James Powell

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James Powell is squatter.

89 facts·77 predicates·3 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:described as(5), described as victim by(3), activity(3)

Occupation`occupation`

squatter^[1]all time · Row 0447 Eid 18971
squatter^[3]sourceall time · 18971

Inbound mentions (27)

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`buriedBodyOf`Buried Body of(2)

Frederic Charles Urquhartex:frederic-charles-urquhart
Frederic Charles Urquhartex:frederic-charles-urquhart

`accompaniedBy`Accompanied by(1)

Jack Aboriginal Stockmanex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

`appearedFriendlyTo`Appeared Friendly to(1)

Aboriginal People Perpetratorsex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

`avengedDeathOf`Avenged Death of(1)

Alexander Kennedyex:alexander-kennedy

`beatBodyWithClubs`Beat Body With Clubs(1)

Aboriginal Perpetratorsex:aboriginal-perpetrators

`burialSiteOf`Burial Site of(1)

James Powell Graveex:james-powell-grave

`businessPartner`Business Partner(1)

Alexander Kennedyex:alexander-kennedy

`cattleDrivenBy`Cattle Driven by(1)

Attack Powell Jack Mistake Creek 1884ex:attack-powell-jack-mistake-creek-1884

`choppedWithTomahawks`Chopped With Tomahawks(1)

Aboriginal Perpetratorsex:aboriginal-perpetrators

`coOwnedRunWith`Co Owned Run With(1)

Alexander Kennedyex:alexander-kennedy

`describedAsMurderersOf`Described As Murderers of(1)

Aboriginal People Perpetratorsex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

`employedBy`Employed by(1)

Jack Aboriginal Stockmanex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

`hasLandownerOrLessee`Has Landowner or Lessee(1)

Calton Hillsex:calton-hills

`heardKillingOf`Heard Killing of(1)

Jack Aboriginal Stockmanex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

`helpedDriveCattle`Helped Drive Cattle(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`killedCattleBelongingTo`Killed Cattle Belonging to(1)

Aboriginal People Perpetratorsex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

`killedPerson`Killed Person(1)

Attack Powell Jack Mistake Creek 1884ex:attack-powell-jack-mistake-creek-1884

`landowner`Landowner(1)

Calton Hillsex:calton-hills

`lessee`Lessee(1)

Calton Hillsex:calton-hills

`likelySameAs`Likely Same As(1)

James White Powellex:james-white-powell

`member`Member(1)

Powell Kennedy Partnershipex:powell-kennedy-partnership

`ownedBy`Owned by(1)

Parkside Stationex:parkside-station

`personalRelationshipWith`Personal Relationship With(1)

Alexander Kennedyex:alexander-kennedy

`reportedMurderOf`Reported Murder of(1)

Mr Uhrex:mr-uhr

`warnedBy`Warned by(1)

Jack Aboriginal Stockmanex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

`workedFor`Worked for(1)

Jack Aboriginal Stockmanex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

Other facts (87)

