Queenslander 1878 04 13

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Expresses Fear	certain^[1]
Expresses Fear	true^[1]
Report Tone	hostile to Aboriginal people^[1]
Report Tone	sympathetic to Europeans^[1]
Connected	Attack on Europeans Dunk Island 1878^[1]
Connected	Dugong Steamer Mission^[1]
Quoted As Saying	The schooner Captain Cook brought news of a quantity of cedar logs and wreckage in the neighborhood of Dunk Island. This is supposed to belong to the Merchant, which unfortunate vessel left Cardwell on the 8th, the day before the storm. The blacks attacked the crew of the Captain Cook, and they escaped, after a hand-to-hand scuffle, with one man slightly wounded.^[1]
Quoted As Saying	I fear that any of the crew of the ill-fated ship that reached land must have fallen victims before this to these savages, and that the steamer Dugong, which proceeds to the scene of the wreck this evening, will arrive too late to be of any service to them.^[1]
Expresses Fears	true^[1]
Use of Causal Connection	true^[1]
Uses Derogatory Language	true^[1]
Anticipates Tragedy	true^[1]

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Queenslander 1878 04 13 has 39 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 4 live disagreements.

39 facts·34 predicates·1 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:connected(3), expresses fear(2), report tone(2)

Expresses Fearin dispute`expressesFear`

certain^[1]sourceall time · 10623
true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Report Tonein dispute`reportTone`

hostile to Aboriginal people^[1]sourceall time · 10623
sympathetic to Europeans^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Connectedin dispute`connected`

Attack on Europeans Dunk Island 1878^[1]all time · 10623
Dugong Steamer Mission^[1]all time · 10623
Merchant Vessel Wreck^[1]all time · 10623

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

The schooner Captain Cook brought news of a quantity of cedar logs and wreckage in the neighborhood of Dunk Island. This is supposed to belong to the Merchant, which unfortunate vessel left Cardwell on the 8th, the day before the storm. The blacks attacked the crew of the Captain Cook, and they escaped, after a hand-to-hand scuffle, with one man slightly wounded.^[1]all time · 10623
I fear that any of the crew of the ill-fated ship that reached land must have fallen victims before this to these savages, and that the steamer Dugong, which proceeds to the scene of the wreck this evening, will arrive too late to be of any service to them.^[1]all time · 10623

Expresses Fears`expressesFears`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Use of Causal Connection`useOfCausalConnection`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Uses Derogatory Language`usesDerogatoryLanguage`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Anticipates Tragedy`anticipatesTragedy`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Expresses Concern`expressesConcern`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Establishes Causal Link`establishesCausalLink`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Establishes Temporal Link`establishesTemporalLink`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Connects Events`connectsEvents`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10623

Inbound mentions (5)

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`classifiedAsSchoonerIn`Classified As Schooner in(1)

Ketch Captain Cookex:ketch-captain-cook

`injurySeveritySource`Injury Severity Source(1)

Henry Williamsex:henry-williams

`mentionedIn`Mentioned in(1)

Attack on Europeans Dunk Island 1878ex:attack-on-europeans-dunk-island-1878

`reportedBy`Reported by(1)

Merchant Vessel Crewex:merchant-vessel-crew

`usedBy`Used by(1)

Savagesex:savages

Other facts (22)

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22 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Expresses Pessimism	true	[1]
Anticipates Failure	true	[1]
Anticipates Outcome	negative	[1]
Certainty Level	subjective conviction	[1]
Report Characterization	fears for merchant crew	[1]
Provided Contextual Account	true	[1]
Published on	1878-04-13	[1]
Characterizes Aboriginal People As	savages	[1]
Reports on	Attack on Europeans Dunk Island 1878	[1]
Page	40	[1]
Publication Date	1878-04-13	[1]
Rdfs:label	Queenslander 13 April 1878, p40	[1]
Rdf:type	Source	[1]
Report Context	connects wreck and attack	[1]
Expresses Sympathy for	Merchant Vessel Crew	[1]
Newspaper Location	Queensland	[1]
Emotional Stance	sympathetic to Europeans, hostile to Aboriginal people	[1]
Narrates Causal Sequence	true	[1]
Emotional Tone	fearful and pessimistic	[1]
Connected Events	true	[1]
Editorial Stance	racist	[1]
Publication Location	Queensland	[1]

