reason to the entire massacre whereas Orsted-Jensen and the article cite it specifically to the shepherd after the massacre
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relatedLanguageGroupfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:gayiri
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relatedPastoralDistrictfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:leichhardt-district
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associatedEventfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:attack-shepherd-cullin-la-ringo-1863
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associatedEventfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:attack-wills-family-cullin-la-ringo-1861
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contemporaryReferencefrontier-massacres/20744
ex:capricornian-1899-08-12-p53
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firstReportedYearfrontier-massacres/20744
1899
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sourceReliabilityfrontier-massacres/20744
Story told much later about this landmark; newspaper account is highly embellished
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noContemporaryReferencesfrontier-massacres/20744
No contemporary (1867) references to this area
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couldBeReprisalfrontier-massacres/20744
this could be one of the reprisals noted in previous or later years
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recordedInfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:source-20744-newcastle
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otherSourcefrontier-massacres/20744
ex:bottoms-2013
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otherSourcefrontier-massacres/20744
ex:orsted-jensen-2011
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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/20744
ex:peter-fitzallan-macdonald
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isFrontierConflictEventfrontier-massacres/20744
true
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locationDescriptionfrontier-massacres/20744
Goulbolba hills situated near the Nogoa River on the southern boundary of the run
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locationNotesfrontier-massacres/20744
Location of Mount Gobulba
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victimsWereAboriginalPeoplefrontier-massacres/20744
true
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isRetaliationfrontier-massacres/20744
true
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locationCoordinateLatfrontier-massacres/20744
-23.635083
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locationCoordinateLongfrontier-massacres/20744
147.99785

References (1)

1 references
  1. [1]2074440 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20744
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Mt Goulbolba/Goulbolba Hill, St Helen's near Emerald (c1867?) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), …

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