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Letter to Adelaide has 76 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 3 live disagreements.

76 facts·72 predicates·1 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:tone(3), made public by(2), deemed newsworthy by(2)

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Made Public byin disputemadePublicBy

Deemed Newsworthy byin disputedeemedNewsworthyBy

Tonein disputetone

  • relieved at police action[1]all time · 10615
  • resentful toward Aboriginal people[1]all time · 10615
  • fearful of ongoing threat[1]all time · 10615

Dateline Geographic Hierarchy DepthdatelineGeographicHierarchyDepth

  • 3[1]sourceall time · 10615

Dateline Geographic HierarchydatelineGeographicHierarchy

  • Creek -> District -> Colony[1]sourceall time · 10615

Epistolary Dateline ConventionepistolaryDatelineConvention

  • under date [place name][1]sourceall time · 10615

Uses Epistolary ConventionusesEpistolaryConvention

  • under date[1]all time · 10615

Role in Historical ReconstructionroleInHistoricalReconstruction

  • primary source document[1]sourceall time · 10615

Written From Perspective ofwrittenFromPerspectiveOf

  • settler living on pastoral run[1]all time · 10615

Provides First Hand Account ofprovidesFirstHandAccountOf

Intercolonial CommunicationintercolonialCommunication

  • true[1]sourceall time · 10615

Sent to South AustraliasentToSouthAustralia

  • true[1]all time · 10615

Inbound mentions (16)

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isSecondarySourcePublishingIs Secondary Source Publishing(2)

publishedPrivateLetterPublished Private Letter(2)

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reportsReports(2)

reproducesQuotationFromReproduces Quotation From(2)

addresseeOfAddressee of(1)

authorOfAuthor of(1)

containsQuotedLetterContains Quoted Letter(1)

describedInDescribed in(1)

precededLetterPreceded Letter(1)

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Other facts (60)

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60 facts
PredicateValueRef
Sent From Inland Queenslandtrue[1]
Letter Written From Perspective of Aftermathtrue[1]
Letter Written After Killingstrue[1]
Uses Spelling Dowllings Creektrue[1]
Sent From ColonyQueensland[1]
Is Key Primary Sourcetrue[1]
Is Primary Source forEvent Dowlings Creek 1872[1]
Contains Quoted PassageSome of those armed murderers are still at large. Those on our run have been quieted down a little, the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here; yet, with all, they are not nice company.[1]
Written by Ageyoung[1]
Written by Occupationsquatter[1]
Addressed toGentleman in Adelaide[1]
Under DateDowlling's Creek[1]
Contains Description ofEvent Dowlings Creek 1872[1]
Designated Reliabilityfirst hand account[1]
Destination CityAdelaide[1]
Origin ColonyQueensland[1]
Dated From ColonyQueensland[1]
Dated From DistrictWarrego District[1]
Dated From LocationDowlings Creek[1]
Also Published As Quoted inTelegraph 1873 07 16 P3[1]
Published As Quoted inRockhampton Bulletin 1873 07 10 P3[1]
DatelineDowlling's Creek, Warrego district, Queensland[1]
Is First Hand Accounttrue[1]
Dated FromDowlling's Creek[1]
Also Reported inTelegraph 1873 07 16 P3[1]
Reported inRockhampton Bulletin 1873 07 10 P3[1]
Written From ColonyQueensland[1]
Written From DistrictWarrego District[1]
Written FromDowlings Creek[1]
Sent toGentleman in Adelaide[1]
Authored byYoung Squatter Letter Writer[1]
Rdfs Labelletter from young squatter to gentleman in Adelaide[1]
Rdf TypeLetter[1]
Physical Transmission From Queensland to South Australiatrue[1]
Presumed Carried by Colonial Postal Systemtrue[1]
Reveals Intercolonial Settler Communication Networktrue[1]
Temporal Gap From Marriage to Publicationapproximately 22 months[1]
Writer Physically Present at Dateline Locationtrue[1]
Mixed Emotional Tonetrue[1]
Written During Period of Relative Calmtrue[1]
Written During Period of Uncertaintytrue[1]
Context of Conflictongoing frontier violence[1]
Written in Period of Heightened Tensiontrue[1]
Not Neutral Reportingtrue[1]
Content Stylepersonal and opinionated[1]
Originally Privatetrue[1]
Transmission Methodpost[1]
Mediumpaper[1]
Physical Formhandwritten letter[1]
Sent to Different Colonytrue[1]
Traversed Colonial Distancetrue[1]
Written AfterEvent Dowlings Creek 1872[1]
Dated Before1873-07-10[1]
Sent to ColonySouth Australia[1]
Intercolonial Correspondencetrue[1]
Written Before1873-07-10[1]
Letter Datebefore July 1873[1]
Letter Date Unknowntrue[1]
Letter Formatpersonal letter[1]
Letter Typepersonal correspondence[1]