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anticipatesFailurefrontier-massacres/10623

true

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anticipatesOutcomefrontier-massacres/10623

negative

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anticipatesTragedyfrontier-massacres/10623

true

—

certaintyLevelfrontier-massacres/10623

subjective conviction

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characterizesAboriginalPeopleAsfrontier-massacres/10623

savages

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connectedfrontier-massacres/10623

ex:attack-on-europeans-dunk-island-1878

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connectedfrontier-massacres/10623

ex:dugong-steamer mission

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connectedfrontier-massacres/10623

ex:merchant-vessel-wreck

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connectedEventsfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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connectsEventsfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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editorialStancefrontier-massacres/10623

racist

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emotionalStancefrontier-massacres/10623

sympathetic to Europeans, hostile to Aboriginal people

—

emotionalTonefrontier-massacres/10623

fearful and pessimistic

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establishesCausalLinkfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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establishesTemporalLinkfrontier-massacres/10623

true

—

expressesConcernfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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expressesFearfrontier-massacres/10623

certain

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expressesFearfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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expressesFearsfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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expressesPessimismfrontier-massacres/10623

true

—

expressesSympathyForfrontier-massacres/10623

ex:merchant-vessel-crew

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narratesCausalSequencefrontier-massacres/10623

true

—

newspaperLocationfrontier-massacres/10623

Queensland

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pagefrontier-massacres/10623

—

providedContextualAccountfrontier-massacres/10623

true

—

publicationDatefrontier-massacres/10623

1878-04-13

—

publicationLocationfrontier-massacres/10623

Queensland

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publishedOnfrontier-massacres/10623

1878-04-13

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quotedAsSayingfrontier-massacres/10623

The schooner Captain Cook brought news of a quantity of cedar logs and wreckage in the neighborhood of Dunk Island. This is supposed to belong to the Merchant, which unfortunate vessel left Cardwell on the 8th, the day before the storm. The blacks attacked the crew of the Captain Cook, and they escaped, after a hand-to-hand scuffle, with one man slightly wounded.

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quotedAsSayingfrontier-massacres/10623

I fear that any of the crew of the ill-fated ship that reached land must have fallen victims before this to these savages, and that the steamer Dugong, which proceeds to the scene of the wreck this evening, will arrive too late to be of any service to them.

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labelfrontier-massacres/10623

Queenslander 13 April 1878, p40

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typefrontier-massacres/10623

ex:Source

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reportCharacterizationfrontier-massacres/10623

fears for merchant crew

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reportContextfrontier-massacres/10623

connects wreck and attack

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reportsOnfrontier-massacres/10623

ex:attack-on-europeans-dunk-island-1878

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reportTonefrontier-massacres/10623

hostile to Aboriginal people

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reportTonefrontier-massacres/10623

sympathetic to Europeans

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useOfCausalConnectionfrontier-massacres/10623

true

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usesDerogatoryLanguagefrontier-massacres/10623

true

References (1)

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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - Henry Williams at Dunk Island (22 March 1878) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 10623. Coor…

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Queenslander 1878 04 13

Expresses Fearin disputeexpressesFear

Report Tonein disputereportTone

Connectedin disputeconnected

Quoted As Sayingin disputequotedAsSaying

Expresses FearsexpressesFears

Use of Causal ConnectionuseOfCausalConnection

Uses Derogatory LanguageusesDerogatoryLanguage

Anticipates TragedyanticipatesTragedy

Expresses ConcernexpressesConcern

Establishes Causal LinkestablishesCausalLink

Establishes Temporal LinkestablishesTemporalLink

Connects EventsconnectsEvents

Inbound mentions (5)

classifiedAsSchoonerInClassified As Schooner in(1)

injurySeveritySourceInjury Severity Source(1)

mentionedInMentioned in(1)

reportedByReported by(1)

usedByUsed by(1)

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Expresses Fearin dispute`expressesFear`

Report Tonein dispute`reportTone`

Connectedin dispute`connected`

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

Expresses Fears`expressesFears`

Use of Causal Connection`useOfCausalConnection`

Uses Derogatory Language`usesDerogatoryLanguage`

Anticipates Tragedy`anticipatesTragedy`

Expresses Concern`expressesConcern`

Establishes Causal Link`establishesCausalLink`

Establishes Temporal Link`establishesTemporalLink`

Connects Events`connectsEvents`

`classifiedAsSchoonerIn`Classified As Schooner in(1)

`injurySeveritySource`Injury Severity Source(1)

`mentionedIn`Mentioned in(1)

`reportedBy`Reported by(1)

`usedBy`Used by(1)