Young Squatter Letter Writer

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Known From	Rockhampton Bulletin 1873 07 10 P3^[1]
Known From	Telegraph 1873 07 16 P3^[1]
Rdf Type	Person^[1]
Rdf Type	Settler^[1]
Refers to Aboriginal People As	they^[1]
Refers to Aboriginal People As	those^[1]
Characterises Aboriginal People As	not nice company^[1]
Characterises Aboriginal People As	armed murderers^[1]
Quoted As Saying	Some of those armed murderers are still at large. Those on our run have been quieted down a little, the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here; yet, with all, they are not nice company.^[1]
Quoted As Saying	the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here^[1]
Uses Dehumanising Pronoun for Object	them^[1]
Temporal Adverb Still Indicates Ongoing Situation	true^[1]
Uses Demonstrative to Refer to Specific Group	those^[1]

ex:young-squatter-letter-writer

Young Squatter Letter Writer has 99 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 5 live disagreements.

99 facts·88 predicates·1 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:quoted as saying(5), refers to aboriginal people as(4), rdf type(3)

Known Fromin dispute`knownFrom`

Rockhampton Bulletin 1873 07 10 P3^[1]sourceall time · 10615
Telegraph 1873 07 16 P3^[1]sourceall time · 10615

Rdf Typein dispute`rdfType`

Person^[1]all time · 10615
Settler^[1]all time · 10615
Witness^[1]all time · 10615

Refers to Aboriginal People Asin dispute`refersToAboriginalPeopleAs`

they^[1]all time · 10615
those^[1]all time · 10615
armed murderers^[1]all time · 10615
them^[1]all time · 10615

Characterises Aboriginal People Asin dispute`characterisesAboriginalPeopleAs`

not nice company^[1]sourceall time · 10615
armed murderers^[1]sourceall time · 10615

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

Some of those armed murderers are still at large. Those on our run have been quieted down a little, the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here; yet, with all, they are not nice company.^[1]all time · 10615
the native police having shot twelve of them last time they were here^[1]all time · 10615
they are not nice company.^[1]all time · 10615
Some of those armed murderers are still at large.^[1]all time · 10615
Those on our run have been quieted down a little^[1]all time · 10615

Uses Dehumanising Pronoun for Object`usesDehumanisingPronounForObject`

them^[1]all time · 10615

Temporal Adverb Still Indicates Ongoing Situation`temporalAdverbStillIndicatesOngoingSituation`

true^[1]all time · 10615

Uses Demonstrative to Refer to Specific Group`usesDemonstrativeToReferToSpecificGroup`

those^[1]all time · 10615

Uses Domestic Social Term for Aboriginal People`usesDomesticSocialTermForAboriginalPeople`

company^[1]all time · 10615

Uses Idiomatic Expression`usesIdiomaticExpression`

with all^[1]all time · 10615

Role in Historical Reconstruction`roleInHistoricalReconstruction`

primary source witness^[1]all time · 10615

Letter Describes Ongoing Situation`letterDescribesOngoingSituation`

true^[1]sourceall time · 10615

Inbound mentions (18)

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`authoredBy`Authored by(2)

Letter to Adelaideex:letter-to-adelaide
Squatter Letter Quoteex:squatter-letter-quote

`claimedAsPropertyBy`Claimed As Property by(1)

Young Squatter Runex:young-squatter-run

`consideredThreatBy`Considered Threat by(1)

Armed Murderers at Largeex:armed-murderers-at-large

`correspondedWith`Corresponded With(1)

Gentleman in Adelaideex:gentleman-in-adelaide

`couldBeIdenticalTo`Could Be Identical to(1)

Richard H Blameyex:richard-h-blamey

`criminalLabelAppliedBy`Criminal Label Applied by(1)

Armed Murderersex:armed-murderers

`describedAsArmedBy`Described As Armed by(1)

Armed Murderersex:armed-murderers

`describedAsMurderersBy`Described As Murderers by(1)