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87 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Described As	the unfortunate Mr. Powell	[3]
Described As	murdered by the blacks	[3]
Described As	the late Mr. Powell	[3]
Described As	the body of the unfortunate Mr. Powell	[3]
Described As	Mr. Powell	[3]
Described As Victim by	Australian 1884 07 26	[3]
Described As Victim by	Brisbane Courier 1884 10 01	[3]
Described As Victim by	Queenslander 1884 07 26	[3]
Activity	driving straggling cattle home from Kamilaroi	[3]
Activity	out mustering	[3]
Activity	returning with stray cattle from Kamilaroi station, on the Leichhardt	[3]
Owned	Parkside	[1]
Owned	Calton Hills	[1]
Gave Food to	Aboriginal People	[1]
Gave Food to	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Method of Killing	beating with clubs	[3]
Method of Killing	chopping with tomahawks	[3]
Was Mustering on Run Between	Dougald and Leichhardt	[1]
Was Killed in	Nmp Event 18971	[1]
Had Revolver That Failed	null	[1]
Shouted Warning to	Jack Aboriginal Stockman	[1]
Returning With Stray Cattle From	Kamilaroi Station	[1]
Business Partner With	Alexander Kennedy	[1]
Attacked With Jack	Mistake Creek Gunpowder Creek	[2]
Rdf Type	Person	[3]
Rdfs Label	James Powell	[3]
Killed in	Attack Powell Jack Mistake Creek 1884	[3]
Victim of	Attack Powell Jack Mistake Creek 1884	[3]
Employer of	Jack Aboriginal Stockman	[3]
Co Owned Run With	Alexander Kennedy	[3]
Landowner of	Calton Hills	[3]
Lessee of	Calton Hills	[3]
Name Discrepancy With	James White Powell	[3]
Driving Cattle From	Kamilaroi Station	[3]
Accompanied by	Jack Aboriginal Stockman	[3]
Armed With	Revolver	[3]
Weapon Malfunction	revolver would not go off	[3]
Cause of Death	beaten with clubs and/or tomahawks	[3]
Body Mutilated	head battered	[3]
Buried by	Frederic Charles Urquhart	[3]
Grave Marked by	cross on tree at head of grave	[3]
Grave Marking Detail	cross over a capital P with date July 13.84	[3]
Gave Tobacco to	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Called Warning to	Jack Aboriginal Stockman	[3]
Body Preserved	well preserved despite dead three weeks	[3]
Body Recognisable	easily recognisable	[3]
Body Found After Duration	three weeks	[3]
Speared Before Revolver Attempt	after being speared, tried to fire his revolver	[3]
Returning From	Kamilaroi Station	[3]
Co Owned Run With Partner	Powell and Kennedy	[3]
Co Owned	Parkside Station	[3]
Activity at Time of Attack	out mustering on a run between Dougald and Leichhardt	[3]
Method of Killing Source Variation	chopping with tomahawks (Queenslander) vs beating with clubs (Urquhart letter)	[3]
Lost Dog During Attack	I have lost my little dog	[3]
Gave Bread and Meat	bread and meat	[3]
Gave Tobacco	a lot of tobacco	[3]
Attempted to Defend With	Revolver	[3]
Defense Failed Because	revolver would not go off	[3]
Also Speared	after being speared	[3]
Speared by	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Drove Straggling Cattle From	Kamilaroi Station	[3]
Partner in	Powell Kennedy Partnership	[3]
Business Partner	Alexander Kennedy	[3]
Described As Driving Straggling Cattle by	Frederic Charles Urquhart	[3]
Described As Returning With Stray Cattle by	Brisbane Courier 1884 10 01	[3]
Grave Marked in Margin of	Qsa Urquhart Letter 1884 08 21	[3]
Described As Murdered by	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Encroaching on Aboriginal Country	mustering and driving cattle through Aboriginal land	[3]
Cattle Killed by	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Lost Dog at Scene	little dog lost at scene of attack	[3]
Warning Call	Look out Jack!	[3]
Revolver Out of Order	the weapon being out of order	[3]
Unable to Defend Himself	true - revolver malfunctioned	[3]
Sequence Discrepancy Source a	Urquhart: Powell surrounded then revolver failed - no mention of spearing first	[3]
Sequence Discrepancy Source B	Queenslander: Powell speared first then tried to fire revolver	[3]
Body Preservation Due to Season	cold weather in July preserved body for three weeks	[3]
Relied on Aboriginal Labour	used Aboriginal stockman and Aboriginal guides for cattle work	[3]
Unaware of Danger	unknown to him the mob was following	[3]
Camped at Scene	camped in gorge area overnight	[3]
Squatter Status	squatter - pastoralist occupying Crown land	[3]
Pastoralist	true	[3]
Awake Before Attack	called out warning before attack	[3]
Body Mistreatment	body beaten with clubs, head battered	[3]
Horses Stolen by	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Camp Equipment Stolen by	Aboriginal People Perpetrators	[3]
Did Not Survive	did not survive the attack	[3]
Burial Site	James Powell Grave	[3]

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ownedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:parkside

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gaveFoodTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:aboriginal-people

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wasMusteringOnRunBetweenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

Dougald and Leichhardt

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wasKilledInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:nmp-event-18971

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hadRevolverThatFailedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

null

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shoutedWarningTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

