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Row 2441 Eid 66758

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Nmp Event 6675845 factsex:nmp-event-66758

associatedWithCampBarron River Baan Bero
associatedWithCampMossman River Saltwater Creek
associatedWithOfficerRoland Walter Garraway
classifiedAsAttack on stock/property
describedInQsa847168
firstReportedInYear1885
framedAsattack on property
hasAssociatedNmpCampsBarron River Baan Bero
hasAssociatedNmpCampsMossman River Saltwater Creek
hasAssociatedNmpOfficersRoland Walter Garraway
hasContemporaryReferenceQsa847168
hasCoordinateXMax145.38335
hasCoordinateXMin145.38335
hasCoordinateYMax-16.4841
hasCoordinateYMin-16.4841
hasDateOfFirstReportingOfEvent1885
hasDayAndMonthOfEventLate 1884 or early 1885
hasDescriptionOfEvent"Thompson's selection on the Mossman was also visited but they were driven away from there before doing any damage they were rounding up the cattle when seen" (QSA847168 1885 Letter from Henry Smith to Colonial Secretary 10 April, Colonial Secretarys Office In Letters, In letter 85/6952, DR78110)
hasEmptyCausalReasontrue
hasEmptyFieldNoOfPeopleWounded
hasEmptyFieldNamedPerpetrator1
hasEmptyFieldNoOfPeopleKilled
hasEmptyFieldNamesOfPeopleKilledAndDetails
hasEntryId66758
hasLabelAttack on property - Thompson's selection, Mossman River (late 1884 or early 1885)
hasLocationDescription"Thompson's selection on the Mossman"
hasLocationNotesIssuesUnknown where Thompson's selection was, but this may have been the William Thompson who lived "about 10 miles" from Port Douglas (Telegraph 12 May 1887, p3). This is an arbitrary location approx. 10 miles from PD on the south Mossman.
hasLocationTypeAgricultural selection
hasNatureOfEventAttack on stock/property
hasNoNamedPerpetratorstrue
hasOtherDamageEffectsNone - they were "driven away"
hasPerpetratorsAboriginal People
hasRelatedLanguageGroupKuku Yalanji
hasRelatedPastoralDistrictCook Pastoral District
involvesStockCattle
lacksReliabilityRatingtrue
occurredAtThompsons Selection Mossman River
presupposesExistenceOfThompsons Selection Mossman River
presupposesExistenceOfAboriginal People
presupposesExistenceOfCattle
quotesSourceQsa847168
relatedToLanguageGroupKuku Yalanji
relatedToPastoralDistrictCook Pastoral District
resultedInNoDamageThompsons Selection Mossman River
temporallyPrecedes1885-04-10

Thompsons Selection Mossman River9 factsex:thompsons-selection-mossman-river

assignedArbitraryLocationapprox. 10 miles from PD on the south Mossman
hasCoordinateXMin145.38335
hasCoordinateYMin-16.4841
hasUncertainLocationtrue
isTypeAgricultural selection
locatedApproximately10 miles south of Port Douglas on Mossman River
locatedOnMossman River
possiblyIdenticalToWilliam Thompson Property
possiblyOwnedByWilliam Thompson

Aboriginal People7 factsex:aboriginal-people

attemptedToRoundUpCattle
drivenAwayBeforeDamageThompsons Selection Mossman River
intendedDamageToCattle
interruptedWhenSeenCattle
perpetratedNmp Event 66758
visitedThompsons Selection Mossman River
wereDrivenAwayFromThompsons Selection Mossman River

Record 2441 Eid 667587 factsex:record-2441-eid-66758

accessedAt2026-05-08T20:09:33+10:00
hasEvidenceLabelLead only
hasSourceTitleNMP authenticated Events export 2026-05-08 row 2441 EntryId 66758
hasSourceTypeauthenticated-database-csv-single-row
ingestedFromresearch-notes/cooktown-aboriginal-children-work-archive-2026-05-06/datasets/nmp-events-20260508193632.csv
partOfProjectRosie Reynolds Massacre Connection
sourcedFromhttps://nmp.essolutions.com.au/

Qsa8471686 factsex:qsa847168

dated1885-04-10
hasReferenceDR78110
inColonialSecretarysOfficeInLetters85/6952
isLetterFromHenry Smith
referencesTelegraph 1887 05 12 P3
sentToColonial Secretary

Henry Smith3 factsex:henry-smith

observedNmp Event 66758
reportedEventNmp Event 66758
wroteQsa847168

Nmp Events Csv Export2 factsex:nmp-events-csv-export

hasCsvRecordNumber2441
hasTotalCsvRecords2818

Cook Pastoral District1 factex:cook-pastoral-district

administrativelyContainsNmp Event 66758

Kuku Yalanji1 factex:kuku-yalanji

linguisticallyRelatedToNmp Event 66758

Port Douglas1 factex:port-douglas

geographicallyNearThompsons Selection Mossman River

Rosie Reynolds Massacre Connection1 factex:rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection

connectsToNmp Event 66758

Telegraph 1887 05 12 P31 factex:telegraph-1887-05-12-p3

mentionsWilliam Thompson

William Thompson1 factex:william-thompson

livedAbout10MilesFromPort Douglas

William Thompson Property1 factex:william-thompson-property

located10MilesFromPort Douglas