Nmp Event 19563

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Nmp Event 19563

Reported in	Brisbane Courier, 13 December 1877, p2^[1]
Reported in	Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 15 December 1877, p2^[1]
Distance From	Gregory Downs^[1]
Distance From	Watsons Station Gregory^[1]
Associated With Nmp Officers	Poingdestre, Lyndon John Agnew^[1]
Associated With Pastoral Run	Gregory Downs^[1]
Cited in	Loos (1981:221)^[1]
Framed As	horrible murder by blacks^[1]
Has Contemporary Reference	QSA348655 Inquest 326 of 1877, William Batten, DR111061^[1]
Has Coordinate X Min	139.050867^[1]

ex:nmp-event-19563

Nmp Event 19563 has 41 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 2 live disagreements.

41 facts·33 predicates·1 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:reported in(8), distance from(2), associated with nmp officers(1)

Reported inin dispute`reportedIn`

Brisbane Courier, 13 December 1877, p2^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 15 December 1877, p2^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Mackay Mercury and South Kennedy Advertiser, 6 February 1878, p4^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Brisbane Courier, 19 January 1878, p5^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Rockhampton Bulletin, 14 December 1877, p2^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Daily Northern Argus, 22 January 1878, p2^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Brisbane Courier, 5 October 1878, p3^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Queenslander, 26 January 1878, p6^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Distance Fromin dispute`distanceFrom`

Gregory Downs^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563
Watsons Station Gregory^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Associated With Nmp Officers`associatedWithNmpOfficers`

Poingdestre, Lyndon John Agnew^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Associated With Pastoral Run`associatedWithPastoralRun`

Gregory Downs^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Cited in`citedIn`

Loos (1981:221)^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Framed As`framedAs`

horrible murder by blacks^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

QSA348655 Inquest 326 of 1877, William Batten, DR111061^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

139.050867^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Coordinate Y Min`hasCoordinateYMin`

-17.962983^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Csv Record Number`hasCsvRecordNumber`

550^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Date of First Reporting`hasDateOfFirstReporting`

1877^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Has Day and Month of Event`hasDayAndMonthOfEvent`

2 December^[1]all time · Row 0550 Eid 19563

Inbound mentions (11)

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`nmpOfficerAssociatedWith`Nmp Officer Associated With(2)

Lyndon John Agnewex:lyndon-john-agnew
Poingdestreex:poingdestre

`associatedWithEvent`Associated With Event(1)

George De Lautourex:george-de-lautour

`deservedlyPunishedFor`Deservedly Punished for(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`exemplifiedBy`Exemplified by(1)

Frontier Violenceex:frontier-violence

`gaveSwornTestimonyAbout`Gave Sworn Testimony About(1)

John Aitkinex:john-aitkin

`killedIn`Killed in(1)

William Battenex:william-batten

`referencesEvent`References Event(1)

Inquest 1877ex:inquest-1877

`reportsEvent`Reports Event(1)

Brishbane Courier 19 Jan 1878ex:brishbane-courier-19-jan-1878

`survivedEvent`Survived Event(1)

John Aitkinex:john-aitkin

`victimOf`Victim of(1)

William Battenex:william-batten

Other facts (21)

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21 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Has Entry Id	19563	[1]
Has Label	Attack on Europeans/others - William Batten (also given as Balton and Button), Nicholson River (2 December 1877)	[1]
Has Location Description	‘thirty-five or forty miles from the Messrs. Watson's station on the Gregory’ on the Nicholson River, also 'thirty miles from Watsons Gregory station'	[1]
Has Location Notes	Arbitrary point on the Nicholson River approximately 35-40 miles from Gregory Downs headstation1876	[1]
Has Location Type	Watercourse	[1]
Has Names of People Killed	William Batten (also given as Button and Balton) 'a native of Adelaide'	[1]
Has Names of People Wounded	Unnamed Aboriginal man	[1]
Has Nature of Event	Attack on Europeans/others	[1]
Has No of People Killed	1	[1]
Has No of People Wounded	1	[1]
Has Notes Comments	Suggestion by a commentator the following year that Aboriginal people had been "deservedly punished" for the death of Batten, implying fatalities	[1]
Has Perpetrators	Aboriginal people	[1]
Has Year of Event	1877	[1]
Occurred at	Nicholson River	[1]
Occurred Near	fine lagoon (Emu), half mile from river, 50 miles SW of Burketown	[1]
Presupposes Existence of	Aboriginal People	[1]
Related to Language Group	Ganggalida	[1]
Related to Native Title Boundary	Gangalidda & Garawa People #2	[1]
Related to Pastoral District	Burke	[1]
Temporally Preceded by	mustering at Calvert River	[1]
Presupposes Conflict Between	Europeans and Aboriginals	[1]

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associatedWithNmpOfficersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Poingdestre, Lyndon John Agnew

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associatedWithPastoralRunrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

ex:gregory-downs

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citedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Loos (1981:221)

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distanceFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

ex:gregory-downs

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distanceFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

ex:watsons-station-gregory

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framedAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

horrible murder by blacks

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hasContemporaryReferencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

QSA348655 Inquest 326 of 1877, William Batten, DR111061

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hasCoordinateXMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

139.050867

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hasCoordinateYMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

-17.962983

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hasCsvRecordNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

550

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hasDateOfFirstReportingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

1877

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hasDayAndMonthOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

2 December

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hasEntryIdrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

19563

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hasLabelrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Attack on Europeans/others - William Batten (also given as Balton and Button), Nicholson River (2 December 1877)

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hasLocationDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

‘thirty-five or forty miles from the Messrs. Watson's station on the Gregory’ on the Nicholson River, also 'thirty miles from Watsons Gregory station'

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hasLocationNotesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Arbitrary point on the Nicholson River approximately 35-40 miles from Gregory Downs headstation1876

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hasLocationTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Watercourse

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hasNamesOfPeopleKilledrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

William Batten (also given as Button and Balton) 'a native of Adelaide'

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hasNamesOfPeopleWoundedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Unnamed Aboriginal man

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hasNatureOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Attack on Europeans/others

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hasNoOfPeopleKilledrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

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hasNoOfPeopleWoundedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

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hasNotesCommentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Suggestion by a commentator the following year that Aboriginal people had been "deservedly punished" for the death of Batten, implying fatalities

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hasPerpetratorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Aboriginal people

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hasYearOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

1877

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occurredAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

ex:nicholson-river

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occurredNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

fine lagoon (Emu), half mile from river, 50 miles SW of Burketown

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presupposesConflictBetweenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Europeans and Aboriginals

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presupposesExistenceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

ex:aboriginal-people

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relatedToLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Ganggalida

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relatedToNativeTitleBoundaryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Gangalidda & Garawa People #2

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relatedToPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0550-eid-19563

Burke

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