Nmp Event 31787

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Nmp Event 31787

Quoted in Description	Maitland Mercury 28 April 1852 P2^[1]
Quoted in Description	Qsa86139 1852 Forster Letter^[1]
Associated With Event	Unnamed Shepherd Attack Tirroan April 1852^[1]
Associated With Individual	William Forster^[1]
Associated With Nmp Camp	Walla Lower Burnett Camp^[1]
Date of First Reporting	1852^[1]
First Reported in	1852^[1]
Has Contemporary Reference	Qsa86139 1852 Forster Letter^[1]
Has Coordinate X Max	151.927983^[1]

ex:nmp-event-31787

Nmp Event 31787 has 51 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 1 live disagreement.

51 facts·50 predicates·1 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:quoted in description(2), associated with event(1), associated with individual(1)

Quoted in Descriptionin dispute`quotedInDescription`

Maitland Mercury 28 April 1852 P2^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787
Qsa86139 1852 Forster Letter^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Associated With Event`associatedWithEvent`

Unnamed Shepherd Attack Tirroan April 1852^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Associated With Individual`associatedWithIndividual`

William Forster^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Associated With Nmp Camp`associatedWithNmpCamp`

Walla Lower Burnett Camp^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Date of First Reporting`dateOfFirstReporting`

1852^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

First Reported in`firstReportedIn`

1852^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Qsa86139 1852 Forster Letter^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

151.927983^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

151.927983^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Coordinate Y Max`hasCoordinateYMax`

-25.0022^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Coordinate Y Min`hasCoordinateYMin`

-25.0022^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Has Csv Record Number`hasCsvRecordNumber`

1083^[1]all time · Row 1083 Eid 31787

Inbound mentions (2)

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`providesEyewitnessAccount`Provides Eyewitness Account(1)

William Forsterex:william-forster

`temporallyRelatedBeginningOfApril`Temporally Related Beginning of April(1)

Unnamed Shepherd Attack Tirroan April 1852ex:unnamed-shepherd-attack-tirroan-april-1852

Other facts (38)

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38 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Has Description of Event	One of three attacks on shepherds in the same month: 'Sir, I do myself the honor to report to you that three times within the last month my shepherds have been attacked by the natives their lives endangered and sheep taken from them.' (QSA86139 1852 Letter from William Forster to Colonial Secretary 26 April, Reports of Aboriginal depredations, correspondence records, vouchers and warrants respecting the work of the Native Police in the Waller District 1850–1857, Mfilm Z2433) “April 5.—A messenger has just arrived to report that the blacks have again attacked Mr. Foster's station, the same where Mr. Blaxland was killed, on the Lower Burnett. They attacked two of the shepherds in the bush, who immediately mixed their flocks, and fought them manfully, beating them off, with the loss of ten sheep, and one man speared in the trousers only. I forgot to mention that a few days ago the blacks robbed and sacked a station of Mr. Reid's, within a mile of the town, whilst the inmates were away.” (Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 28 April 1852, p2)	[1]
Has Entry Id	31787	[1]
Has Label	Attack on Europeans/others - shepherds and flocks on Tirroan (Gin Gin) station on the Kolan River (April 1852)	[1]
Has Location Description	Gin Gin station - no other detail provided	[1]
Has Location Notes Issues	General area of Tirroan (town)	[1]
Has Location Type Pastoral Run	Pastoral Run	[1]
Has Names of People Killed		[1]
Has Nature of Event Attack on Europeans or Others	Attack on Europeans or Others	[1]
Has Nature of Event Attack on Stock or Property	Attack on Stock or Property	[1]
Has No of People Killed	0	[1]
Has Notes Comments	In April 1852 William Foster specified 12 different attacks on shepherds on Gin Gin, although he did not provide details to differentiate them	[1]
Has Other Damage Effects Sheep Taken	Sheep Taken	[1]
Has Other Sources	Maitland Mercury 28 April 1852 P2	[1]
Has Reliability of Sources First Hand Account by Station Owner	First Hand Account Station Owner	[1]
In General Area of Tirroan Town	Tirroan Town	[1]
Involves Flocks Attacked	Sheep Flocks Tirroan 1852	[1]
Involves Shepherds Attacked	Shepherds Tirroan 1852	[1]
Involves Two Shepherds Attacked in Bush	Two Shepherds Bush	[1]
Located at Point	Coordinate 151 927983 25 0022	[1]
Occurred Day and Month	April	[1]
Occurred on Pastoral Run	Tirroan Gin Gin Station	[1]
Occurred Year	1852	[1]
One of Three Attacks in April1852	Three Attacks Forster Report	[1]
Part of Csv Export With Total Records	2818	[1]
Perpetrated by Aboriginal People	Aboriginal People	[1]
References Historical Archive	Qsa86139 Waller District 1850 1857	[1]
References Newspaper Article	Maitland Mercury Hunter River General Advertiser	[1]
Related to Language Group	Gureng Gureng	[1]
Related to Pastoral District	Wide Bay	[1]
Resulted in Loss of Ten Sheep	10	[1]
Resulted in One Man Speared in Trousers	Minor Spearing Injury	[1]
Described As No Other Detail Provided	Gin Gin Station	[1]
Framed As Depredation	Aboriginal Depredations	[1]
Has High Reliability Due to First Hand	First Hand Station Owner	[1]
Has No of People Wounded	1	[1]
Presupposes Existence of Attack	Actual Attack 1852	[1]
Presupposes Shepherds Employed on Station	Tirroan Gin Gin Station	[1]
Temporally Preceded by Mr Blaxland Killing	Mr Blaxland Killing	[1]

