Nmp Event 59607

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Nmp Event 59607

Presupposes Existence of	Aboriginal People^[1]
Presupposes Existence of	Maurice Fox^[1]
Described Via Newspaper Quote	Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]
Described Via Newspaper Quote	Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]
Event Date Precedes	Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]
Event Date Precedes	Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]
Quoted in Description From	Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]
Quoted in Description From	Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]
Associated With	Maurice Fox^[1]
Concerns Neighbourhood of	Endeavour River^[1]
Damaged	Two Bullocks of Fox^[1]
Existentially Commits to Spears Usage	null^[1]

ex:nmp-event-59607

Nmp Event 59607 has 54 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 4 live disagreements.

54 facts·49 predicates·1 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:presupposes existence of(3), described via newspaper quote(2), event date precedes(2)

Presupposes Existence ofin dispute`presupposesExistenceOf`

Aboriginal People^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607
Maurice Fox^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607
Two Bullocks of Fox^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Described Via Newspaper Quotein dispute`describedViaNewspaperQuote`

Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607
Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Event Date Precedesin dispute`eventDatePrecedes`

Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607
Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Quoted in Description Fromin dispute`quotedInDescriptionFrom`

Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607
Morning Bulletin 1878 01 18 P2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Associated With`associatedWith`

Maurice Fox^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Concerns Neighbourhood of`concernsNeighbourhoodOf`

Endeavour River^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Damaged`damaged`

Two Bullocks of Fox^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Existentially Commits to Spears Usage`existentiallyCommitsToSpearsUsage`

null^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

First Reported in Year`firstReportedInYear`

1877^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Daily Northern Argus, 22 December 1877, p2^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

145.220688^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

145.220688^[1]all time · Row 2084 Eid 59607

Inbound mentions (6)

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`detailedAnimalDeaths`Detailed Animal Deaths(1)

Packers Cooktown 1877ex:packers-cooktown-1877

`encompassesEventLocation`Encompasses Event Location(1)

Cook Pastoral Districtex:cook-pastoral-district

`providedEyewitnessDetails`Provided Eyewitness Details(1)

Packers Cooktown 1877ex:packers-cooktown-1877

`refersToRecentIncident`Refers to Recent Incident(1)

Daily Northern Argus 1877 12 22 P2ex:daily-northern-argus-1877-12-22-p2

`territorialAssociationWithEvent`Territorial Association With Event(1)

Guugu Yimidhirrex:guugu-yimidhirr

`wroteToNewspaperAbout`Wrote to Newspaper About(1)

Packers Cooktown 1877ex:packers-cooktown-1877

Other facts (37)

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37 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Has Coordinate Y Max	-15.47404	[1]
Has Coordinate Y Min	-15.47404	[1]
Has Csv Record Number	2084	[1]
Has Date of First Reporting of Event	1877	[1]
Has Day and Month of Event	11 December	[1]
Has Description of Event	"The poor blacks" in the neighborhood of the Endeavour River have been again busy at work spearing cattle. Only a few days ago a valuable working bullock, the property of Mr. Maurice Fox, was found dead with no less than eight spears in it, whilst three others were missing, one of which has since been discovered, also dead" (Daily Northern Argus, 22 December 1877, p2) "...our stock is being from time to time killed by the blacks ... Dec 11, they speared ...two [belonging] to M. Fox..." (Morning Bulletin, 18 January 1878, p2)	[1]
Has Entry Id	59607	[1]
Has Label	Attack on stock - 2 bullocks belonging to Maurice Fox near Cooktown (11 December 1877)	[1]
Has Location Notes Issues	Event reported in the Cooktown Herald but no specific locale has been given so it is assumed this is somewhere in the vicinity of Cooktown and has been mapped accordingly	[1]
Has Location Type	Road/travel route	[1]
Has Nature of Event	Attack on stock/property	[1]
Has Other Associated Individuals	Fox, Maurice	[1]
Has Other Damage Effects	2 bullocks speared	[1]
Has Other Sources for the Event	Morning Bulletin, 18 January 1878, p2	[1]
Has Perpetrators	Aboriginal people	[1]
Has Related Language Group	Guugu-Yimidhirr	[1]
Has Related Pastoral District	Cook	[1]
Has Reliability of Sources	Packers wrote to newspaper detailing the animal deaths	[1]
Has Year of Event	1877	[1]
Involves Attack on Stock	Two Bullocks of Fox	[1]
Is Type of Location	Road/travel route	[1]
Lacks Specific People Killed	null	[1]
Located at Point	Cooktown Vicinity Coordinates	[1]
Mapped to Vicinity of	Cooktown	[1]
No Specific Locale Provided	Cooktown Herald	[1]
Occurred Near	Cooktown	[1]
Part of Nmp Events Database	null	[1]
Perpetrated by	Aboriginal People	[1]
Related to Language Group	Guugu Yimidhirr	[1]
Related to Pastoral District	Cook Pastoral District	[1]
Sources Rated Reliable by	Packers wrote to newspaper detailing the animal deaths	[1]
Focuses on Property Damage Not People	null	[1]
Implicates Multiple Bullocks Affected	Bullock With Eight Spears	[1]
Involves Missing Bullocks	3	[1]
Occurred on Date	1877-12-11	[1]
Reported in	Cooktown Herald	[1]
Spatial Relation to	Endeavour River	[1]

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associatedWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:maurice-fox

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concernsNeighbourhoodOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:endeavour-river

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damagedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:two-bullocks-of-fox

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describedViaNewspaperQuoterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:daily-northern-argus-1877-12-22-p2

