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Kaliduwarry Attack 1879

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Kaliduwarry Attack 1879 has 155 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 20 live disagreements.

155 facts·115 predicates·1 sources·20 in dispute

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Other facts (155)

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155 facts
PredicateValueRef
Attested byBrisbane Courier 1879 03 28[1]
Attested bySilcock J 2009[1]
Attested byQueenslander 1879 05 24[1]
Attested bySydney Mail 1933 09 20[1]
Attested bySydney Mail 1933 11 08[1]
Attested bySydney Mail 1934 01 03[1]
Attested byCairns Post 1926 02 23[1]
Attested byBrisbane Courier 1929 04 13[1]
Attested byHercus[1]
Perpetrated byNmp[1]
Perpetrated byKaye Henry Pollock[1]
Perpetrated byGough Henry Bloomfield[1]
Perpetrated byMazlin John[1]
Perpetrated byWhites and Police[1]
Perpetrated byBody of Men[1]
Perpetrated byBlack Police Daroo Plain[1]
Perpetrated byJohnnycake Miller[1]
Related EventDeath of John Mcconachie[1]
Related EventDeath of Thomas Patterson Scott[1]
Related EventNmp Dispersal Glengyle[1]
Related EventKoonchera Waterhole Attack[1]
Reported Death Toll Per Source50[1]
Reported Death Toll Per Sourcescores[1]
Reported Death Toll Per Sourcenearly all who went[1]
Victims Described Asbucks[1]
Victims Described Asblacks[1]
Victims Described Asthe offenders[1]
Motive Statedretribution for the death of a white man[1]
Motive Statedpunishment for murder of a stockman named Scott[1]
Motive Statedto punish the offenders[1]
Euphemism Decodedmass killing of Aboriginal people by NMP and settlers[1]
Euphemism Decodedmass killing of Aboriginal people[1]
Euphemism Decodedextrajudicial mass killing[1]
Preceded byDeath of John Mcconachie[1]
Preceded byDeath of Thomas Patterson Scott[1]
Preceded byNmp Dispersal Glengyle[1]
Occurred atKliediewarry[1]
Occurred atKaliduwarry[1]
Caused byDeath of Thomas Patterson Scott[1]
Caused byDeath of John Mcconachie[1]
Reprisal forDeath of Thomas Patterson Scott[1]
Reprisal forDeath of John Mcconachie[1]
Reported inSouth Australian Advertiser 1879 10 06[1]
Reported inSydney Mail 1933 09 20[1]
Date Discrepancy With1880 vs 1879[1]
Date Discrepancy WithSydney Mail 1933 says nearly 60 years ago (c.1873), Sydney Mail 1934 says about 1880, dataset says February 1879[1]
On Country ofWangkamana[1]
On Country ofWangkangurru[1]
Victim GroupWangkangurru[1]
Victim GroupWangkamana[1]
Sister Reprisal EventCoochera Shooting[1]
Sister Reprisal EventKoonchera Waterhole Attack[1]
Triggered byDeath of Thomas Patterson Scott[1]
Triggered byDeath of John Mcconachie[1]
Campaign IncludesKoonchera Waterhole Attack[1]
Campaign IncludesNmp Dispersal Glengyle[1]
Victims Genderpredominantly male ('bucks')[1]
Victims Gendermixed (ceremony attendees likely included families)[1]
Survived byTaffy[1]
Survived byYoung Boy Survivor[1]
Rdf TypeEvent[1]
Rdfs LabelAttack on Aboriginal people - Kaliduwarry (February? 1879)[1]
Nature of ClassAttack on Aboriginal people[1]
Occurred in Year1879[1]
Occurred in MonthFebruary?[1]
Date Is Approximatetrue[1]
Has Latitude-24.912383[1]
Has Longitude138.632217[1]
Occurred at Location TypeLagoon/waterhole[1]
Located WithinSouth West Queensland[1]
Number Killed50[1]
Killed Count Disputedtrue[1]
Is Reprisaltrue[1]
Associated Nmp CampJundah Camp[1]
Related Language GroupWangkamana[1]
Related Pastoral DistrictGregory North District[1]
Within Native Title BoundaryWangkangurru Yarluyandi Native Title Claim[1]
Date First Reported1879[1]
Source DatasetUon Colonial Frontier Massacres[1]
Dataset Entry Id20783[1]
Part of Reprisal Campaigntrue[1]
Described As Severe Lessontrue[1]
Euphemism forkilling[1]
Described As Raidtrue[1]
Perpetrated by Whites Alsotrue[1]
Occurred Just Over BorderQueensland[1]
Occurred Few Months Afterkilling of two stockmen[1]
Count Is Approximatetrue[1]
Survivor Count2[1]
Described As Punitive Expeditiontrue[1]
Described As Destroyed Whole Tribetrue[1]
Blacks Split Into Two Partiestrue[1]
Methodrounded up and shot[1]
Victims Were Fleeingtrue[1]
Victims Fleeing tosprings in the desert west of the Georgina River[1]
Located West ofGeorgina River[1]
No Quarter Giventrue[1]
Death Toll Described As Scorestrue[1]
Described As Ruthlessly Killedtrue[1]
Police Reached Scene Days After2[1]

