Western Star 1883 03 24

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Based on	Brisbane Courier^[1]
Based on	Qsa Inquest 259 1883^[1]
Quoted As Saying	All the witnesses agree in the belief that there is no reason to suspect the troopers of foul play.^[1]
Quoted As Saying	It was stated that Mr. Beresford had been killed by the blacks while asleep^[1]
Source Type	Republished deposition account^[1]
Source Type	secondary newspaper report^[1]
Describes Event As	sad occurrence^[1]
Reports Based on Depositions	true^[1]
Uses Language of Sadness	true^[2]
Describes Event As Sad	true^[2]
Cites Depositions From	Inquest 259 1883^[2]

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Western Star 1883 03 24 has 62 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 2 references, with 3 live disagreements.

62 facts·53 predicates·2 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:quoted as saying(6), based on(2), source type(2)

Based onin dispute`basedOn`

Brisbane Courier^[1]sourceall time · 11176
Qsa Inquest 259 1883^[1]sourceall time · 11176

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

All the witnesses agree in the belief that there is no reason to suspect the troopers of foul play.^[1]sourceall time · 11176
It was stated that Mr. Beresford had been killed by the blacks while asleep^[1]sourceall time · 11176
On the 17th January Mr. Beresford, in charge of five troopers, left Devencourt station for Chatsworth.^[1]sourceall time · 11176
Nothing further was seen of him by white man until the report of his murder was brought in by three of the troopers, all of whom had been badly wounded.^[1]sourceall time · 11176
A rough head and foot stone were put in the ground to mark the place of his burial, and the grave was paved round with rough stones so as to keep the heavy rains from washing the earth away.^[1]sourceall time · 11176
The depositions taken at the inquiry into the death of Mr. Marcus Beresford, of the native police force, who was murdered by the blacks on the night of the 24th January, about twenty-four miles from Farley head station, in the Mackinlay Ranges, have just reached Brisbane^[1]sourceall time · 11176

Predicate	Value	Ref
Uses Term for Aboriginal People	blacks	[2]
Narrative Describes Grave Paving	true	[2]
Narrative Describes Grave Marking	true	[2]
Narrative Describes Troopers With Spear Points	true	[2]
Narrative States All Witnesses Agree No Foul Play	true	[2]
Narrative Describes Bloodstained Weapons	true	[2]
Narrative Describes Aboriginal Weapons	true	[2]
Published on Page	p2	[2]
Published on Date	1883-03-24	[2]
Published in	Western Star and Roma Advertiser	[2]
Rdfs Label	Western Star and Roma Advertiser 24 March 1883 p2	[2]
Rdf Type	Newspaper Article	[2]
Republished Account From	Brisbane Courier	[1]
Extracted From	Qsa Inquest 259 1883	[1]
Extract From Depositions	true	[1]
Racial Framing of Witness Credibility	white man as standard of reliable witness	[1]
Described Wound As	spear wound in the right thigh	[1]
Hedges Claim With	It was stated that	[1]
Based on Depositions From	Qsa Inquest 259 1883	[1]
Describes Victim As Nmp Officer	true	[1]
Describes Perpetrators As Blacks	true	[1]
Describes Event As Murder	true	[1]
Attributed to	Brisbane Courier	[1]
Reported Distance As	about twenty-four miles	[1]
Cites Depositions	Qsa Inquest 259 1883	[1]
Reports	Attack on Nmp Beresford Mckinlay Ranges 1883	[1]
Page Number	2	[1]
Publication Date	1883-03-24	[1]
Publication Name	Western Star and Roma Advertiser	[1]
Rdfs:label	Western Star and Roma Advertiser, 24 March 1883, p2	[1]
Quotes Deposition of	Grant Broughton Chapman	[2]
Source Reliability	secondhand newspaper account based on depositions	[1]
Corroborated by	Qsa Inquest 259 1883	[1]
Published After Depositions Reached Brisbane	true	[1]
Republished From	Brisbane Courier	[1]
Sympathetic to Beresford	true	[2]
Date Order of Publication	latest of the initial reports	[2]
Published59 Days After Event	true	[2]
Reproduces Account From	Brisbane Courier	[2]
Cites Source	Brisbane Courier	[2]
Rdf:type	Source	[1]

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latest of the initial reports

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true

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describedWoundAscompact/11176

spear wound in the right thigh

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sad occurrence

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sad occurrence

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true

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true

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true

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It was stated that

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true

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true

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true

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narrativeDescribesGravePavingagnostic/11176

true

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narrativeDescribesTroopersWithSpearPointsagnostic/11176

true

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narrativeStatesAllWitnessesAgreeNoFoulPlayagnostic/11176

true

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1883-03-24

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Western Star and Roma Advertiser

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true

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publishedOnDateagnostic/11176

1883-03-24

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All the witnesses agree in the belief that there is no reason to suspect the troopers of foul play.

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quotedAsSayingcompact/11176

It was stated that Mr. Beresford had been killed by the blacks while asleep

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quotedAsSayingcompact/11176

On the 17th January Mr. Beresford, in charge of five troopers, left Devencourt station for Chatsworth.

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quotedAsSayingcompact/11176

Nothing further was seen of him by white man until the report of his murder was brought in by three of the troopers, all of whom had been badly wounded.

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quotedAsSayingcompact/11176

A rough head and foot stone were put in the ground to mark the place of his burial, and the grave was paved round with rough stones so as to keep the heavy rains from washing the earth away.

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quotedAsSayingcompact/11176

The depositions taken at the inquiry into the death of Mr. Marcus Beresford, of the native police force, who was murdered by the blacks on the night of the 24th January, about twenty-four miles from Farley head station, in the Mackinlay Ranges, have just reached Brisbane

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white man as standard of reliable witness

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Western Star and Roma Advertiser, 24 March 1883, p2

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Western Star and Roma Advertiser 24 March 1883 p2

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about twenty-four miles

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true

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secondhand newspaper account based on depositions

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Republished deposition account

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sourceTypecompact/11176

secondary newspaper report

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sympatheticToBeresfordagnostic/11176

true

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usesLanguageOfSadnessagnostic/11176

true

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usesTermForAboriginalPeopleagnostic/11176

blacks

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usesTermForAboriginalWeaponsagnostic/11176

implements of war

Western Star 1883 03 24

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