Armed Murderersex:armed-murderers

`describedByDirectParticipant`Described by Direct Participant(1)

Event Dowlings Creek 1872ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

`hasDirectlyAffectedWitness`Has Directly Affected Witness(1)

Event Dowlings Creek 1872ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

`identityDisputedWith`Identity Disputed With(1)

Richard H Blameyex:richard-h-blamey

`labelledBy`Labelled by(1)

Armed Murderersex:armed-murderers

`narrativeFramedBy`Narrative Framed by(1)

Event Dowlings Creek 1872ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

`ownedBy`Owned by(1)

Young Squatter Runex:young-squatter-run

`possiblySamePersonAs`Possibly Same Person As(1)

Richard H Blameyex:richard-h-blamey

`runOf`Run of(1)

Event Siteex:event-site

`witnessedBy`Witnessed by(1)

Event Dowlings Creek 1872ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

Other facts (76)

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76 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Describes Situation Before Letter	true	[1]
Describes Situation After Killings	true	[1]
Describes Event As Ongoing	true	[1]
Directly Affected by Event	true	[1]
Uses Minimizing Term	quieted down	[1]
Uses Demeaning Term	not nice company	[1]
Uses Criminalizing Term	murderers	[1]
Mentioned in Telegraph	true	[1]
Mentioned in Rockhampton Bulletin	true	[1]
Newspaper Mention Count	2	[1]
Claims Land Ownership	true	[1]
Mentioned Only Anonymously	true	[1]
Located in Queensland Interior	true	[1]
Writing From Remote Location	true	[1]
Corresponded With	Gentleman in Adelaide	[1]
Labels Aboriginal People	armed murderers	[1]
Colonial Occupation	squatter	[1]
Refers to Nmp As	native police	[1]
Colonial Role	squatter	[1]
Social Status	squatter	[1]
Age Implied As	young	[1]
Source Reliability	first hand	[1]
Describes Aboriginal People on Run As Quiet	quieted down a little	[1]
Owns	Young Squatter Run	[1]
Bias Framing	describes Aboriginal people as armed murderers and not nice company	[1]
Resides on Run	true	[1]
Certainty Marker	first hand	[1]
Identified As	squatter	[1]
Has Run	Event Site	[1]
Located at	Dowlings Creek	[1]
Attested by	Rockhampton Bulletin 1873 07 10 P3	[1]
Age Descriptor	young	[1]
Occupation	squatter	[1]
Author of	Letter to Adelaide	[1]
Rdfs Label	young squatter	[1]
Part of Intercolonial Communication Network	true	[1]
Plural Possessive May Imply	shared ownership of run	[1]
Grammatically Subordinates Killing to Effect	true	[1]
Uses Directional Metaphor for Suppression	down	[1]
Simultaneously Fearful and in Control	true	[1]
Writes From Position of Control	true	[1]
Writes From Position of Fear	true	[1]
Implies Aboriginal People Had Killed Settlers	true	[1]
Not Bystander	true	[1]
Perceives Aboriginal Resistance As Murder	true	[1]
Understates Violence	true	[1]
Minimises Severity of Killings	true	[1]
Gender Implied	male	[1]
Beneficiary of Colonial Violence	true	[1]
Has Economic Stake in Suppression	true	[1]
Not Neutral Observer	true	[1]
Expresses Settler Viewpoint	true	[1]
Identity Disputed With	Richard H Blamey	[1]
Could Be Identical to	Richard H Blamey	[1]
Identity Unknown	true	[1]
Identifiable Historical Person	false	[1]
Colonial Society	squatter class	[1]
Run Affected by Killings	Aboriginal people suppressed	[1]
Affected by Killings	positively	[1]
Implies Conflict Ongoing Before Killings	true	[1]
Welcomes Police Killings	true	[1]
Killings Insufficient	true	[1]
Ongoing Concern About Safety	true	[1]
Legitimises Killings	true	[1]
Criminalises Aboriginal People	true	[1]
Dehumanises Aboriginal People	true	[1]
Economic Interest	pastoral	[1]
Perspective Bias	pro-squatter	[1]
Perspective on Killings	positive	[1]
Expresses Ongoing Fear	true	[1]
Expresses Resentment	true	[1]
Expresses Relief	true	[1]
Possibly Same Person As	Richard H Blamey	[1]
Present During Killings	true	[1]
Witness of	Event Dowlings Creek 1872	[1]
Expressed Satisfaction About	Event Dowlings Creek 1872	[1]

