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police action has 41 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 26 references, with 2 live disagreements.

41 facts·37 predicates·26 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:resulted in(3), action outcome(2), prevents mob design(1)

Inbound mentions (19)

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`investigated`Investigated(3)

Magistrate 1860ex:magistrate-1860
Magistrate 1860ex:magistrate-1860
Magistrate 1860ex:magistrate-1860

`articleMentionedEvent`Article Mentioned Event(1)

Gh Bodeex:gh-bode

`basisFor`Basis for(1)

Aboriginal Statementex:aboriginal-statement

`causallyFollows`Causally Follows(1)

Flock Recoveryex:flock-recovery

`deonticallyRequires`Deontically Requires(1)

Dissemination Caseex:dissemination-case

`expressedDisapprovalOf`Expressed Disapproval of(1)

Benchex:bench

`framedAsUrgent`Framed As Urgent(1)

Report of Supposed Murderex:report-of-supposed-murder

`includesEvent`Includes Event(1)

Other Repercussionsex:other-repercussions

`issuesHope`Issues Hope(1)

Gotarierex:gotarier

`isType`Is Type(1)

Dispersal of Blacks Campex:dispersal-of-blacks-camp

`mayTriggerResponse`May Trigger Response(1)

Murder Jim Powell 1894ex:murder-jim-powell-1894

`mentionedEvent`Mentioned Event(1)

Evening Telegraph 3 March 1914ex:evening-telegraph-3-march-1914

`noProsecutionsInstituted`No Prosecutions Instituted(1)

Chinese Gambling Den Cairnsex:chinese-gambling-den-cairns

`prefers`Prefers(1)

Cooktown Herald 1875 07 17 P2ex:cooktown-herald-1875-07-17-p2

`presupposesPolicePursuitJustified`Presupposes Police Pursuit Justified(1)

Nmp Event 10816ex:nmp-event-10816

`prompted`Prompted(1)

Robberyex:robbery

`teleologicalGoal`Teleological Goal(1)

Justiceex:justice

Other facts (40)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

40 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Resulted in	Children to Orphanage Mother to Gaol	[4]
Resulted in	Principal Offenders Killed	[26]
Resulted in	captured-providing-information	[26]
Action Outcome	Principal Offenders Killed	[26]
Action Outcome	Captured Providing Information	[26]
Prevents Mob Design	Connaught Reinstatement	[1]
Caused Shift of	Blacks Camp	[2]
Prompted by	Telegram	[3]
Prompted by Testimony	Charlie Testimony	[1]
Will Verify	Aboriginal Statement	[1]
Causes	Enormous Check Liquor	[5]
Based on Suspicion Not Evidence	true	[6]
In Response to	Public Wish	[7]
Necessary for Justice	Arrest of Winn Lawler	[8]
Follows	Long Felt Nuisance	[9]
Fulfills Duty	Investigation	[10]
Took Possession of Horse Arrested Jones	null	[11]
Temporal Before	Oscar Arrival at Station	[12]
Counterfactual to Modern Ethics	True	[12]
Deontic Implication	Legal Authority	[13]
Required in Connection With	Northern Blacks	[14]
Deontically Justified in Text	null	[15]
Justified As Preventative	Nmp Event 18576	[16]
Described As Stupid and Inefficient	Henry Box Arrest	[17]
Follows Event Temporally	Nmp Event 18719	[18]
Caused Fear in Aboriginals	null	[19]
Presupposes Guilt of	Aboriginals	[20]
Deemed Futile by	Mr Quinn	[21]
Presupposes Resistance Occurred	null	[22]
Advocates Punishment	Aboriginal People	[23]
Preceded by	Horse Raid	[24]
Presupposes Legal Warrant Existed	null	[25]
Rdf:type	Event	[26]
Perpetrated by	Nmp From Nebo	[26]
Target	Aboriginal Perpetrators	[26]
Action Type	military-expedition	[26]
Action Timing	after-murder	[26]
Action Trigger	Murder Frederick Toll 1875	[26]
Action Perpetrator	Nmp From Nebo	[26]
Action Target	Aboriginal Perpetrators	[26]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

41 undated

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preventsMobDesigntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:connaught-reinstatement

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causedShiftOftrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:blacks-camp

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promptedBytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:telegram

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promptedByTestimonytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:charlie-testimony

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willVerifytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:aboriginal-statement

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resultedIntrove-cooktown/fallen-women

ex:children-to-orphanage-mother-to-gaol

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causesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/owen-reynolds-aboriginal-servants-loop-27-1902-protector-publicans-georgie-cameron

ex:enormous-check-liquor

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basedOnSuspicionNotEvidencebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20342628_Saturday-1-July-1893-latest-news-by-telegraph-queensland-news-from-our-own-corres

true

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inResponseTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286613931_Saturday-1-June-1889-telegrams-queensland-ipswich-may-31

ex:public-wish

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necessaryForJusticebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/32138684_Monday-4-January-1909-crime-in-cooktown

ex:arrest-of-winn-lawler

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followsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/125073056_Saturday-29-November-1890_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS

ex:long-felt-nuisance

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fulfillsDutybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175546489_Thursday-10-November-1881_THE-LIZARD-ISLAND-OUTRAGE

ex:investigation

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took-possession-of-horse-arrested-jonesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-52277518

null

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temporalBeforerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-158b16a2c63e

ex:oscar-arrival-at-station

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counterfactualToModernEthicsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-158b16a2c63e

ex:true

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deonticImplicationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-2adf1cff1695f084

ex:legal-authority

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requiredInConnectionWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northern-protector-1899-thornborough-daintree-maytown-cooktown-permits-e233d115a45c

ex:northern-blacks

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deonticallyJustifiedInTextrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0199-eid-10816