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76 undated
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addressedTofrontier-massacres/10615
ex:gentleman-in-adelaide
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alsoPublishedAsQuotedInfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:telegraph-1873-07-16-p3
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alsoReportedInfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:telegraph-1873-07-16-p3
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authoredByfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:young-squatter-letter-writer
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containsDescriptionOffrontier-massacres/10615
ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872
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containsQuotedPassagefrontier-massacres/10615
Some of those armed murderers are still at large. Those on our run have been quieted down a little, the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here; yet, with all, they are not nice company.
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contentStylefrontier-massacres/10615
personal and opinionated
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contextOfConflictfrontier-massacres/10615
ongoing frontier violence
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datedBeforefrontier-massacres/10615
1873-07-10
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datedFromfrontier-massacres/10615
Dowlling's Creek
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datedFromColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:queensland
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datedFromDistrictfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:warrego-district
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datedFromLocationfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:dowlings-creek
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datelinefrontier-massacres/10615
Dowlling's Creek, Warrego district, Queensland
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datelineGeographicHierarchyfrontier-massacres/10615
Creek -> District -> Colony
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datelineGeographicHierarchyDepthfrontier-massacres/10615
3
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deemedNewsworthyByfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:rockhampton-bulletin
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deemedNewsworthyByfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:telegraph-newspaper
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designatedReliabilityfrontier-massacres/10615
first hand account
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destinationCityfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:adelaide
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epistolaryDatelineConventionfrontier-massacres/10615
under date [place name]
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intercolonialCommunicationfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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intercolonialCorrespondencefrontier-massacres/10615
true
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isFirstHandAccountfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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isKeyPrimarySourcefrontier-massacres/10615
true
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isPrimarySourceForfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872
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letterDatefrontier-massacres/10615
before July 1873
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letterDateUnknownfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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letterFormatfrontier-massacres/10615
personal letter
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letterTypefrontier-massacres/10615
personal correspondence
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letterWrittenAfterKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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letterWrittenFromPerspectiveOfAftermathfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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madePublicByfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:rockhampton-bulletin
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madePublicByfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:telegraph-newspaper
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mediumfrontier-massacres/10615
paper
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mixedEmotionalTonefrontier-massacres/10615
true
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notNeutralReportingfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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originallyPrivatefrontier-massacres/10615
true
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originColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:queensland
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physicalFormfrontier-massacres/10615
handwritten letter
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physicalTransmissionFromQueenslandToSouthAustraliafrontier-massacres/10615
true
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presumedCarriedByColonialPostalSystemfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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providesFirstHandAccountOffrontier-massacres/10615
ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872
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publishedAsQuotedInfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:rockhampton-bulletin-1873-07-10-p3
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rdfsLabelfrontier-massacres/10615
letter from young squatter to gentleman in Adelaide
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rdfTypefrontier-massacres/10615
ex:Letter
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reportedInfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:rockhampton-bulletin-1873-07-10-p3
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revealsIntercolonialSettlerCommunicationNetworkfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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roleInHistoricalReconstructionfrontier-massacres/10615
primary source document
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sentFromColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:queensland
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sentFromInlandQueenslandfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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sentTofrontier-massacres/10615
ex:gentleman-in-adelaide
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sentToColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
South Australia
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sentToDifferentColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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sentToSouthAustraliafrontier-massacres/10615
true
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temporalGapFromMarriageToPublicationfrontier-massacres/10615
approximately 22 months
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tonefrontier-massacres/10615
relieved at police action
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tonefrontier-massacres/10615
resentful toward Aboriginal people
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tonefrontier-massacres/10615
fearful of ongoing threat
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transmissionMethodfrontier-massacres/10615
post
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traversedColonialDistancefrontier-massacres/10615
true
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underDatefrontier-massacres/10615
Dowlling's Creek
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usesEpistolaryConventionfrontier-massacres/10615
under date
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usesSpellingDowllingsCreekfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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writerPhysicallyPresentAtDatelineLocationfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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writtenAfterfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872
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writtenBeforefrontier-massacres/10615
1873-07-10
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writtenByAgefrontier-massacres/10615
young
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writtenByOccupationfrontier-massacres/10615
squatter
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writtenDuringPeriodOfRelativeCalmfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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writtenDuringPeriodOfUncertaintyfrontier-massacres/10615
true
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writtenFromfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:dowlings-creek
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writtenFromColonyfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:queensland
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writtenFromDistrictfrontier-massacres/10615
ex:warrego-district
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writtenFromPerspectiveOffrontier-massacres/10615
settler living on pastoral run
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writtenInPeriodOfHeightenedTensionfrontier-massacres/10615
true

References (1)

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  1. [1]ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/1061576 facts
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Dowlings Creek, Warrego district (1872?) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 10615. Coordina…

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