Maria Lock
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Maria Lock was a prominent early 19th-century Aboriginal woman of the Darug people, known for being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal schooling and for successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maria Lock canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3466129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Lock Context triple: [Darug people, hasNotableIndividual, Maria Lock]
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A.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
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B.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson is the child of John Hudson, about whom no widely known public information is available.
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C.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson is the mother of American actor Oliver Hudson and a member of the Hudson family connected to the entertainment industry.
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D.
Maria Franklin
Maria Franklin was the first wife of DeWitt Clinton, a prominent early 19th-century New York politician and governor.
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E.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Lock Target entity description: Maria Lock was a prominent early 19th-century Aboriginal woman of the Darug people, known for being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal schooling and for successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants.
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A.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
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B.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson is the child of John Hudson, about whom no widely known public information is available.
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C.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson is the mother of American actor Oliver Hudson and a member of the Hudson family connected to the entertainment industry.
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D.
Maria Franklin
Maria Franklin was the first wife of DeWitt Clinton, a prominent early 19th-century New York politician and governor.
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E.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal woman
ⓘ
Darug person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| achievement | top marks in the 1819 anniversary examinations of the Native Institution ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
St John’s Church, Parramatta
ⓘ
surface form:
St John’s Anglican Church, Parramatta
St Luke’s Church, Liverpool ⓘ
surface form:
St Luke’s Anglican Church, Liverpool
Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
surface form:
colonial New South Wales government
|
| baptismDate | 1819 ⓘ |
| baptismPlace | St John’s Church, Parramatta ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Luke’s Church, Liverpool ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
historical studies of Aboriginal women in colonial New South Wales
ⓘ
local heritage recognition in Blacktown ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1805 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 6 June 1878 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Native Institution, Blacktown
ⓘ
Native Institution, Parramatta ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Darug people
ⓘ
surface form:
Darug
|
| father | Yarramundi ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSignificance | Blacktown Native Institution site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Aboriginal participation in colonial education
ⓘ
mediating between Aboriginal communities and colonial society ⓘ |
| landGrantRecipient | Blacktown area, New South Wales ⓘ |
| legalStatus | first Aboriginal woman in New South Wales known to have successfully petitioned for land ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1824 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | St John’s Church, Parramatta ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Darug language ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal European-style schooling
ⓘ
early Aboriginal engagement with the colonial legal system ⓘ successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | at least 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
landholder ⓘ |
| petitioned | Governor of New South Wales ⓘ |
| petitionedFor |
additional land in her own right
ⓘ
grant of her late brother Colebee’s land ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Parramatta
ⓘ
surface form:
Parramatta, New South Wales
|
| placeOfDeath |
Liverpool, New South Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
Liverpool district, New South Wales
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| relative |
Colebee
ⓘ
Yarramundi ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Blacktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Blacktown, New South Wales
Liverpool, New South Wales ⓘ
surface form:
Liverpool district, New South Wales
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| sibling | Colebee ⓘ |
| spouse |
Daniel Webber
ⓘ
Robert Lock ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Lock Description of subject: Maria Lock was a prominent early 19th-century Aboriginal woman of the Darug people, known for being one of the first Aboriginal Australians to receive formal schooling and for successfully petitioning colonial authorities for land grants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.