null

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justifiedAsPreventativerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0369-eid-18576

ex:nmp-event-18576

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describedAsStupidAndInefficientrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0344-eid-18465

ex:henry-box-arrest

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followsEventTemporallyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0387-eid-18719

ex:nmp-event-18719

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causedFearInAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0775-eid-21032

null

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presupposesGuiltOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1036-eid-24930

ex:aboriginals

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deemedFutileByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0998-eid-23778

ex:mr-quinn

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presupposesResistanceOccurredrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0853-eid-22122

null

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advocatesPunishmentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1543-eid-49793

ex:aboriginal-people

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precededByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1684-eid-51000

ex:horse-raid

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presupposesLegalWarrantExistedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2410-eid-64721

null

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typefrontier-massacres/10620

ex:Event

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labelfrontier-massacres/10620

police action

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perpetratedByfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:nmp-from-nebo

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targetfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:aboriginal-perpetrators

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actionTypefrontier-massacres/10620

military-expedition

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resultedInfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:principal-offenders-killed

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resultedInfrontier-massacres/10620

captured-providing-information

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actionTimingfrontier-massacres/10620

after-murder

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actionTriggerfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:murder-frederick-toll-1875

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actionPerpetratorfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:nmp-from-nebo

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actionTargetfrontier-massacres/10620

ex:aboriginal-perpetrators

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actionOutcomefrontier-massacres/10620

ex:principal-offenders-killed

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actionOutcomefrontier-massacres/10620

ex:captured-providing-information

References (26)

26 references

[1]Beche De Mer3 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[2]Malay Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[3]John Davis1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[4]Fallen Women1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
[5]Owen Reynolds Aboriginal Servants Loop 27 1902 Protector Publicans Georgie Cameron1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/owen-reynolds-aboriginal-servants-loop-27-1902-protector-publicans-georgie-cameron
[6]20342628 Saturday 1 July 1893 Latest News by Telegraph Queensland News From Our Own Corres1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20342628_Saturday-1-July-1893-latest-news-by-telegraph-queensland-news-from-our-own-corres
[7]286613931 Saturday 1 June 1889 Telegrams Queensland Ipswich May 311 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/286613931_Saturday-1-June-1889-telegrams-queensland-ipswich-may-31
[8]32138684 Monday 4 January 1909 Crime in Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/32138684_Monday-4-January-1909-crime-in-cooktown
[9]125073056 Saturday 29 November 1890 Local and General News1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/125073056_Saturday-29-November-1890_LOCAL-AND-GENERAL-NEWS
[10]175546489 Thursday 10 November 1881 the Lizard Island Outrage1 fact
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/175546489_Thursday-10-November-1881_THE-LIZARD-ISLAND-OUTRAGE
[11]Trove Hartley Sykes Oconnor Cape Bedford 522775181 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-52277518
[12]Downloaded Arch 158b16a2c63e2 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-158b16a2c63e
[13]Downloaded Archive 2adf1cff1695f0841 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-2adf1cff1695f084
[14]Northern Protector 1899 Thornborough Daintree Maytown Cooktown Permits E233d115a45c1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northern-protector-1899-thornborough-daintree-maytown-cooktown-permits-e233d115a45c
[15]Row 0199 Eid 108161 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0199-eid-10816
[16]Row 0369 Eid 185761 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0369-eid-18576
[17]Row 0344 Eid 184651 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0344-eid-18465
[18]Row 0387 Eid 187191 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0387-eid-18719
[19]Row 0775 Eid 210321 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0775-eid-21032
[20]Row 1036 Eid 249301 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1036-eid-24930
[21]Row 0998 Eid 237781 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0998-eid-23778
[22]Row 0853 Eid 221221 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0853-eid-22122
[23]Row 1543 Eid 497931 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1543-eid-49793
[24]Row 1684 Eid 510001 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-1684-eid-51000
[25]Row 2410 Eid 647211 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-2410-eid-64721
[26]1062013 facts
ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10620
- full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10620
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Frederick Toll at Goose Lagoons, Gooraganga (also Goorganga), Proserpine (25 March 1875) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" …

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Inbound mentions (19)

investigatedInvestigated(3)

articleMentionedEventArticle Mentioned Event(1)

basisForBasis for(1)

causallyFollowsCausally Follows(1)

deonticallyRequiresDeontically Requires(1)

expressedDisapprovalOfExpressed Disapproval of(1)

framedAsUrgentFramed As Urgent(1)

includesEventIncludes Event(1)

issuesHopeIssues Hope(1)

isTypeIs Type(1)

mayTriggerResponseMay Trigger Response(1)

mentionedEventMentioned Event(1)

noProsecutionsInstitutedNo Prosecutions Instituted(1)

prefersPrefers(1)

presupposesPolicePursuitJustifiedPresupposes Police Pursuit Justified(1)

promptedPrompted(1)

teleologicalGoalTeleological Goal(1)

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References (26)

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`investigated`Investigated(3)

`articleMentionedEvent`Article Mentioned Event(1)

`basisFor`Basis for(1)

`causallyFollows`Causally Follows(1)

`deonticallyRequires`Deontically Requires(1)

`expressedDisapprovalOf`Expressed Disapproval of(1)

`framedAsUrgent`Framed As Urgent(1)

`includesEvent`Includes Event(1)

`issuesHope`Issues Hope(1)

`isType`Is Type(1)

`mayTriggerResponse`May Trigger Response(1)

`mentionedEvent`Mentioned Event(1)

`noProsecutionsInstituted`No Prosecutions Instituted(1)

`prefers`Prefers(1)

`presupposesPolicePursuitJustified`Presupposes Police Pursuit Justified(1)

`prompted`Prompted(1)

`teleologicalGoal`Teleological Goal(1)