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returningWithStrayCattleFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:kamilaroi-station

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occupationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

squatter

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businessPartnerWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:alexander-kennedy

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ownedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971

ex:calton-hills

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attackedWithJackrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-manual-review-qsa-source-chase-from-candidates-3380

ex:mistake-creek-gunpowder-creek

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/18971

ex:Person

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rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/18971

James Powell

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occupationfrontier-massacres/18971

squatter

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killedInfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:attack-powell-jack-mistake-creek-1884

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victimOffrontier-massacres/18971

ex:attack-powell-jack-mistake-creek-1884

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employerOffrontier-massacres/18971

ex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

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coOwnedRunWithfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:alexander-kennedy

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landownerOffrontier-massacres/18971

ex:calton-hills

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lesseeOffrontier-massacres/18971

ex:calton-hills

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nameDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:james-white-powell

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drivingCattleFromfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:kamilaroi-station

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accompaniedByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

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armedWithfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:revolver

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weaponMalfunctionfrontier-massacres/18971

revolver would not go off

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causeOfDeathfrontier-massacres/18971

beaten with clubs and/or tomahawks

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methodOfKillingfrontier-massacres/18971

beating with clubs

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methodOfKillingfrontier-massacres/18971

chopping with tomahawks

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bodyMutilatedfrontier-massacres/18971

head battered

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buriedByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:frederic-charles-urquhart

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graveMarkedByfrontier-massacres/18971

cross on tree at head of grave

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graveMarkingDetailfrontier-massacres/18971

cross over a capital P with date July 13.84

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gaveFoodTofrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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gaveTobaccoTofrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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calledWarningTofrontier-massacres/18971

ex:jack-aboriginal-stockman

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bodyPreservedfrontier-massacres/18971

well preserved despite dead three weeks

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bodyRecognisablefrontier-massacres/18971

easily recognisable

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bodyFoundAfterDurationfrontier-massacres/18971

three weeks

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spearedBeforeRevolverAttemptfrontier-massacres/18971

after being speared, tried to fire his revolver

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returningFromfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:kamilaroi-station

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coOwnedRunWithPartnerfrontier-massacres/18971

Powell and Kennedy

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coOwnedfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:parkside-station

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describedAsfrontier-massacres/18971

the unfortunate Mr. Powell

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describedAsfrontier-massacres/18971

murdered by the blacks

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activityAtTimeOfAttackfrontier-massacres/18971

out mustering on a run between Dougald and Leichhardt

—

describedAsfrontier-massacres/18971

the late Mr. Powell

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describedAsfrontier-massacres/18971

the body of the unfortunate Mr. Powell

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describedAsfrontier-massacres/18971

Mr. Powell

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methodOfKillingSourceVariationfrontier-massacres/18971

chopping with tomahawks (Queenslander) vs beating with clubs (Urquhart letter)

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describedAsVictimByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:australian-1884-07-26

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describedAsVictimByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:brisbane-courier-1884-10-01

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describedAsVictimByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:queenslander-1884-07-26

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lostDogDuringAttackfrontier-massacres/18971

I have lost my little dog

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activityfrontier-massacres/18971

driving straggling cattle home from Kamilaroi

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activityfrontier-massacres/18971

out mustering

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activityfrontier-massacres/18971

returning with stray cattle from Kamilaroi station, on the Leichhardt

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gaveBreadAndMeatfrontier-massacres/18971

bread and meat

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gaveTobaccofrontier-massacres/18971

a lot of tobacco

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attemptedToDefendWithfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:revolver

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defenseFailedBecausefrontier-massacres/18971

revolver would not go off

—

alsoSpearedfrontier-massacres/18971

after being speared

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spearedByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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droveStragglingCattleFromfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:kamilaroi-station

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partnerInfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:powell-kennedy-partnership

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businessPartnerfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:alexander-kennedy

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describedAsDrivingStragglingCattleByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:frederic-charles-urquhart

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describedAsReturningWithStrayCattleByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:brisbane-courier-1884-10-01

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graveMarkedInMarginOffrontier-massacres/18971

ex:qsa-urquhart-letter-1884-08-21

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describedAsMurderedByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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encroachingOnAboriginalCountryfrontier-massacres/18971

mustering and driving cattle through Aboriginal land

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cattleKilledByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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lostDogAtScenefrontier-massacres/18971

little dog lost at scene of attack

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warningCallfrontier-massacres/18971

Look out Jack!