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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/20783
ex:Event
rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/20783
Attack on Aboriginal people - Kaliduwarry (February? 1879)
natureOfClassfrontier-massacres/20783
Attack on Aboriginal people
occurredInYearfrontier-massacres/20783
1879
occurredInMonthfrontier-massacres/20783
February?
dateIsApproximatefrontier-massacres/20783
true
hasLatitudefrontier-massacres/20783
-24.912383
hasLongitudefrontier-massacres/20783
138.632217
occurredAtLocationTypefrontier-massacres/20783
Lagoon/waterhole
occurredAtfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:kliediewarry
occurredAtfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:kaliduwarry
locatedWithinfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:south-west-queensland
numberKilledfrontier-massacres/20783
50
killedCountDisputedfrontier-massacres/20783
true
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:nmp
causedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-thomas-patterson-scott
causedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-john-mcconachie
isReprisalfrontier-massacres/20783
true
reprisalForfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-thomas-patterson-scott
reprisalForfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-john-mcconachie
associatedNmpCampfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:jundah-camp
relatedLanguageGroupfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkamana
relatedPastoralDistrictfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:gregory-north-district
withinNativeTitleBoundaryfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkangurru-yarluyandi-native-title-claim
dateFirstReportedfrontier-massacres/20783
1879
reportedDeathTollPerSourcefrontier-massacres/20783
50
sourceDatasetfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:uon-colonial-frontier-massacres
datasetEntryIdfrontier-massacres/20783
20783
partOfReprisalCampaignfrontier-massacres/20783
true
relatedEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-john-mcconachie
relatedEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-thomas-patterson-scott
relatedEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:nmp-dispersal-glengyle
relatedEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:koonchera-waterhole-attack
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:brisbane-courier-1879-03-28
reportedInfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:south-australian-advertiser-1879-10-06
describedAsSevereLessonfrontier-massacres/20783
true
euphemismForfrontier-massacres/20783
killing
describedAsRaidfrontier-massacres/20783
true
perpetratedByWhitesAlsofrontier-massacres/20783
true
occurredJustOverBorderfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:queensland
occurredFewMonthsAfterfrontier-massacres/20783
killing of two stockmen
victimsDescribedAsfrontier-massacres/20783
bucks
countIsApproximatefrontier-massacres/20783
true
reportedInfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:sydney-mail-1933-09-20
survivorCountfrontier-massacres/20783
2
describedAsPunitiveExpeditionfrontier-massacres/20783
true
describedAsDestroyedWholeTribefrontier-massacres/20783
true
blacksSplitIntoTwoPartiesfrontier-massacres/20783
true
methodfrontier-massacres/20783
rounded up and shot
victimsWereFleeingfrontier-massacres/20783
true
victimsFleeingTofrontier-massacres/20783
springs in the desert west of the Georgina River
locatedWestOffrontier-massacres/20783
ex:georgina-river
noQuarterGivenfrontier-massacres/20783
true
deathTollDescribedAsScoresfrontier-massacres/20783
true
reportedDeathTollPerSourcefrontier-massacres/20783
scores
describedAsRuthlesslyKilledfrontier-massacres/20783
true
policeReachedSceneDaysAfterfrontier-massacres/20783
2
describedAsHeavyTollPaidByBlacksfrontier-massacres/20783
true
dateDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/20783
1880 vs 1879
euphemismDispersedForfrontier-massacres/20783
killing
describedAsMurderedByPolicefrontier-massacres/20783
true
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:silcock-j-2009
victimsGatheredForfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:warrthampa-ceremony
countLowerBoundfrontier-massacres/20783
nearly all who attended
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:queenslander-1879-05-24
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:sydney-mail-1933-09-20
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:sydney-mail-1933-11-08
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:sydney-mail-1934-01-03
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:cairns-post-1926-02-23
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:brisbane-courier-1929-04-13
attestedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:hercus
onCountryOffrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkamana
onCountryOffrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkangurru
victimGroupfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkangurru
victimGroupfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:wangkamana
countDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/20783
50 (SA Advertiser) vs scores (Sydney Mail 1933) vs nearly all who went (Silcock)
reportedDeathTollPerSourcefrontier-massacres/20783
nearly all who went
describedAsfrontier-massacres/20783
One of two reprisals
sisterReprisalEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:coochera-shooting
sisterReprisalEventfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:koonchera-waterhole-attack
partOfMassacreGroupfrontier-massacres/20783
true
describedAsVengeancefrontier-massacres/20783
true
describedAsPunishmentfrontier-massacres/20783
true
framedBySourcefrontier-massacres/20783
retaliation narrative
killingMethodfrontier-massacres/20783
shooting
victimsDescribedAsfrontier-massacres/20783
blacks
victimsDescribedAsfrontier-massacres/20783