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describedViaNewspaperQuoterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:morning-bulletin-1878-01-18-p2

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eventDatePrecedesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:daily-northern-argus-1877-12-22-p2

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eventDatePrecedesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:morning-bulletin-1878-01-18-p2

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existentiallyCommitsToSpearsUsagerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

null

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firstReportedInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

1877

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focusesOnPropertyDamageNotPeoplerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

null

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hasContemporaryReferencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Daily Northern Argus, 22 December 1877, p2

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hasCoordinateXMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

145.220688

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hasCoordinateXMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

145.220688

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hasCoordinateYMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

-15.47404

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hasCoordinateYMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

-15.47404

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hasCsvRecordNumberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

2084

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hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

1877

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hasDayAndMonthOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

11 December

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hasDescriptionOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

"The poor blacks" in the neighborhood of the Endeavour River have been again busy at work spearing cattle. Only a few days ago a valuable working bullock, the property of Mr. Maurice Fox, was found dead with no less than eight spears in it, whilst three others were missing, one of which has since been discovered, also dead" (Daily Northern Argus, 22 December 1877, p2) "...our stock is being from time to time killed by the blacks ... Dec 11, they speared ...two [belonging] to M. Fox..." (Morning Bulletin, 18 January 1878, p2)

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hasEntryIdrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

59607

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hasLabelrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Attack on stock - 2 bullocks belonging to Maurice Fox near Cooktown (11 December 1877)

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hasLocationNotesIssuesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Event reported in the Cooktown Herald but no specific locale has been given so it is assumed this is somewhere in the vicinity of Cooktown and has been mapped accordingly

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hasLocationTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Road/travel route

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hasNatureOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Attack on stock/property

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hasOtherAssociatedIndividualsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Fox, Maurice

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hasOtherDamageEffectsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

2 bullocks speared

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hasOtherSourcesForTheEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Morning Bulletin, 18 January 1878, p2

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hasPerpetratorsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Aboriginal people

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hasRelatedLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Guugu-Yimidhirr

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hasRelatedPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Cook

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hasReliabilityOfSourcesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Packers wrote to newspaper detailing the animal deaths

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hasYearOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

1877

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implicatesMultipleBullocksAffectedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:bullock-with-eight-spears

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involvesAttackOnStockrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:two-bullocks-of-fox

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involvesMissingBullocksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

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isTypeOfLocationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Road/travel route

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lacksSpecificPeopleKilledrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

null

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locatedAtPointrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cooktown-vicinity-coordinates

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mappedToVicinityOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cooktown

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noSpecificLocaleProvidedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cooktown-herald

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occurredNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cooktown

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occurredOnDaterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

1877-12-11

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partOfNmpEventsDatabaserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

null

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perpetratedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:aboriginal-people

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presupposesExistenceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:aboriginal-people

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presupposesExistenceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:maurice-fox

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presupposesExistenceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:two-bullocks-of-fox

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quotedInDescriptionFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:daily-northern-argus-1877-12-22-p2

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quotedInDescriptionFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:morning-bulletin-1878-01-18-p2

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relatedToLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:guugu-yimidhirr

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relatedToPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cook-pastoral-district

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reportedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:cooktown-herald

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sourcesRatedReliableByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

Packers wrote to newspaper detailing the animal deaths

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spatialRelationTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2084-eid-59607

ex:endeavour-river

References (1)

1 references

[1]Row 2084 Eid 5960754 facts
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Nmp Event 59607

Presupposes Existence ofin disputepresupposesExistenceOf

Described Via Newspaper Quotein disputedescribedViaNewspaperQuote

Event Date Precedesin disputeeventDatePrecedes

Quoted in Description Fromin disputequotedInDescriptionFrom

Associated WithassociatedWith

Concerns Neighbourhood ofconcernsNeighbourhoodOf

Damageddamaged

Existentially Commits to Spears UsageexistentiallyCommitsToSpearsUsage

First Reported in YearfirstReportedInYear

Has Contemporary ReferencehasContemporaryReference

Has Coordinate X MaxhasCoordinateXMax

Has Coordinate X MinhasCoordinateXMin

Inbound mentions (6)

detailedAnimalDeathsDetailed Animal Deaths(1)

encompassesEventLocationEncompasses Event Location(1)

providedEyewitnessDetailsProvided Eyewitness Details(1)

refersToRecentIncidentRefers to Recent Incident(1)

territorialAssociationWithEventTerritorial Association With Event(1)

wroteToNewspaperAboutWrote to Newspaper About(1)

Other facts (37)

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References (1)

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Presupposes Existence ofin dispute`presupposesExistenceOf`

Described Via Newspaper Quotein dispute`describedViaNewspaperQuote`

Event Date Precedesin dispute`eventDatePrecedes`

Quoted in Description Fromin dispute`quotedInDescriptionFrom`

Associated With`associatedWith`

Concerns Neighbourhood of`concernsNeighbourhoodOf`

Damaged`damaged`

Existentially Commits to Spears Usage`existentiallyCommitsToSpearsUsage`

First Reported in Year`firstReportedInYear`

Has Contemporary Reference`hasContemporaryReference`

Has Coordinate X Max`hasCoordinateXMax`

Has Coordinate X Min`hasCoordinateXMin`

`detailedAnimalDeaths`Detailed Animal Deaths(1)

`encompassesEventLocation`Encompasses Event Location(1)

`providedEyewitnessDetails`Provided Eyewitness Details(1)

`refersToRecentIncident`Refers to Recent Incident(1)

`territorialAssociationWithEvent`Territorial Association With Event(1)

`wroteToNewspaperAbout`Wrote to Newspaper About(1)