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51 undated

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associatedWithEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:unnamed-shepherd-attack-tirroan-april-1852

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associatedWithIndividualrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:william-forster

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associatedWithNmpCamprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:walla-lower-burnett-camp

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dateOfFirstReportingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

1852

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describedAsNoOtherDetailProvidedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:gin-gin-station

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firstReportedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

1852

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framedAsDepredationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:aboriginal-depredations

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hasContemporaryReferencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:qsa86139-1852-forster-letter

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hasCoordinateXMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

151.927983

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hasCoordinateXMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

151.927983

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hasCoordinateYMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

-25.0022

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hasCoordinateYMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

-25.0022

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hasCsvRecordNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

1083

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hasDescriptionOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

One of three attacks on shepherds in the same month: 'Sir, I do myself the honor to report to you that three times within the last month my shepherds have been attacked by the natives their lives endangered and sheep taken from them.' (QSA86139 1852 Letter from William Forster to Colonial Secretary 26 April, Reports of Aboriginal depredations, correspondence records, vouchers and warrants respecting the work of the Native Police in the Waller District 1850–1857, Mfilm Z2433) “April 5.—A messenger has just arrived to report that the blacks have again attacked Mr. Foster's station, the same where Mr. Blaxland was killed, on the Lower Burnett. They attacked two of the shepherds in the bush, who immediately mixed their flocks, and fought them manfully, beating them off, with the loss of ten sheep, and one man speared in the trousers only. I forgot to mention that a few days ago the blacks robbed and sacked a station of Mr. Reid's, within a mile of the town, whilst the inmates were away.” (Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 28 April 1852, p2)

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hasEntryIdrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

31787

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hasHighReliabilityDueToFirstHandrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:first-hand-station-owner

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hasLabelrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

Attack on Europeans/others - shepherds and flocks on Tirroan (Gin Gin) station on the Kolan River (April 1852)

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hasLocationDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

Gin Gin station - no other detail provided

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hasLocationNotesIssuesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

General area of Tirroan (town)

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hasLocationTypePastoralRunrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:pastoral-run

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hasNamesOfPeopleKilledrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

(no value)

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hasNatureOfEventAttackOnEuropeansOrOthersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:attack-on-europeans-or-others

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hasNatureOfEventAttackOnStockOrPropertyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:attack-on-stock-or-property

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hasNoOfPeopleKilledrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

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hasNoOfPeopleWoundedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

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hasNotesCommentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

In April 1852 William Foster specified 12 different attacks on shepherds on Gin Gin, although he did not provide details to differentiate them

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hasOtherDamageEffectsSheepTakenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:sheep-taken

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hasOtherSourcesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:maitland-mercury-28-april-1852-p2

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hasReliabilityOfSourcesFirstHandAccountByStationOwnerrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:first-hand-account-station-owner

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inGeneralAreaOfTirroanTownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:tirroan-town

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involvesFlocksAttackedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:sheep-flocks-tirroan-1852

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involvesShepherdsAttackedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:shepherds-tirroan-1852

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involvesTwoShepherdsAttackedInBushrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:two-shepherds-bush

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locatedAtPointrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:coordinate-151-927983--25-0022

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occurredDayAndMonthrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

April

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occurredOnPastoralRunrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:tirroan-gin-gin-station

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occurredYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

1852

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oneOfThreeAttacksInApril1852rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:three-attacks-forster-report

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partOfCsvExportWithTotalRecordsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

2818

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perpetratedByAboriginalPeoplerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:aboriginal-people

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presupposesExistenceOfAttackrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:actual-attack-1852

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presupposesShepherdsEmployedOnStationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:tirroan-gin-gin-station

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quotedInDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:maitland-mercury-28-april-1852-p2

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quotedInDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:qsa86139-1852-forster-letter

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referencesHistoricalArchiverosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:qsa86139-waller-district-1850-1857

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referencesNewspaperArticlerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:maitland-mercury-hunter-river-general-advertiser

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relatedToLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:gureng-gureng

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relatedToPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:wide-bay

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resultedInLossOfTenSheeprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

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resultedInOneManSpearedInTrousersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:minor-spearing-injury

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temporallyPrecededByMrBlaxlandKillingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1083-eid-31787

ex:mr-blaxland-killing

References (1)

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[1]Row 1083 Eid 3178751 facts
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Nmp Event 31787

Quoted in Descriptionin disputequotedInDescription

Associated With EventassociatedWithEvent

Associated With IndividualassociatedWithIndividual

Associated With Nmp CampassociatedWithNmpCamp

Date of First ReportingdateOfFirstReporting

First Reported infirstReportedIn

Has Contemporary ReferencehasContemporaryReference

Has Coordinate X MaxhasCoordinateXMax

Has Coordinate X MinhasCoordinateXMin

Has Coordinate Y MaxhasCoordinateYMax

Has Coordinate Y MinhasCoordinateYMin

Has Csv Record NumberhasCsvRecordNumber

Inbound mentions (2)

providesEyewitnessAccountProvides Eyewitness Account(1)

temporallyRelatedBeginningOfAprilTemporally Related Beginning of April(1)

Other facts (38)

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References (1)

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Associated With Nmp Camp`associatedWithNmpCamp`

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First Reported in`firstReportedIn`

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`

`providesEyewitnessAccount`Provides Eyewitness Account(1)

`temporallyRelatedBeginningOfApril`Temporally Related Beginning of April(1)