King Billy

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King Billy has 62 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 18 references, with 8 live disagreements.

62 facts·47 predicates·18 sources·8 in dispute

Mostly:made wives work in(3), rdf:type(3), is leader of(2)

Inbound mentions (17)

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.

`adoptedBy`Adopted by(2)

Abandoned Ginex:abandoned-gin
Gin Abandonedex:gin-abandoned

`accessoryBeforeFactToMurdersOf`Accessory Before Fact to Murders of(1)

William Nicholsex:william-nichols

`by`By(1)

Mr Corr Spearingex:mr-corr-spearing

`causedRuinOf`Caused Ruin of(1)

Normanby Helenex:normanby-helen

`communicatesStarvation`Communicates Starvation(1)

Cooktown Independentex:cooktown-independent

`endedWhen`Ended When(1)

Sunday Morning Frayex:sunday-morning-fray

`hasAncestorApical`Has Ancestor Apical(1)

Wulli Wulli 2 Native Title Claim Groupex:wulli-wulli-2-native-title-claim-group

`headedBy`Headed by(1)

Nine Men North Shore Tribeex:nine-men-north-shore-tribe

`identifiedBodyOf`Identified Body of(1)

Lindaleex:lindale

`isCoAncestorWith`Is Co Ancestor With(1)

Maria of Boondoomaex:maria-of-boondooma

`ontologicallyAbsentFor`Ontologically Absent for(1)

Justiceex:justice

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

Five Wives of Billyex:five-wives-of-billy

`resolvedByDeath`Resolved by Death(1)

Aboriginal Conflictex:aboriginal-conflict

`spouseOf`Spouse of(1)

Queen Jennie Gracemereex:queen-jennie-gracemere

`victim`Victim(1)

Massacre Eventex:massacre-event

`victims`Victims(1)

Accessory Before Fact Murders Irvinebankex:accessory-before-fact-murders-irvinebank

Other facts (61)

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.

61 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Made Wives Work in	Cooktown Hotels	[2]
Made Wives Work in	Hotels	[2]
Made Wives Work in	Cooktown Hotels	[5]
Rdf:type	Person	[17]
Rdf:type	Deceased	[17]
Rdf:type	Person	[18]
Is Leader of	North Shore Tribe	[1]
Is Leader of	Grassy Hill Tribe	[2]
Adopted	Normanby Helen	[2]
Adopted	Normanby Helen	[5]
Is Chief of	Grassy Hill Tribe	[2]
Is Chief of	Grassy Hill Tribe	[5]
Surrounded by at Death	Five Wives	[2]
Surrounded by at Death	Five Wives and Children	[2]
Fell With	Spear in Paunch	[2]
Fell With	Spear in Portly Paunch	[5]
Known As	Mr Corr Spearing Miscreant	[4]
Known As	King Billy	[17]
Died Surrounded by	Billys Five Wives	[5]
Died Surrounded by	Billys 17 Children	[5]
Removed From	Sellheim	[9]
Removed From	Sellheim	[11]
Proposed Removal From	Sellheim	[10]
Proposed Removal From	Sellheim	[12]
Residence	Irvinebank	[17]
Residence	Silver Camp	[17]
Fell in Battle	Sunday Morning Battle	[2]
Presupposes Royal Status	King Title	[2]
Was Slain by	Spear	[2]
Surrounded by	Five Wives Many Children	[2]
Relocated to	Palm Island	[3]
Has Title	King	[3]
Originates From	Cairns	[3]
Of	Normanby Tribe	[4]
Reported by	Cooktown Independent	[4]
Never Interfered With	Officers of Justice	[4]
Viewed As	Miscreant	[4]
Recognised As	Mr Corr Spearing Miscreant	[4]
Presupposes	Prior Crime Unpunished	[4]
Was Hard Husband to	Billys Five Wives	[5]
Latest Victim of	Starvation Bush	[6]
Is Latest Victim to Starvation	Bush Starvation	[7]
Admitted to	Goodna Asylum Brisbane	[8]
Is Aboriginal Man	null	[8]
From Sellheim	Sellheim	[13]
Has Health Status	failing	[14]
Has Age	60	[14]
Has Knee Jerks	absent	[14]
Has Paresis	both legs	[14]
Has Sex	M	[14]
Attacked at	Irvinebank	[15]
Is Associated With	Boondooma	[16]
Has Honorific Title	King	[16]
Has Assigned Title	Colonial Authority	[16]
Is Co Ancestor With	Maria of Boondooma	[16]
Ethnic Label	blackfellow	[17]
Known at for Months	months past	[17]
Characterized As	quite inoffensive	[17]
Tribal Affiliation	Woolloongabba Tribe	[18]
Status	Last Member	[18]
Potential Informant	Habitat Question Normans	[18]

