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Indigenous Troopers

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Indigenous Troopers has 27 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 12 references, with 2 live disagreements.

27 facts·22 predicates·12 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:acted under orders of(3), cost less in wages(3), learnt local dialects(2)

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Inbound mentions (6)

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dependedOnDepended on(1)

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detachmentsOfDetachments of(1)

employedEmployed(1)

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Other facts (27)

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27 facts
PredicateValueRef
Acted Under Orders ofWhite Officers[3]
Acted Under Orders ofWhite Officers[9]
Acted Under Orders ofWhite Officers[11]
Cost Less in WagesEuropeans[4]
Cost Less in WagesThan Europeans[5]
Cost Less in WagesThan Europeans[6]
Learnt Local Dialectstrue[4]
Learnt Local Dialectsuseful attribute[5]
Understood Best ThroughTraining Lens[1]
Advantages As Imperial Soldierslocal terrain, customs, languages, survival skills, low cost[2]
Had Tracking AbilityPeople Game[5]
Had Ability toTrack People and Game[6]
LearntLocal Dialects and Languages[6]
Acted Under Orders of White Officersnull[7]
Essentially Recruited From Vulnerable Groupsnull[7]
Exist AsMost Responsible for Massacres[8]
Deliberately Recruited FromFar Away Areas[9]
Included Survivors ofMassacres[9]
PresupposesWere Indigenous[9]
Implicates Exploitation of Vulnerabilitynull[10]
Deliberately Played Off Against Each OtherOther Groups[11]
No Kin Relationship WithPeople They Killed[11]
Policing Other Indigenousmost disturbing thing[11]
Essential Role inFrontier Violence[11]
Recruited FromAreas Far Away[11]
Recruited From VulnerableVulnerable Indigenous Men[11]
Under Command ofWhite Officers[12]

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understoodBestThroughrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series
ex:training-lens
advantagesAsImperialSoldiersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children
local terrain, customs, languages, survival skills, low cost
actedUnderOrdersOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-2e448f8ec9eb
ex:white-officers
costLessInWagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-db3b611644d7
ex:europeans
learntLocalDialectsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-db3b611644d7
true
hadTrackingAbilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99
ex:people-game
costLessInWagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99
ex:than-europeans
learntLocalDialectsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99
useful attribute
hadAbilityTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8
ex:track-people-and-game
learntrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8
ex:local-dialects-and-languages
costLessInWagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8
ex:than-europeans
actedUnderOrdersOfWhiteOfficersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8b030a27ab12
null
essentiallyRecruitedFromVulnerableGroupsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8b030a27ab12
null
existAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-bc150be6698e
ex:most-responsible-for-massacres
actedUnderOrdersOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
ex:white-officers
deliberatelyRecruitedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
ex:far-away-areas
includedSurvivorsOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
ex:massacres
presupposesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
ex:were-indigenous
implicatesExploitationOfVulnerabilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-children-after-massacres-3229
null
deliberatelyPlayedOffAgainstEachOtherrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:other-groups
noKinRelationshipWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:people-they-killed
policingOtherIndigenousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
most disturbing thing
essentialRoleInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:frontier-violence
recruitedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:areas-far-away
recruitedFromVulnerablerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:vulnerable-indigenous-men
actedUnderOrdersOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
ex:white-officers
underCommandOfblucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--native-police-maryborough--thursday 3 september 1863--150314982--the-native-police
ex:white-officers

References (12)

12 references
  1. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series
  2. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/jonathan-richards-question-of-necessity-isley-port-douglas-children
  3. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-2e448f8ec9eb
  4. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-db3b611644d7
  5. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-695941cf9f99
  6. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-aaeb6bc39ab8
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-8b030a27ab12
  8. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-bc150be6698e
  9. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-b0049f226093a154
  10. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-children-after-massacres-3229
  11. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/abc-native-mounted-police-massacre-oral-history-3339
  12. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--native-police-maryborough--thursday 3 september 1863--150314982--the-native-police

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