the offenders
precededLegalFormalitiesfrontier-massacres/20783
true
causeStatedfrontier-massacres/20783
Deaths of Thomas Patterson Scott and John McConachie
motiveStatedfrontier-massacres/20783
retribution for the death of a white man
motiveStatedfrontier-massacres/20783
punishment for murder of a stockman named Scott
motiveStatedfrontier-massacres/20783
to punish the offenders
triggeredByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-thomas-patterson-scott
triggeredByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-john-mcconachie
ledTofrontier-massacres/20783
nearly all Wangkangurru who attended ceremony killed
locationNotesfrontier-massacres/20783
Location of Kalidawarry locality on Mulligan River
killedCountCertaintyMarkerfrontier-massacres/20783
not clear that this accurate
reportedByNewspaperAccountfrontier-massacres/20783
true
describedAsQuietAfterwardsfrontier-massacres/20783
true
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:kaye-henry-pollock
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:gough-henry-bloomfield
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:mazlin-john
euphemismDecodedfrontier-massacres/20783
mass killing of Aboriginal people by NMP and settlers
euphemismDecodedfrontier-massacres/20783
mass killing of Aboriginal people
euphemismDecodedfrontier-massacres/20783
extrajudicial mass killing
framingBiasfrontier-massacres/20783
European deaths described as 'murder'; Aboriginal deaths described as 'dispersal', 'lesson', 'punishment'
describedAsKillingfrontier-massacres/20783
true
describedAsMurderBySourcefrontier-massacres/20783
Silcock 2009
describedAsPunishmentBySourcefrontier-massacres/20783
Sydney Mail 1933
describedAsLessonBySourcefrontier-massacres/20783
South Australian Advertiser 1879
describedAsDispersalBySourcefrontier-massacres/20783
Queenslander 1879
precededByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-john-mcconachie
precededByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:death-of-thomas-patterson-scott
precededByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:nmp-dispersal-glengyle
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:whites-and-police
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:body-of-men
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:black-police-daroo-plain
perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:johnnycake-miller
weaponUsedfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:firearm
crossBorderEventfrontier-massacres/20783
true
partOfCampaignfrontier-massacres/20783
true
campaignIncludesfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:koonchera-waterhole-attack
campaignIncludesfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:nmp-dispersal-glengyle
timelineReconstructedfrontier-massacres/20783
December 1878: McConachie killed at Coonigheera; January 17 1879: Scott killed at Kalliduwarry; February 1879: reprisal killings at Koonchera and Kliediewarry; March 1879: dispersal at Glengyle
estimatedDatefrontier-massacres/20783
1879-02
timeBetweenTriggerAndEventfrontier-massacres/20783
approximately one month after Scott's death
dateDiscrepancyWithfrontier-massacres/20783
Sydney Mail 1933 says nearly 60 years ago (c.1873), Sydney Mail 1934 says about 1880, dataset says February 1879
occurredDayAfterfrontier-massacres/20783
discovery of bodies
perpetratorsReachedSceneViafrontier-massacres/20783
across country from Daroo Plain
geographicContextfrontier-massacres/20783
desert region near Queensland-South Australia border, west of the Georgina River
bioregionfrontier-massacres/20783
Simpson Desert
colonialJustificationfrontier-massacres/20783
retribution for death of white man/settlers
historicalSignificancefrontier-massacres/20783
part of systematic frontier violence against Aboriginal people in south-west Queensland
reprisalChainPositionfrontier-massacres/20783
Aboriginal people killed settlers → settlers and police killed Aboriginal people in reprisal
victimsGenderfrontier-massacres/20783
predominantly male ('bucks')
victimsGenderfrontier-massacres/20783
mixed (ceremony attendees likely included families)
victimsFleeingTowardsfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:desert-springs
eventTypefrontier-massacres/20783
Colonial Frontier Massacre
eventClassificationfrontier-massacres/20783
Attack on Aboriginal people
possiblySameIncidentAsfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:nmp-dispersal-glengyle
occurredSameTimeAsfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:koonchera-waterhole-attack
perpetratedAlsoByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:kaye-henry-pollock
noNamedIndividualVictimsfrontier-massacres/20783
true
noWoundedReportedfrontier-massacres/20783
true
escapeesfrontier-massacres/20783
2
survivedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:taffy
survivedByfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:young-boy-survivor
occurredAtDescribedAsfrontier-massacres/20783
'Kliediewarry, in South-west Queensland'
victimsWereAboriginalfrontier-massacres/20783
true
perpetratorsWereColonialfrontier-massacres/20783
true
colonialPowerInvolvedfrontier-massacres/20783
ex:queensland
reportedInSourcesfrontier-massacres/20783
9
sourceCountfrontier-massacres/20783
South Australian Advertiser 1879, Brisbane Courier 1879, Queenslander 1879, Cairns Post 1926, Brisbane Courier 1929, Sydney Mail 1933 (x3), Silcock 2009, Hercus 1990
shootingDurationDescribedfrontier-massacres/20783
ceased at some point
bodiesDisposalMethodfrontier-massacres/20783
not described in sources

References (1)

1 references
  1. [1]20783155 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20783
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20783
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Kaliduwarry (February? 1879) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 20783. Coordinates: latitud

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