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Discovery of skeletons

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Discovery of skeletons has 17 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 6 references, with 2 live disagreements.

17 facts·12 predicates·6 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:murder method(3), body fragmentation(3), on(1)

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Other facts (16)

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16 facts
PredicateValueRef
Murder Methodskull shattered by huge stone[6]
Murder Methodjaw bones and face smashed in with waddies or clubs[6]
Murder Methodbody divided into fragments[6]
Body Fragmentationleg found in one place[6]
Body Fragmentationhead and shoulders in another[6]
Body Fragmentationportion of the trunk in a third[6]
OnSunday 18th Instant[1]
Triggers InquiriesTownsville Police[2]
LocationSkeleton Creek Dam[3]
Identified AsRobert Power[3]
Occurred a Few Days Agotrue[4]
Occurred Few Days Before Inquirynull[5]
Rdf:typeEvent[6]
Skeleton Distributionchiefly to the southward of the raft[6]
Skull Conditionbarbarously murdered[6]
Exception Count1[6]

Timeline

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ontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:sunday-18th-instant
triggersInquiriestrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:townsville-police
locationbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
ex:skeleton-creek-dam
identifiedAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
ex:robert-power
occurredAFewDaysAgotrove-cooktown/reynolds
true
occurredFewDaysBeforeInquirybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/102732460_Wednesday-2-September-1885_Old-George
null
typefrontier-massacres/10611
ex:Event
labelfrontier-massacres/10611
Discovery of skeletons
skeletonDistributionfrontier-massacres/10611
chiefly to the southward of the raft
skullConditionfrontier-massacres/10611
barbarously murdered
exceptionCountfrontier-massacres/10611
1
murderMethodfrontier-massacres/10611
skull shattered by huge stone
murderMethodfrontier-massacres/10611
jaw bones and face smashed in with waddies or clubs
murderMethodfrontier-massacres/10611
body divided into fragments
bodyFragmentationfrontier-massacres/10611
leg found in one place
bodyFragmentationfrontier-massacres/10611
head and shoulders in another
bodyFragmentationfrontier-massacres/10611
portion of the trunk in a third

References (6)

6 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]Cingalese1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  3. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3489196_Tuesday-27-November-1888-country-mails-wide-bay-and-burnett-from-local-papers-to-22nd
  4. [4]Reynolds1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  5. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/102732460_Wednesday-2-September-1885_Old-George
  6. [6]1061111 facts
    ctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10611
    • full textctx:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10611
      text/plain42 KBdoc:genealogy/frontier-massacres/10611
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      # Frontier conflict event: Attack on Europeans/others - crew and passengers of the brig Maria on the coast and islands north of Cardwell (26 February 1872) Source dataset: University of Newcastle, "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia

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