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affectedByKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

positively

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ageDescriptorfrontier-massacres/10615

young

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ageImpliedAsfrontier-massacres/10615

young

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attestedByfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:rockhampton-bulletin-1873-07-10-p3

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authorOffrontier-massacres/10615

ex:letter-to-adelaide

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beneficiaryOfColonialViolencefrontier-massacres/10615

true

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biasFramingfrontier-massacres/10615

describes Aboriginal people as armed murderers and not nice company

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certaintyMarkerfrontier-massacres/10615

first hand

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characterisesAboriginalPeopleAsfrontier-massacres/10615

not nice company

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characterisesAboriginalPeopleAsfrontier-massacres/10615

armed murderers

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claimsLandOwnershipfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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colonialOccupationfrontier-massacres/10615

squatter

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colonialRolefrontier-massacres/10615

squatter

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colonialSocietyfrontier-massacres/10615

squatter class

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correspondedWithfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:gentleman-in-adelaide

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couldBeIdenticalTofrontier-massacres/10615

ex:richard-h-blamey

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criminalisesAboriginalPeoplefrontier-massacres/10615

true

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dehumanisesAboriginalPeoplefrontier-massacres/10615

true

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describesAboriginalPeopleOnRunAsQuietfrontier-massacres/10615

quieted down a little

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describesEventAsOngoingfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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describesSituationAfterKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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describesSituationBeforeLetterfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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directlyAffectedByEventfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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economicInterestfrontier-massacres/10615

pastoral

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expressedSatisfactionAboutfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:event-dowlings-creek-1872

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expressesOngoingFearfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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expressesRelieffrontier-massacres/10615

true

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expressesResentmentfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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expressesSettlerViewpointfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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genderImpliedfrontier-massacres/10615

male

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grammaticallySubordinatesKillingToEffectfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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hasEconomicStakeInSuppressionfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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hasRunfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:event-site

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identifiableHistoricalPersonfrontier-massacres/10615

false

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identifiedAsfrontier-massacres/10615

squatter

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identityDisputedWithfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:richard-h-blamey

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identityUnknownfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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impliesAboriginalPeopleHadKilledSettlersfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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impliesConflictOngoingBeforeKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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killingsInsufficientfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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knownFromfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:rockhampton-bulletin-1873-07-10-p3

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knownFromfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:telegraph-1873-07-16-p3

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labelsAboriginalPeoplefrontier-massacres/10615

armed murderers

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legitimisesKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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letterDescribesOngoingSituationfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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locatedAtfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:dowlings-creek

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locatedInQueenslandInteriorfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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mentionedInRockhamptonBulletinfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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mentionedInTelegraphfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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mentionedOnlyAnonymouslyfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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minimisesSeverityOfKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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newspaperMentionCountfrontier-massacres/10615

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notBystanderfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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notNeutralObserverfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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occupationfrontier-massacres/10615

squatter

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ongoingConcernAboutSafetyfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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ownsfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:young-squatter-run

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partOfIntercolonialCommunicationNetworkfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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perceivesAboriginalResistanceAsMurderfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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perspectiveBiasfrontier-massacres/10615

pro-squatter

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perspectiveOnKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

positive

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pluralPossessiveMayImplyfrontier-massacres/10615

shared ownership of run

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possiblySamePersonAsfrontier-massacres/10615

ex:richard-h-blamey

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presentDuringKillingsfrontier-massacres/10615

true

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