Nmp Event 23477

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Nmp Event 23477

Has Associated Nmp Officers	Urquhart, Frederic Charles;Whiteford, James Wylie^[1]
Has Contemporary Reference	Brisbane Courier 9 August 1888 P3^[1]
Has Coordinate X Max	144.867433^[1]
Has Coordinate X Min	144.867433^[1]
Has Coordinate Y Max	-15.4956^[1]
Has Coordinate Y Min	-15.4956^[1]
Has Csv Record Number	970^[1]
Has Date of First Reporting of Event	1888^[1]

ex:nmp-event-23477

Nmp Event 23477 has 41 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference.

41 facts·41 predicates·1 sources

Mostly:has associated nmp officers(1), has contemporary reference(1), has coordinate x max(1)

Has Associated Nmp Officers`hasAssociatedNMPOfficers`

Urquhart, Frederic Charles;Whiteford, James Wylie^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Brisbane Courier 9 August 1888 P3^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

144.867433^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

144.867433^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Coordinate Y Max`hasCoordinateYMax`

-15.4956^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Coordinate Y Min`hasCoordinateYMin`

-15.4956^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Csv Record Number`hasCsvRecordNumber`

970^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Date of First Reporting of Event`hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEvent`

1888^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Day and Month of Event`hasDayAndMonthOfEvent`

early August?^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Description of Event`hasDescriptionOfEvent`

Inspector Murray telegraphs to the Commissioner of Police from Cooktown that the blacks have robbed Sheridan's Mount Ruby station, on the Normanby, of firearms, cartridges, and stores. Sub-inspector Urquhart and Senior-constable Whiteford have gone to the scene of the robbery. (Brisbane Courier, 9 August 1888, p3).^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Has Label`hasLabel`

Attack on property - Mt Ruby station (August? 1888)^[1]all time · Row 0970 Eid 23477

Inbound mentions (6)

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`associatedWithEvent`Associated With Event(2)

Frederic Charles Urquhartex:frederic-charles-urquhart
James Wylie Whitefordex:james-wylie-whiteford

`travelledToSceneOf`Travelled to Scene of(2)

Frederic Charles Urquhartex:frederic-charles-urquhart
James Wylie Whitefordex:james-wylie-whiteford

`perpetrated`Perpetrated(1)

Guugu Yimidhirr Peopleex:guugu-yimidhirr-people

`telegraphedAbout`Telegraphed About(1)

Inspector Murrayex:inspector-murray

Other facts (29)

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29 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Has Location Description	Mount Ruby Station	[1]
Has Location Notes Issues	Location of Mt Ruby station according to the Cook District 1909 (NLA 1987210)	[1]
Has Location Type	Pastoral run	[1]
Has Nature of Event	Attack on stock/property	[1]
Has No Named Perpetrators	true	[1]
Has No People Killed Recorded	true	[1]
Has No People Wounded Recorded	true	[1]
Has Notes Comments	'Up the Normanby River some ten miles [from Laura] is a neat and compact little station known as Mount Ruby. It was taken up in the early Cooktown days by Messrs. Beardmore and Olive. However, it eventually came into the possession of the scope of the South Australian Mortgage Investment Company. Their first manager was the jolly Henry Sheridan, at present manager of the company's Collingvale station, In the Bowen district. Mr. Sheridan was relieved by his brother, Mr. George Sheridan, who in turn was relieved by Mr. R. Adams, the present manager of Mount Ruby.' (Queenslander 9 January 1897, p76)	[1]
Has Other Damage Effects	station robbed of "of firearms, cartridges, and stores" (Brisbane Courier, 9 August 1888, p3).	[1]
Has Pastoral Run Landowner or Lessee	South Australian Mortgage Investment Company; Henry or George Sheridan (manager)	[1]
Has Pastoral Run Station or Run Name	Mount Ruby	[1]
Has Perpetrators	Aboriginal people	[1]
Has Related Language Group	Guugu Yimidhirr	[1]
Has Related Pastoral District	Cook Pastoral District	[1]
Has Year of Event	1888	[1]
Involves Robbery of Cartridges	true	[1]
Involves Robbery of Firearms	true	[1]
Involves Robbery of Stores	true	[1]
Is Attack on Property	true	[1]
Is Attack on Stock	true	[1]
Located at Latitude	-15.4956	[1]
Located at Longitude	144.867433	[1]
Occurred at	Mt Ruby Station	[1]
Part of Nmp Database	true	[1]
Presupposes Aboriginal Perpetrators	true	[1]
Presupposes Robbery Occurred	true	[1]
Quotes Contemporary Source	Brisbane Courier 9 August 1888 P3	[1]
Occurred in Early Cooktown Days Context	true	[1]
Timing Uncertain	early August	[1]

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41 undated

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hasAssociatedNMPOfficersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Urquhart, Frederic Charles;Whiteford, James Wylie

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hasContemporaryReferencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

ex:brisbane-courier-9-august-1888-p3

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hasCoordinateXMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

144.867433

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hasCoordinateXMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

144.867433

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hasCoordinateYMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

-15.4956

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hasCoordinateYMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

-15.4956

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hasCsvRecordNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

970

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hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

1888

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hasDayAndMonthOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

early August?

