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Nmp Event 50298 has 43 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 1 live disagreement.
Mostly:reported in publication(3), approximate date(1), associated with language group(1)
associatedWithLanguageGroupassociatedWithPastoralDistrictclassifiedAsAttackOnPropertyevaluatedAsUnsuccessfulReprisalTargetedexistentiallyCommitsToStolenItemsframedAsAttackOnPropertyhasContemporaryReferencehasCoordinateXMaxhasCoordinateXMinhasCoordinateYMaxOther subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. “X motherOf this subject” — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Has Coordinate Y Min | -21.15955 | [1] |
| Has Date of First Reporting of Event | 1869 | [1] |
| Has Day and Month of Event | c9 May | [1] |
| Has Description of Event | MACKAY. Mackay Mercury, May 15. THE blacks along the coast, some six days ago, visited the neighborhood of Scrubby Creek, and, ... ransacked a building belonging to Messrs. Williams and Morris, and stole therefrom a carbine, iron wedges, spades, and other articles. | [1] |
| Has Entry Id | 50298 | [1] |
| Has Label | Attack on property - Williams' and Morris' building, Scrubby Creek (c9 May 1869) | [1] |
| Has Location Description | Messrs Williams and Morris' | [1] |
| Has Location Notes Issues | Location of contemporary Walkerston, which was originally known as Scrubby Creek | [1] |
| Has Location Type | Town | [1] |
| Has Nature of Event | Attack on stock/property | [1] |
| Has Notes Comments | Note that there was an unsuccessful reprisal: "A party of men from Mackay started in pursuit of the blacks on the day following the robbery, but returned without having, met with them. The cunning savages, no doubt, made off into the scrub soon after the attack, and very likely watched the party of horsemen who were looking for them, as tracks were seen in different places near thickets of scrub where the natives, it was thought, had taken shelter" (Queenslander 5 June 1869, p9) | [1] |
| Has Other Damage Effects | carbines, iron wedges, spades, and "other articles" taken | [1] |
| Has Other Sources for the Event | Brisbane Courier, 31 May 1869, p2; Queenslander 5 June 1869, p9 | [1] |
| Has Perpetrators | Aboriginal People Scrubby Creek | [1] |
| Has Year of Event | 1869 | [1] |
| Involves Ransacking | null | [1] |
| Involves Reprisal | Mackay Reprisal Party | [1] |
| Involves Theft | null | [1] |
| Known From Contemporary Sources | null | [1] |
| Occurred in Neighborhood of | Scrubby Creek | [1] |
| Part of Nmp Database | null | [1] |
| Presupposes Existence of Building | Williams and Morris Building | [1] |
| Presupposes Presence of Aboriginal People Nearby | null | [1] |
| References Historical Newspapers | Mackay Mercury 15 May 1869 | [1] |
| Targeted Building | Williams and Morris Building | [1] |
| Temporally Precedes Reprisal by One Day | null | [1] |
| Certainty Level High From Multiple Sources | null | [1] |
| Implicates Cunning Behavior by Perpetrators | null | [1] |
| Presupposes Ownership by Europeans | null | [1] |
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