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Native Police Corps has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 20 references, with 17 live disagreements.

100+ facts·55 predicates·20 sources·17 in dispute

Mostly:located in(8), established in(7), made use of(4)

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Located inin disputelocatedIn

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  • 1837[3]all time · Downloaded Archive D977a2ae06fb8e2e
  • 1837[10]all time · Australian Native Police Isley Reference Lead
  • 1837[16]all time · Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Queen Hotel Capt Cook Context
  • 1837[5]all time · Downloaded Arch 765d467b56da
  • 1837[17]all time · Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Employed Servant Girl Children

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Trial of Armed Mounted Aboriginal Policein disputetrialOfArmedMountedAboriginalPolice

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Inbound mentions (26)

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Other facts (56)

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56 facts
PredicateValueRef
Trial ofArmed Aboriginal Police[11]
Trial ofArmed and Mounted Aboriginal Police[2]
Entire CostQueensland[13]
Entire Costnull[14]
Headquarters atAboriginal Protectorate Station at Nerre Nerre Warren[6]
Headquarters atAboriginal Protectorate Station Nerre Nerre Warren[2]
Goals IncludedAssimilate Troopers[11]
Goals IncludedUse Tracking Abilities[11]
Had GoalsAssimilate Into White Society[2]
Had GoalsUse Tracking Abilities[2]
Carried Messages toColonial Outposts[3]
Carried Messages toColonial Outposts[4]
Carried Messages toColonial Outposts[5]
Carried Messages toColonial Outposts[6]
Established to Act inPublic Peace[6]
Established to Act inPublic Peace[3]
Established to Act inPublic Peace[10]
Established to Act inPublic Peace[5]
Undertook Searches forLost Settlers[6]
Undertook Searches forLost Settlers[3]
Disbanded Briefly inJanuary 1838[5]
Disbanded Briefly inJanuary 1838[6]
Had Members60[3]
Had Two Goalsnull[3]
To Apprehend Criminals WhenPeace Disturbed[3]
Presupposed Historical PresenceTrue[1]
Caused Largest Casualties inWestern District 1843[5]
Disintegrated Officially inJanuary 1853[5]
Dissolved in1839[5]
First Government Funded Forcenull[5]
Limited to One Divisionnull[5]
Reformed in1842[5]
Duties Judged byAbsence of Crime[11]
ExperiencedTrooper Desertions[11]
Entire Cost ofThat[15]
Continued Upstream AlongSnowy River[6]
Established Year1837[6]
Headquarters inJolimont[6]
Made Use of Aboriginal Men FromWurundjeri and Bunurong Tribes[6]
Provided WithUniforms Firearms Food Rations Dubious Salary[6]
Reformation Delayed Until1842[6]
Success Judged byAbsence of Crime[6]
ExistedPalmer River[18]
EmployedAboriginal People[12]
Briefly Based atMerri Creek[2]
Under Command ofWhite Officers[2]
Disbanded BrieflyJanuary 1838[10]
Dissolved Due Funding1839[10]
First Official1837[10]
Costs Annually£17,000[8]
Deemed Necessary byMoreton Bay Free Press 1857 09 16 P2[9]
Contextual toColonial Queensland[7]
Presupposed Known toOscar[7]
Active DuringOscar's time[1]
Restored AfterCapture of Tasmanian Aboriginals[11]
Historical Context19th Century Qld[19]

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