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hasDescriptionOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Inspector Murray telegraphs to the Commissioner of Police from Cooktown that the blacks have robbed Sheridan's Mount Ruby station, on the Normanby, of firearms, cartridges, and stores. Sub-inspector Urquhart and Senior-constable Whiteford have gone to the scene of the robbery. (Brisbane Courier, 9 August 1888, p3).

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hasEntryIdrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

23477

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hasLabelrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Attack on property - Mt Ruby station (August? 1888)

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hasLocationDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Mount Ruby Station

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hasLocationNotesIssuesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Location of Mt Ruby station according to the Cook District 1909 (NLA 1987210)

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hasLocationTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Pastoral run

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hasNatureOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Attack on stock/property

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hasNoNamedPerpetratorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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hasNoPeopleKilledRecordedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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hasNoPeopleWoundedRecordedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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hasNotesCommentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

'Up the Normanby River some ten miles [from Laura] is a neat and compact little station known as Mount Ruby. It was taken up in the early Cooktown days by Messrs. Beardmore and Olive. However, it eventually came into the possession of the scope of the South Australian Mortgage Investment Company. Their first manager was the jolly Henry Sheridan, at present manager of the company's Collingvale station, In the Bowen district. Mr. Sheridan was relieved by his brother, Mr. George Sheridan, who in turn was relieved by Mr. R. Adams, the present manager of Mount Ruby.' (Queenslander 9 January 1897, p76)

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hasOtherDamageEffectsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

station robbed of "of firearms, cartridges, and stores" (Brisbane Courier, 9 August 1888, p3).

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hasPastoralRunLandownerOrLesseerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

South Australian Mortgage Investment Company; Henry or George Sheridan (manager)

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hasPastoralRunStationOrRunNamerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Mount Ruby

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hasPerpetratorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

Aboriginal people

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hasRelatedLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

ex:guugu-yimidhirr

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hasRelatedPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

ex:cook-pastoral-district

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hasYearOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

1888

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involvesRobberyOfCartridgesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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involvesRobberyOfFirearmsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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involvesRobberyOfStoresrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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isAttackOnPropertyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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isAttackOnStockrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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locatedAtLatituderosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

-15.4956

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locatedAtLongituderosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

144.867433

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occurredAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

ex:mt-ruby-station

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occurredInEarlyCooktownDaysContextrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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partOfNMPDatabaserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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presupposesAboriginalPerpetratorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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presupposesRobberyOccurredrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

true

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quotesContemporarySourcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

ex:brisbane-courier-9-august-1888-p3

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timingUncertainrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0970-eid-23477

early August

References (1)

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Nmp Event 23477

Has Associated Nmp Officers`hasAssociatedNMPOfficers`

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

Has Coordinate Y Max`hasCoordinateYMax`

Has Coordinate Y Min`hasCoordinateYMin`

Has Csv Record Number`hasCsvRecordNumber`

Has Date of First Reporting of Event`hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEvent`

Has Day and Month of Event`hasDayAndMonthOfEvent`

Has Description of Event`hasDescriptionOfEvent`

Has Entry Id`hasEntryId`

Has Label`hasLabel`

Inbound mentions (6)

`associatedWithEvent`Associated With Event(2)

`travelledToSceneOf`Travelled to Scene of(2)

`perpetrated`Perpetrated(1)

`telegraphedAbout`Telegraphed About(1)

Other facts (29)

Timeline

References (1)

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Nmp Event 23477

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Has Contemporary ReferencehasContemporaryReference

Has Coordinate X MaxhasCoordinateXMax

Has Coordinate X MinhasCoordinateXMin

Has Coordinate Y MaxhasCoordinateYMax

Has Coordinate Y MinhasCoordinateYMin

Has Csv Record NumberhasCsvRecordNumber

Has Date of First Reporting of EventhasDateOfFirstReportingOfEvent

Has Day and Month of EventhasDayAndMonthOfEvent

Has Description of EventhasDescriptionOfEvent

Has Entry IdhasEntryId

Has LabelhasLabel

Inbound mentions (6)

associatedWithEventAssociated With Event(2)

travelledToSceneOfTravelled to Scene of(2)

perpetratedPerpetrated(1)

telegraphedAboutTelegraphed About(1)

Other facts (29)

Timeline

References (1)

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Has Associated Nmp Officers`hasAssociatedNMPOfficers`

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

Has Coordinate Y Max`hasCoordinateYMax`

Has Coordinate Y Min`hasCoordinateYMin`

Has Csv Record Number`hasCsvRecordNumber`

Has Date of First Reporting of Event`hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEvent`

Has Day and Month of Event`hasDayAndMonthOfEvent`

Has Description of Event`hasDescriptionOfEvent`

Has Entry Id`hasEntryId`

Has Label`hasLabel`

`associatedWithEvent`Associated With Event(2)

`travelledToSceneOf`Travelled to Scene of(2)

`perpetrated`Perpetrated(1)

`telegraphedAbout`Telegraphed About(1)