native troopers
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sameAs to 9 other subjectsReview & merge →native troopers has 128 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 70 references, with 10 live disagreements.
Mostly:brought one man back to talk(3), dispersed(3), deserted due to(3)
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accompaniedByAccompanied by(4)
- Mounted Constable G F Smith
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- Ernest Eglinton
ex:ernest-eglinton - Myrtil Aubin
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- Sub Inspector Garroway
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byBy(2)
- Mob Dispersal
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- Punitive Raids 1879
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- John Walsh
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- Constable Kenny
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- Barnard Article Actors
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- Original Queenslander Trove Article
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- Paul Dillon
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- Police Power
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- Six Deserted Aboriginal Troopers
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- Relief Party
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- John Martin Kenny
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- Ernest Eglinton
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- Dunrobin Detachment
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- John Martin Kenny
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- Roland Walter Garraway
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dispersedByDispersed by(1)
- Aboriginal Mobs
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- Aboriginal People
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- Cooktown
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- Sub Inspector Carr
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- Baptised Among Crocodiles
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- Muscat Injury
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- Muscat
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- Herberton
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- Nmp
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- Captain Izatt
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- Captain Izatt
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- Hervey Fitzgerald
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- Sub Inspector Garroway
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- Queensland Government
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- Mackay Mercury 1885 08 22 P3
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- Queensland Government 1885
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- Police Port Douglas Reports 1879 1882
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- Nmp Event Eid 53560
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- Muscat
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- Muscat
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- Sub Inspector Brooks
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- John Walsh
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- Reverend E R B Gribble
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- Attorney General
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- Palmer Blacks
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- Ernest Eglinton Arrival
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Other facts (127)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Brought One Man Back to Talk | null | [7] |
| Brought One Man Back to Talk | null | [10] |
| Brought One Man Back to Talk | null | [19] |
| Dispersed | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders | [8] |
| Dispersed | Aboriginal Mob | [52] |
| Dispersed | Aboriginal People | [61] |
| Deserted Due to | Billibellary Efforts | [33] |
| Deserted Due to | Billibellary Undermining | [35] |
| Deserted Due to | Billibellary Undermining | [37] |
| Commanded by | Mr Stuart | [52] |
| Commanded by | Ernest Eglinton | [70] |
| Commanded by | European officers | [70] |
| Brought One Man Back to Station | to talk to him | [6] |
| Brought One Man Back to Station | Aboriginal Man | [11] |
| Left After | Barnard Report | [43] |
| Left After | Barnard Report | [44] |
| Participated in | Nmp Event 62030 | [65] |
| Participated in | Expedition 1873 | [66] |
| Cannot Effect | Separation Policy | [67] |
| Cannot Effect | Keeping Blacks Away | [68] |
| Same As | Native Police | [70] |
| Same As | Black Police | [70] |
| Carried Out | Reprisal Patrol February 1879 | [70] |
| Carried Out | Punitive Raids 1879 | [70] |
| Alternative Name | native police | [70] |
| Alternative Name | black police | [70] |
| Role | frontier control | [70] |
| Role | reprisals | [70] |
| Immediately Proceeded to | Fuller and Watsons Beche De Mer Station | [1] |
| Historical Role Frontier Police | null | [1] |
| Proceeded to | Fuller and Watson Beche De Mer Station | [1] |
| Persuaded Blacks | Blacks Port Douglas | [1] |
