Wonomo Attack January 1879

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Event Outcome	property theft^[1]
Event Outcome	reprisals^[1]
Attack Tactic	cut off from firearms^[1]
Attack Tactic	signal and rush^[1]
Associated Individual	Alexander Kennedy^[1]
Associated Individual	Bernard Molvo^[1]
Associated Native Mounted Police Officer	Ernest Eglinton^[1]
Associated Native Mounted Police Officer	Frederick George Margetts^[1]
Case Study for	frontier massacres^[1]
Case Study for	cross-cultural memory^[1]
Involved Weapon	Nulla Nullae^[1]
Involved Weapon	Tomahawks^[1]
During Activity	Bathing^[1]
During Activity	Meals^[1]
Historical Classification	massacre^[1]

ex:wonomo-attack-january-1879

Wonomo Attack January 1879 has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 7 live disagreements.

100+ facts·80 predicates·1 sources·7 in dispute

Mostly:event outcome(9), associated individual(6), case study for(4)

Event Outcomein dispute`eventOutcome`

property theft^[1]all time · 10625
reprisals^[1]sourceall time · 10625
population displacement^[1]sourceall time · 10625
community trauma^[1]sourceall time · 10625
mass murder^[1]all time · 10625
body concealment^[1]all time · 10625
police response^[1]all time · 10625
subsequent attacks^[1]all time · 10625
oral history^[1]all time · 10625

Attack Tacticin dispute`attackTactic`

cut off from firearms^[1]sourceall time · 10625
signal and rush^[1]all time · 10625

Associated Individualin dispute`associatedIndividual`

Alexander Kennedy^[1]all time · 10625
Bernard Molvo^[1]sourceall time · 10625
Henry Butler^[1]all time · 10625
James Kelly^[1]all time · 10625
Thomas Holmes^[1]all time · 10625
William Paterson^[1]all time · 10625

Associated Native Mounted Police Officerin dispute`associatedNativeMountedPoliceOfficer`

Ernest Eglinton^[1]sourceall time · 10625
Frederick George Margetts^[1]all time · 10625

Case Study forin dispute`caseStudyFor`

frontier massacres^[1]all time · 10625
cross-cultural memory^[1]all time · 10625
reprisal patterns^[1]all time · 10625
Aboriginal survival^[1]all time · 10625

Involved Weaponin dispute`involvedWeapon`

Nulla Nullae^[1]all time · 10625
Tomahawks^[1]all time · 10625

During Activityin dispute`duringActivity`

Bathing^[1]all time · 10625
Meals^[1]all time · 10625

Historical Classification`historicalClassification`

massacre^[1]all time · 10625

Historical Era`historicalEra`

frontier violence^[1]all time · 10625

Historical Period`historicalPeriod`

colonial era^[1]all time · 10625

Colonial Context`colonialContext`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10625

Country`country`

Australia^[1]sourceall time · 10625

Inbound mentions (64)

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`causedBy`Caused by(13)

Aboriginal Population Displacementex:Aboriginal population displacement
Bernard Molvo Deathex:bernard-molvo death
Body Disposal in Waterholeex:body disposal in waterhole
Community Gloomex:community-gloom
Henry Butler Deathex:henry-butler death
James Kelly Deathex:james-kelly death
Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river
Punitive Raids 1879ex:punitive-raids-1879
Reprisal Patrol February 1879ex:reprisal-patrol-february-1879
Reprisal Shooting Storiesex:reprisal-shooting-stories
Sheaffes Station Attackex:sheaffes-station-attack
Stolen Propertyex:stolen-property
Tommy Holmes Deathex:tommy-holmes death

`reportsEvent`Reports Event(12)

Brisbane Courier 1879 04 09ex:brisbane-courier-1879-04-09
Daily Northern Argus 1879 02 20ex:daily-northern-argus-1879-02-20
Dalby Herald 1879 03 08ex:dalby-herald-1879-03-08
Evening News 1879 03 10ex:evening-news-1879-03-10
Maryborough Chronicle 1879 03 04ex:maryborough-chronicle-1879-03-04
Maryborough Chronicle 1879 03 06ex:maryborough-chronicle-1879-03-06
Morning Bulletin 1879 03 04ex:morning-bulletin-1879-03-04
Queenslander 1879 04 12ex:queenslander-1879-04-12
Queensland Times 1879 02 20ex:queensland-times-1879-02-20
Queensland Times 1879 03 06ex:queensland-times-1879-03-06
Western Star Roma Advertiser 1879 02 22ex:western-star-roma-advertiser-1879-02-22
Western Star Roma Advertiser 1879 03 04ex:western-star-roma-advertiser-1879-03-04

