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Susan River Aboriginal Attack 1865

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Susan River Aboriginal Attack 1865 has 40 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 2 live disagreements.

40 facts·37 predicates·1 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:involves perpetrator category(3), perpetrated by(2), associated with event(1)

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Involves Perpetrator Categoryin disputeinvolvesPerpetratorCategory

  • Settlers/Squatters[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774
  • NMP[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774
  • Other[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Perpetrated byin disputeperpetratedBy

Associated With EventassociatedWithEvent

Concerns Badtjala PeopleconcernsBadtjalaPeople

Exists As Historical Event RecordexistsAsHistoricalEventRecord

First Reported in YearfirstReportedInYear

  • 1865[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Arbitrary Location PointhasArbitraryLocationPoint

  • half way along the Susan River[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Cause ReasonhasCauseReason

  • Reprisals for attack on Europeans/others[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Contemporary ReferencehasContemporaryReference

  • Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 23 September 1865, p2[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Coordinate X MaxhasCoordinateXMax

  • 152.811567[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Coordinate X MinhasCoordinateXMin

  • 152.811567[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Has Coordinate Y MaxhasCoordinateYMax

  • -25.408117[1]all time · Row 0159 Eid 10774

Inbound mentions (3)

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referencesEventReferences Event(1)

respondedPromptlyResponded Promptly(1)

viewedAsTakingDueVengeanceViewed As Taking Due Vengeance(1)

Other facts (25)

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25 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Coordinate Y Min-25.408117[1]
Has Description of Event QuoteSome of the settlers and lumberers in the neighbourhood have we understand, since the affair [attacks on timber-getters at the Susan River], taken due vengeance on the blacks, and several of them have fallen pierced with the deadly bullet. The native troopers were also sent promptly to the scene of the attack, and have taught them 'they do not bear the carbine in vain,' but, in official phrase, have 'dispersed' some of the blacks.[1]
Has Location DescriptionSusan River, near Maryborough[1]
Has Location Notes IssuesArbitrary point half way along the Susan River[1]
Has Location TypeWatercourse[1]
Has Named Perpetrator1Local settlers and lumberers[1]
Has Named Perpetrator2Nmp[1]
Has Nature of EventAttack on Aboriginal people[1]
Has Notes CommentsNo numbers of deaths are provided by the implication is that there were several killings of Aboriginal people by settlers and then the NMP[1]
Has Perpetrator CategoriesNMP;Settlers/Squatters;Other[1]
Is Reprisal forFletcher Susan River Attack 1865[1]
Lacks Specific Death Numberstrue[1]
Located atSusan River[1]
Occurred in Day and MonthSeptember[1]
Occurred in Wide Bay DistrictWide Bay Pastoral District[1]
Occurred in Year1865[1]
Related to Language GroupBadtjala[1]
Related to Pastoral DistrictWide Bay Pastoral District[1]
Reported in NewspaperMaryborough Chronicle 1865 09 23[1]
TargetsAboriginal People Susan River 1865[1]
Described Using Official Euphemismdispersed[1]
Framed As RetaliationTimber Getters Attack Susan River 1865[1]
Implies Several Aboriginal DeathsAboriginal People Susan River 1865[1]
Reported As Hearsaywe understand[1]
Spatially North ofMaryborough[1]

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ex:badtjala
describedUsingOfficialEuphemismrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
dispersed
existsAsHistoricalEventRecordrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:nmp-events-database
firstReportedInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
1865
framedAsRetaliationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:timber-getters-attack-susan-river-1865
hasArbitraryLocationPointrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
half way along the Susan River
hasCauseReasonrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Reprisals for attack on Europeans/others
hasContemporaryReferencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 23 September 1865, p2
hasCoordinateXMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
152.811567
hasCoordinateXMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
152.811567
hasCoordinateYMaxrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
-25.408117
hasCoordinateYMinrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
-25.408117
hasDescriptionOfEventQuoterosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Some of the settlers and lumberers in the neighbourhood have we understand, since the affair [attacks on timber-getters at the Susan River], taken due vengeance on the blacks, and several of them have fallen pierced with the deadly bullet. The native troopers were also sent promptly to the scene of the attack, and have taught them 'they do not bear the carbine in vain,' but, in official phrase, have 'dispersed' some of the blacks.
hasLocationDescriptionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Susan River, near Maryborough
hasLocationNotesIssuesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Arbitrary point half way along the Susan River
hasLocationTyperosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Watercourse
hasNamedPerpetrator1rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Local settlers and lumberers
hasNamedPerpetrator2rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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hasNatureOfEventrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Attack on Aboriginal people
hasNotesCommentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
No numbers of deaths are provided by the implication is that there were several killings of Aboriginal people by settlers and then the NMP
hasPerpetratorCategoriesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
NMP;Settlers/Squatters;Other
impliesSeveralAboriginalDeathsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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involvesPerpetratorCategoryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Settlers/Squatters
involvesPerpetratorCategoryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
NMP
involvesPerpetratorCategoryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
Other
isReprisalForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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lacksSpecificDeathNumbersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
true
locatedAtrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:susan-river
occurredInDayAndMonthrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
September
occurredInWideBayDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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occurredInYearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
1865
perpetratedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:local-settlers-and-lumberers
perpetratedByrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:nmp
relatedToLanguageGrouprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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relatedToPastoralDistrictrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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reportedAsHearsayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
we understand
reportedInNewspaperrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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spatiallyNorthOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
ex:maryborough
targetsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774
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References (1)

1 references
  1. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0159-eid-10774

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