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.

62 undated

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isLeaderOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:north-shore-tribe

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isLeaderOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

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adoptedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:normanby-helen

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fellInBattletrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:sunday-morning-battle

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madeWivesWorkIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

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isChiefOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:grassy-hill-tribe

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presupposesRoyalStatustrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:king-title

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madeWivesWorkIntrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:hotels

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wasSlainBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:spear

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surroundedByAtDeathtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:five-wives

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surroundedByAtDeathtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:five-wives-and-children

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surroundedBytrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:five-wives-many-children

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fellWithtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:spear-in-paunch

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relocatedTolaura-corridor/cifhs-removals

ex:palm-island

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hasTitlelaura-corridor/cifhs-removals

King

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originatesFromlaura-corridor/cifhs-removals

ex:cairns

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oflaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

ex:normanby-tribe

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reportedBylaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

ex:cooktown-independent

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neverInterferedWithlaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

ex:officers-of-justice

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viewedAslaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

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recognisedAslaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

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knownAslaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

ex:mr-corr-spearing-miscreant

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presupposeslaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield

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adoptedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:normanby-helen

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fellWithbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:spear-in-portly-paunch

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wasHardHusbandTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:billys-five-wives

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diedSurroundedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:billys-five-wives

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isChiefOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:grassy-hill-tribe

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diedSurroundedBybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:billys-17-children

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madeWivesWorkInbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN

ex:cooktown-hotels

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latestVictimOfbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174378725_Tuesday-21-May-1901_Provincial-Pickings

ex:starvation-bush

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isLatestVictimToStarvationbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174981427_Saturday-27-April-1901_Provincial-Pickings

ex:bush-starvation

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admittedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0077

ex:goodna-asylum-brisbane

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isAboriginalManrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0077

null

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removedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops308-317-batch-5

ex:sellheim

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proposedRemovalFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops368-377/archive-text-loop-369-loop369-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-33804d8319

ex:sellheim

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removedFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-html-extracted-eca9c073469c

ex:sellheim

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proposedRemovalFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-html-extracted-b25e6d1fc0df

ex:sellheim

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fromSellheimrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-cifhs-removal-focus-nellie-nelly-name-variants-and-babies-children

ex:sellheim

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hasHealthStatusrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page

failing

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hasAgerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page

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hasKneeJerksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page

absent

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hasParesisrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page

both legs

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hasSexrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page

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

ex:irvinebank

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isAssociatedWithblucher-uhr/local-history--cifhs-wulli-wulli-2-claim

ex:boondooma

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hasHonorificTitleblucher-uhr/local-history--cifhs-wulli-wulli-2-claim

King

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hasAssignedTitleblucher-uhr/local-history--cifhs-wulli-wulli-2-claim

ex:colonial-authority

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isCoAncestorWithblucher-uhr/local-history--cifhs-wulli-wulli-2-claim

ex:maria-of-boondooma

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typefrontier-massacres/20111

ex:Person

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knownAsfrontier-massacres/20111

King Billy

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ethnicLabelfrontier-massacres/20111

blackfellow

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typefrontier-massacres/20111

ex:Deceased

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residencefrontier-massacres/20111

ex:irvinebank

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residencefrontier-massacres/20111

ex:silver-camp

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knownAtForMonthsfrontier-massacres/20111

months past

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characterizedAsfrontier-massacres/20111

quite inoffensive

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typedocument/0165840f-a6fd-4eb4-b913-3423cb847c32

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King Billy

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tribalAffiliationdocument/0165840f-a6fd-4eb4-b913-3423cb847c32