| Effective | effectually | [1] |
| Used Force Implied | Blacks Port Douglas | [1] |
| Persuaded Blacks to Leave District | null | [2] |
| Most Effective Assistance Rendered | null | [2] |
| Colonial Institution | 1880 Queensland | [3] |
| Cannot Be Everywhere | true | [3] |
| Subdivided Into | Trackers | [4] |
| Stationed on | Sweers Island | [5] |
| Praised for | discipline, courage, moderation | [9] |
| Sent Into Scrub to Induce Aborigines to Come to Station | true | [11] |
| Brought One Man to Station to Talk | null | [12] |
| Brought Back One Man to | Station | [13] |
| Induced Aborigines to Come to | Station | [14] |
| Sent to Scrub to Induce | Aborigines to Station | [15] |
| Brought One Man Back to | Station | [16] |
| Historical Context Colonial Policing | Queensland State Archives | [17] |
| Criticized for Criminality | Johnny Native Trooper | [18] |
| Sent Into Scrub to Induce | Aborigines to Station | [20] |
| Brought Back | One Aboriginal Man | [21] |
| Sent by | John Atherton | [22] |
| Exist As Force | {} | [23] |
| Needed for Protection | Mosman and Daintree Districts | [24] |
| Exists Despite | Gentle Disposition | [25] |
| By Destruction of | Aborigines | [26] |
| For Protection of Flocks | Flocks | [26] |
| For Protection of | Colonists | [26] |
| Induced Aborigines to | Come to Station | [27] |
| Brought One Man Back | Station | [27] |
| Teleological Purpose | destruction of Aborigines for protection | [28] |
| Hunted Remainder of Women | True | [29] |
| Fire Only on Men | null | [30] |
| Affected by Epidemic | True | [31] |
| Practically Invisible | to settlers and governments | [32] |
| Procured Young Blacks | Residents Requests | [34] |
| Few Remained Longer Than | three or four years | [35] |
| Prone to Cruelty Trained to Murder | null | [36] |
| Practically Invisible to | Settlers and Governments | [38] |
| Held Down | Walter Boy | [39] |
| Departed at Time | 3 o’clock this morning | [40] |
| Part of Group | Native Police | [40] |
| Are to Leave Location | Johnstone River | [40] |
| Left Location With Person | Mosman | [40] |
| Reported to Leave | Johnstone River | [41] |
| Left With | Sub Inspector Garroway | [42] |
| Reported Leaving | Johnstone River | [42] |
| Left Location After | Mosman Mossman | [43] |
| Left Location | Mosman Mossman | [44] |
| Frequent8 Mile Camp | true | [45] |
| Described As Wild Untutored Savages | True | [46] |
| Advocated Disbanding by Agitators | null | [46] |
| Frequently Born in Queensland Locations | null | [47] |
| Entered House and Shot Suspect | One Black Suspect | [48] |
| Informed Blacks | Telegraph Purpose | [49] |
| One Detachment for District | null | [50] |
| Effective When Disciplined | true | [51] |
| Headed Directly to | Range to Springers Hotel | [52] |
| Came Up With | Some of the Mob | [52] |
| Successively Tracked Then Dispersed | Aboriginal Group | [52] |
| Tracked Down | Murderers Tracks | [52] |
| Followed Tracks of | Aboriginal People | [53] |
| Held Culpable for | Mcdonnell Waterhole Attack 1902 | [54] |
| Were Sent Out | due to daring Aboriginals | [55] |
| Targeted for Supersession | Queensland Government 1885 | [56] |
| Exist at | Somerset | [57] |
| Charged Under Spears | null | [58] |
| Fired Volleys at | Aboriginal People | [58] |
| Regarded Clothing As Evidence | Guilt in Murders | [59] |
| Did Good Work | Sidney George Pegus | [59] |
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doc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10625Show excerpt
# Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Bernard Molvo and others at Wonomo waterhole, Sulieman Ck (January 1879) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle…
See also
- Fuller and Watsons Beche De Mer Station
- Fuller and Watson Beche De Mer Station
- Blacks Port Douglas
- Trackers
- Sweers Island
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Aboriginal Man
- Station
- Aborigines to Station
- Queensland State Archives
- Johnny Native Trooper
- One Aboriginal Man
- John Atherton
- Mosman and Daintree Districts
- Gentle Disposition
- Aborigines
- Flocks
- Colonists
- Come to Station
- True
- Billibellary Efforts
- Residents Requests
- Billibellary Undermining
- Settlers and Governments
- Walter Boy
- Native Police
- Johnstone River
- Mosman
- Sub Inspector Garroway
- Barnard Report
- Mosman Mossman
- One Black Suspect
- Telegraph Purpose
- Mr Stuart
- Range to Springers Hotel
- Some of the Mob
- Aboriginal Group
- Murderers Tracks
- Aboriginal Mob
- Aboriginal People
- Mcdonnell Waterhole Attack 1902
- Queensland Government 1885
- Somerset
- Guilt in Murders
- Sidney George Pegus
- Wt Foster Account
- Nmp Event 59602
- Hms Basilisk Officers
- Aboriginal Camp Black Mountain
- Annual Patrols With Native Troopers
- Nmp Event 52683
- Nmp Event 61917
- Aboriginal People at Breakfast Creek
- Nmp Event 62030
- Gough Henry Bloomfield
- Expedition 1873
- Cairns
- Smithfield
- Road
- Separation Policy
- Keeping Blacks Away
- Queensland Police
- Palmer Blacks
- Myalls
- Police Force
- Black Police
- Herbert River
- Sulieman Creek
- Wills Creek
- Ernest Eglinton
- Reprisal Patrol February 1879
- Punitive Raids 1879
- Muscat
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