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revolverOutOfOrderfrontier-massacres/18971

the weapon being out of order

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unableToDefendHimselffrontier-massacres/18971

true - revolver malfunctioned

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sequenceDiscrepancySourceAfrontier-massacres/18971

Urquhart: Powell surrounded then revolver failed - no mention of spearing first

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sequenceDiscrepancySourceBfrontier-massacres/18971

Queenslander: Powell speared first then tried to fire revolver

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bodyPreservationDueToSeasonfrontier-massacres/18971

cold weather in July preserved body for three weeks

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reliedOnAboriginalLabourfrontier-massacres/18971

used Aboriginal stockman and Aboriginal guides for cattle work

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unawareOfDangerfrontier-massacres/18971

unknown to him the mob was following

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campedAtScenefrontier-massacres/18971

camped in gorge area overnight

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squatterStatusfrontier-massacres/18971

squatter - pastoralist occupying Crown land

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pastoralistfrontier-massacres/18971

true

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awakeBeforeAttackfrontier-massacres/18971

called out warning before attack

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bodyMistreatmentfrontier-massacres/18971

body beaten with clubs, head battered

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horsesStolenByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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campEquipmentStolenByfrontier-massacres/18971

ex:aboriginal-people-perpetrators

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didNotSurvivefrontier-massacres/18971

did not survive the attack

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burialSitefrontier-massacres/18971

ex:james-powell-grave

References (3)

3 references

[1]Row 0447 Eid 1897110 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0447-eid-18971
[2]Nmp Events Manual Review Qsa Source Chase From Candidates 33801 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-manual-review-qsa-source-chase-from-candidates-3380
[3]1897178 facts
ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/18971
- full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/18971
  text/plain9 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/18971
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - James Powell and "Jack", Mistake Creek near Gunpowder Creek (13 July 1884) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcast…

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Occupation	squatter^[1]
Cause of Death	beaten with clubs and/or tomahawks^[3]

James Powell

Occupationoccupation

Inbound mentions (27)

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accompaniedByAccompanied by(1)

appearedFriendlyToAppeared Friendly to(1)

avengedDeathOfAvenged Death of(1)

beatBodyWithClubsBeat Body With Clubs(1)

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cattleDrivenByCattle Driven by(1)

choppedWithTomahawksChopped With Tomahawks(1)

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describedAsMurderersOfDescribed As Murderers of(1)

employedByEmployed by(1)

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heardKillingOfHeard Killing of(1)

helpedDriveCattleHelped Drive Cattle(1)

killedCattleBelongingToKilled Cattle Belonging to(1)

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lesseeLessee(1)

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`buriedBodyOf`Buried Body of(2)

`accompaniedBy`Accompanied by(1)

`appearedFriendlyTo`Appeared Friendly to(1)

`avengedDeathOf`Avenged Death of(1)

`beatBodyWithClubs`Beat Body With Clubs(1)

`burialSiteOf`Burial Site of(1)

`businessPartner`Business Partner(1)

`cattleDrivenBy`Cattle Driven by(1)

`choppedWithTomahawks`Chopped With Tomahawks(1)

`coOwnedRunWith`Co Owned Run With(1)

`describedAsMurderersOf`Described As Murderers of(1)

`employedBy`Employed by(1)

`hasLandownerOrLessee`Has Landowner or Lessee(1)

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`helpedDriveCattle`Helped Drive Cattle(1)

`killedCattleBelongingTo`Killed Cattle Belonging to(1)

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`landowner`Landowner(1)

`lessee`Lessee(1)

`likelySameAs`Likely Same As(1)

`member`Member(1)

`ownedBy`Owned by(1)

`personalRelationshipWith`Personal Relationship With(1)

`reportedMurderOf`Reported Murder of(1)

`warnedBy`Warned by(1)

`workedFor`Worked for(1)