`documentsEvent`Documents Event(4)

Bottoms 2013ex:bottoms-2013
Fysh 1933ex:fysh-1933
Robinson 1976ex:robinson-1976
University Newcastle Datasetex:university-newcastle-dataset

`victimOf`Victim of(4)

Bernard Molvoex:bernard-molvo
Henry Butlerex:henry-butler
James Kellyex:james-kelly
Tommy Holmesex:tommy-holmes

`responseTo`Response to(3)

Punitive Raids 1879ex:punitive-raids-1879
Reprisal Patrol February 1879ex:reprisal-patrol-february-1879
Reprisal Shooting Storiesex:reprisal-shooting-stories

`occurredAfter`Occurred After(2)

Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river
Sheaffes Station Attackex:sheaffes-station-attack

`participatedIn`Participated in(2)

Aboriginal Mobsex:aboriginal-mobs
Black Boyex:black-boy

`reportedEvent`Reported Event(2)

Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river
William Patersonex:william-paterson

`subEventOf`Sub Event of(2)

Killing of Victimsex:killing of victims
Property Theftex:property theft

`usedIn`Used in(2)

Nulla Nullaeex:nulla-nullae
Tomahawksex:tomahawks

`about`About(1)

Information Retrievalex:information-retrieval

`aboutEvent`About Event(1)

Reprisal Shooting Storiesex:reprisal-shooting-stories

`accessPreventedBy`Access Prevented by(1)

Firearmsex:firearms

`arrivalRelativeTo`Arrival Relative to(1)

Ernest Eglintonex:ernest-eglinton

`carriedNewsOf`Carried News of(1)

Special Messengerex:special-messenger

`exploitedBy`Exploited by(1)

Victim Vulnerabilityex:victim vulnerability

`expressedRegretAbout`Expressed Regret About(1)

William Patersonex:william-paterson

`hadNewsOf`Had News of(1)

Ernest Eglintonex:ernest-eglinton

`informantAbout`Informant About(1)

Ginex:gin

`involves`Involves(1)

Communication Flowex:communication-flow

`occurredDayAfter`Occurred Day After(1)

Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river

`perpetratorsSameAs`Perpetrators Same As(1)

Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river

`samePerpetrators`Same Perpetrators(1)

Sheaffes Station Attackex:sheaffes-station-attack

`samePerpetratorsAs`Same Perpetrators As(1)

Near Massacre Wills Riverex:near-massacre-wills-river

`sceneOf`Scene of(1)

Countryex:country

`trigger`Trigger(1)

Population Change Processex:population-change-process

`withNewsOf`With News of(1)

Ernest Eglinton Arrivalex:ernest-eglinton arrival

`wroteAbout`Wrote About(1)

William Patersonex:william-paterson

Other facts (68)