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statusdocument/0165840f-a6fd-4eb4-b913-3423cb847c32

ex:last-member

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potentialInformantdocument/0165840f-a6fd-4eb4-b913-3423cb847c32

ex:habitat-question-normans

References (18)

18 references

[1]North Shore Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[2]North Shore Full12 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[3]Cifhs Removals3 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/cifhs-removals
[4]Loop11 Bloomfield7 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield
[5]172648119 Tuesday 17 March 1891 an Aboriginal Fight a Chief Slain7 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172648119_Tuesday-17-March-1891_AN-ABORIGINAL-FIGHT-A-CHIEF-SLAIN
[6]174378725 Tuesday 21 May 1901 Provincial Pickings1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174378725_Tuesday-21-May-1901_Provincial-Pickings
[7]174981427 Saturday 27 April 1901 Provincial Pickings1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174981427_Saturday-27-April-1901_Provincial-Pickings
[8]Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 00772 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0077
[9]Downloaded Archive Text Loops308 317 Batch 51 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops308-317-batch-5
[10]Archive Text Loop 369 Loop369 Www Cifhs Com Qldrecords Removal Html 33804d83191 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loops368-377/archive-text-loop-369-loop369-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-33804d8319
[11]006 Www Cifhs Com Qldrecords Removal Html Html Extracted Eca9c073469c1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/006-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-html-extracted-eca9c073469c
[12]007 Www Cifhs Com Qldrecords Removal Html Html Extracted B25e6d1fc0df1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-www-cifhs-com-qldrecords-removal-html-html-extracted-b25e6d1fc0df
[13]Focused Removal Pathway Cifhs Removal Focus Nellie Nelly Name Variants and Babies Children1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-removal-pathway-cifhs-removal-focus-nellie-nelly-name-variants-and-babies-children
[14]Naa Cilento Survey Mary Dinah Mrs Reynolds Morbray Official Page5 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/naa-cilento-survey-mary-dinah-mrs-reynolds-morbray-official-page
[15]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
[16]Local History Cifhs Wulli Wulli 2 Claim4 facts
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/local-history--cifhs-wulli-wulli-2-claim
[17]201118 facts
ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20111
- full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20111
  text/plain14 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/20111
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - 'King Billy', Kitty and two others, Irvinebank (18 October 1884) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au…
[18]0165840f A6fd 4eb4 B913 3423cb847c325 facts
ctx:claims/document/0165840f-a6fd-4eb4-b913-3423cb847c32
- full textMiscellanea.
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  11 May 1885 - Miscellanea. Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Monday 11 May 1885, page 5 Hisoellanea. A nemo, from the Eleotrio Telegraph Office French Government notify oommuriioation with Siam likely to be interrupted .?£at some' t…

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Inbound mentions (17)

adoptedByAdopted by(2)

accessoryBeforeFactToMurdersOfAccessory Before Fact to Murders of(1)

byBy(1)

causedRuinOfCaused Ruin of(1)

communicatesStarvationCommunicates Starvation(1)

endedWhenEnded When(1)

hasAncestorApicalHas Ancestor Apical(1)

headedByHeaded by(1)

identifiedBodyOfIdentified Body of(1)

isCoAncestorWithIs Co Ancestor With(1)

ontologicallyAbsentForOntologically Absent for(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

resolvedByDeathResolved by Death(1)

spouseOfSpouse of(1)

victimVictim(1)

victimsVictims(1)

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References (18)

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`accessoryBeforeFactToMurdersOf`Accessory Before Fact to Murders of(1)

`by`By(1)

`causedRuinOf`Caused Ruin of(1)

`communicatesStarvation`Communicates Starvation(1)

`endedWhen`Ended When(1)

`hasAncestorApical`Has Ancestor Apical(1)

`headedBy`Headed by(1)

`identifiedBodyOf`Identified Body of(1)

`isCoAncestorWith`Is Co Ancestor With(1)

`ontologicallyAbsentFor`Ontologically Absent for(1)

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

`resolvedByDeath`Resolved by Death(1)

`spouseOf`Spouse of(1)

`victim`Victim(1)

`victims`Victims(1)