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Silcock 2009

Quoted As Saying	Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country. They found out quickly and violently when some of them travelled to Kaladawarry Waterhole near Muncoonie Lakes for a great Warrthampa ceremony. Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).^[2]
Quoted As Saying	Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country.^[1]
Certainty Marker	inferred^[1]
Certainty Marker	probably^[1]
Corroborates	South Australian Advertiser 1879 10 06^[2]
Corroborates	Sydney Mail 1933 09 20^[2]
Title	Identification of Permanent Refuge Waterbodies in the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments for Queensland and South Australia^[2]
Publication Year	2009^[1]
Study Focus	Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments^[1]
Attested by	J Silcock^[1]
Page Reference	91^[1]

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Silcock 2009 has 43 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 4 references, with 3 live disagreements.

43 facts·33 predicates·4 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:quoted as saying(7), certainty marker(2), corroborates(2)

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country. They found out quickly and violently when some of them travelled to Kaladawarry Waterhole near Muncoonie Lakes for a great Warrthampa ceremony. Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).^[2]all time · 20783
Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country.^[1]sourceall time · 20783
Station-managers like J.W. Wylie at Coongie and the notorious Johnnycake Miller fenced people out of their own lands and poisoned or shot anyone who returned.^[1]sourceall time · 20783
They found out quickly and violently when some of them travelled to Kalidawarry Waterhole near Muncoonie Lakes for a great Warrthampa ceremony.^[1]sourceall time · 20783
Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).^[1]sourceall time · 20783
Station-managers like J.W. Wylie at Coongie and the notorious Johnnycake Miller fenced people out of their own lands and poisoned or shot anyone who returned.^[2]sourceall time · 20783
Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).^[2]sourceall time · 20783

Certainty Markerin dispute`certaintyMarker`

inferred^[1]sourceall time · 20783
probably^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Corroboratesin dispute`corroborates`

South Australian Advertiser 1879 10 06^[2]sourceall time · 20783
Sydney Mail 1933 09 20^[2]sourceall time · 20783

Title`title`

Identification of Permanent Refuge Waterbodies in the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments for Queensland and South Australia^[2]sourceall time · 20783
Identification of Permanent Refuge Waterbodies in the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments for Queensland and South Australia^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Publication Year`publicationYear`

2009^[1]sourceall time · 20783
2009^[2]sourceall time · 20783

Study Focus`studyFocus`

Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Attested by`attestedBy`

J Silcock^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Page Reference`pageReference`

91^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Commissioned by`commissionedBy`

South Australian Arid Lands Nrm Board^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Authored by`authoredBy`

J Silcock^[1]sourceall time · 20783

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Silcock 2009 - Permanent Refuge Waterbodies^[1]sourceall time · 20783

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Report^[1]sourceall time · 20783

Inbound mentions (10)

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Hercus 1990ex:hercus-1990
Hercus 1990ex:hercus-1990

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Jw Wylieex:jw-wylie

`attestedBy`Attested by(1)

Attack Kaliduwarry 1879ex:attack-kaliduwarry-1879

`corroboratedBy`Corroborated by(1)

Attack Aboriginal People Kaliduwarry Feb 1879ex:attack-aboriginal-people-kaliduwarry-feb-1879

`hasOtherSource`Has Other Source(1)

Nmp Event 20784ex:nmp-event-20784

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Hercus 1990ex:hercus-1990

`referencesMultipleSources`References Multiple Sources(1)

Nmp Event 20783ex:nmp-event-20783

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Attack Aboriginal People Kaliduwarry Feb 1879ex:attack-aboriginal-people-kaliduwarry-feb-1879

`studiedIn`Studied in(1)

Permanent Refuge Waterbodiesex:permanent-refuge-waterbodies

Other facts (21)

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21 facts

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Source Type	academic research	[2]
Framing of Colonial Action	murder	[2]
Framing of Aboriginal People	people	[2]
Framing of Event	murdered by police	[2]
Land Ownership Claim	their own lands	[2]
Described Aboriginal People As	people	[2]
Reports	Attack Aboriginal People Kaliduwarry Feb 1879	[2]
Cites	Hercus 1990	[2]
Reported Cause	retribution for the death of a white man	[2]
Reported Death Toll	nearly all	[2]
Page	91	[2]
Author	Silcock	[2]
Rdfs:label	Silcock 2009	[2]
Rdf:type	Source	[2]
References Station Cook Speared	Nmp Event 20782	[4]
Contextualizes As Retribution	Nmp Event 20783	[3]
Describes Ceremony at	Kalidawarry Waterhole	[3]
States Wangkangurru Unaware of Whites	Wangkangurru People	[3]
Narrative Bias	pro-Aboriginal rights	[2]
Links to Retaliations	Karangura People	[4]
Claims Nearly All Murdered	Wangkangurru Attendees	[3]

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Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country. They found out quickly and violently when some of them travelled to Kaladawarry Waterhole near Muncoonie Lakes for a great Warrthampa ceremony. Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).

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quotedAsSayingagnostic/20783

Many of the Wangkangurru people of the Simpson Desert were probably unaware of the presence of white men in their country.

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quotedAsSayingagnostic/20783

Station-managers like J.W. Wylie at Coongie and the notorious Johnnycake Miller fenced people out of their own lands and poisoned or shot anyone who returned.

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quotedAsSayingagnostic/20783

They found out quickly and violently when some of them travelled to Kalidawarry Waterhole near Muncoonie Lakes for a great Warrthampa ceremony.

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quotedAsSayingagnostic/20783

Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).

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Station-managers like J.W. Wylie at Coongie and the notorious Johnnycake Miller fenced people out of their own lands and poisoned or shot anyone who returned.

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Nearly all who went were murdered by police in retribution for the death of a white man (Hercus 1990).

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Silcock 2009

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Silcock 2009 - Permanent Refuge Waterbodies

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retribution for the death of a white man

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nearly all

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academic research

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Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments

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Identification of Permanent Refuge Waterbodies in the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments for Queensland and South Australia

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Identification of Permanent Refuge Waterbodies in the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina River Catchments for Queensland and South Australia

References (4)

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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Kaliduwarry (February? 1879) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 20783. Coordinates: latitud…
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  # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Aboriginal people - Kaliduwarry (February? 1879) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930" (c21ch.newcastle.edu.au), entry 20783. Coordinates: latitud…
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