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68 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Led to Increased Police Activity	true	[1]
Led to Community Gloom	true	[1]
Led to Aboriginal Population Change	true	[1]
Has Long Term Impact	true	[1]
Caused Population Change at	Buckingham Downs	[1]
Dataset Entry	10625	[1]
Has Memoir Documentation	true	[1]
Has Local History Documentation	true	[1]
Has Oral History Documentation	true	[1]
Has Academic Documentation	true	[1]
Has Contemporary Documentation	true	[1]
Casualty Type	Europeans/others	[1]
Casualty Count	4	[1]
Has Coordinates	true	[1]
Latitude	-21.916731	[1]
Has Memoir Source	true	[1]
Has Retrospective Source	true	[1]
Has Contemporary Source	true	[1]
Has Local History Source	true	[1]
Has Oral History Source	true	[1]
Language Group Association	Warluwarra	[1]
Event Subtype	Attack on Europeans/others	[1]
Event Type Classification	Frontier conflict event	[1]
Alternative Name	Woonoomoo murders	[1]
Caused Subsequent Attack	Sheaffes Station Attack	[1]
Body Disposal Method	threw into waterhole	[1]
Discovered by	Messenger	[1]
Involved Native Troopers	true	[1]
Date First Reported	1879	[1]
Alternative Location Name	Woonoomoo murders	[1]
Impossible to Find by Tracks	true	[1]
Bodies in Last Stage Decomposition	true	[1]
Interval Heavy Rain	true	[1]
Discovered on	1879-01-22	[1]
Accomplished Method	Attack Method	[1]
Has Latitude	-21.916731	[1]
Has Communal Grave	Wonomo Communal Grave	[1]
Event Nature	Attack on Europeans or Others	[1]
Involved Drover	true	[1]
Has Longitude	139.439705	[1]
Has Retrospective Perspective	true	[1]
Has Contemporary Perspective	true	[1]
Has Local Perspective	true	[1]
Has Academic Perspective	true	[1]
Has Aboriginal Perspective	true	[1]
Has European Perspective	true	[1]
Has Multiple Perspectives	true	[1]
Has Consistent Accounts	true	[1]
Has Conflicting Accounts	false	[1]
Documented in Multiple Eras	true	[1]
Crosses Generational Memory	true	[1]
Has Secondary Effects	true	[1]
Has Immediate Effects	true	[1]
Has Short Term Effects	true	[1]
Cause Confidence	unknown	[1]
Cause Uncertainty	why attack occurred	[1]
Day Confidence	low for exact day	[1]
Date Confidence	high for January 1879	[1]
Date Uncertainty	about 11th	[1]
Did Not Cause Population Change	at Noranside	[1]
Caused Population Change	permanent to itinerant at Buckingham Downs	[1]
Exploited	Victim Vulnerability	[1]
Caused Police Response Delay	20 days until Eglinton arrival	[1]
Caused Community Response	neighbour investigation	[1]
Caused Discovery Sequence	messenger discovery on 22nd	[1]
Discovery to Reporting Latency Unit	days	[1]
Discovery to Reporting Latency	39	[1]
Has Academic Source	true	[1]

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accomplishedMethodfrontier-massacres/10625

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alternativeLocationNamefrontier-massacres/10625

Woonoomoo murders

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alternativeNamefrontier-massacres/10625

Woonoomoo murders

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:alexander-kennedy

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:bernard-molvo

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:henry-butler

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:james-kelly

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:thomas-holmes

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associatedIndividualfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:william-paterson

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associatedNativeMountedPoliceOfficerfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:ernest-eglinton

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associatedNativeMountedPoliceOfficerfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:frederick-george-margetts

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attackTacticfrontier-massacres/10625

cut off from firearms

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attackTacticfrontier-massacres/10625

signal and rush

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bodiesInLastStageDecompositionfrontier-massacres/10625

true

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bodyDisposalMethodfrontier-massacres/10625

threw into waterhole

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caseStudyForfrontier-massacres/10625

frontier massacres

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caseStudyForfrontier-massacres/10625

cross-cultural memory

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caseStudyForfrontier-massacres/10625

reprisal patterns

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caseStudyForfrontier-massacres/10625

Aboriginal survival

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casualtyCountfrontier-massacres/10625

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casualtyTypefrontier-massacres/10625

Europeans/others

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causeConfidencefrontier-massacres/10625

unknown

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causedCommunityResponsefrontier-massacres/10625

neighbour investigation

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causedDiscoverySequencefrontier-massacres/10625

messenger discovery on 22nd

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causedPoliceResponseDelayfrontier-massacres/10625

20 days until Eglinton arrival

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causedPopulationChangefrontier-massacres/10625

permanent to itinerant at Buckingham Downs

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causedPopulationChangeAtfrontier-massacres/10625

Buckingham Downs

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causedSubsequentAttackfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:sheaffes-station-attack

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causeUncertaintyfrontier-massacres/10625

why attack occurred

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colonialContextfrontier-massacres/10625

true

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countryfrontier-massacres/10625

Australia

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crossesGenerationalMemoryfrontier-massacres/10625

true

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datasetEntryfrontier-massacres/10625

10625

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dateConfidencefrontier-massacres/10625

high for January 1879

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dateFirstReportedfrontier-massacres/10625

1879

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dateUncertaintyfrontier-massacres/10625

about 11th

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dayConfidencefrontier-massacres/10625

low for exact day

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didNotCausePopulationChangefrontier-massacres/10625

at Noranside

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discoveredByfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:messenger

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discoveredOnfrontier-massacres/10625

1879-01-22

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discoveryToReportingLatencyfrontier-massacres/10625

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discoveryToReportingLatencyUnitfrontier-massacres/10625

days

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documentedInMultipleErasfrontier-massacres/10625

true

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duringActivityfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:bathing

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duringActivityfrontier-massacres/10625

ex:meals

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eventNaturefrontier-massacres/10625

ex:AttackOnEuropeansOrOthers

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