OCCUPATIONS., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION of the COUNTIES and COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS, at 1st March, 1856, classified according to OCCUPATIONS.
COUNTIES AND COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS. TRADE AND COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE. GRAZING. HORTICULTURE. WINEGROWING. MINING. ARTIFICERS. UNSKILLED LABOURERS. MARINERS. DOMESTIC SERVICE. LEARNED PROFESSIONS. TEACHERS. OTHER EDUCATED PROFESSIONS. ALMSPEOPLE. MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS. OCCUPATIONS NOT STATED. TOTALS.
M. F. Sheep. Cattle and Horses. Precious Metals. Inferior Metals. Coal. M. F. Legal. Medical. Clerical. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Males. Females. Persons.
Argyle 66 21 543 209 43 27 3 367 415 4 98 300 6 4 7 21 18 8 1 199 142 1,457 2,532 3,508 3,013 6,521
Bathurst 144 6 685 226 120 30 209 13 1 478 634 5 200 398 6 15 6 22 21 15 2 311 153 1,714 2,995 4,836 3,573 8,409
Bligh 5 8 149 31 1 1 27 30 17 37 2 1 4 2 1 31 5 137 209 445 253 698
Brisbane 24 138 224 60 9 3 4 115 132 1 46 98 5 4 12 7 1 1 92 25 480 844 1,351 974 2,325
Camden 68 11 2,578 9 47 28 14 1 10 1 595 713 53 295 548 3 23 17 41 33 18 3 364 283 3,577 6,456 8,488 7,333 15,621
Cook 22 11 657 22 19 11 1 14 172 248 3 59 129 2 2 18 7 3 112 16 959 1,823 2,325 2,006 4,331
Cumberland 4,000 269 2,888 90 178 696 29 186 4 3 9,736 5,325 1,199 1,537 6,478 188 232 143 235 384 284 12 701 314 5,530 3,859 22,329 42,153 55,513 53,469 108,982
Durham 75 6 1,719 150 81 25 17 3 1 343 515 13 101 296 1 8 9 33 22 2 2 150 370 2,317 4,186 5,565 4,880 10,445
Georgiana 7 192 55 62 3 155 36 156 12 38 8 2 23 64 399 626 1,108 730 1,838
Gloucester 31 1 773 57 67 3 6 12 203 118 25 30 63 4 5 14 4 4 70 119 1,062 1,896 2,484 2,083 4,567
Hunter 6 1 238 7 44 1 3 21 46 12 10 33 1 1 7 2 18 101 281 418 696 555 1,251
King 16 492 101 42 6 2 1 70 156 17 52 2 1 10 2 2 45 16 781 1,283 1,744 1,353 3,097
Macquarie 22 7 374 11 80 4 2 1 1 145 76 49 14 89 7 4 8 8 3 41 76 483 900 1,325 1,080 2,405
Murray 33 2 340 281 73 13 3 4 186 246 75 151 3 6 5 10 9 2 2 130 58 964 1,533 2,374 1,755 4,129
Northumberland 453 66 1,764 67 101 52 17 7 342 1,683 1,198 306 425 926 16 42 29 59 59 44 1 675 575 5,033 9,212 12,314 10,838 23,152
Phillip 2 60 111 15 5 16 33 81 52 46 1 4 2 27 4 225 367 632 419 1,051
Roxburgh 38 1 357 142 54 22 6 872 237 267 3 137 176 6 4 18 14 3 186 62 1,035 1,955 3,487 2,208 5,695
St. Vincent 53 3 828 55 39 11 471 203 228 9 44 181 8 8 19 7 3 91 188 1,045 1,968 3,115 2,347 5,462
Wellington 97 11 148 252 84 8 1 1,731 264 241 5 121 135 2 6 7 15 6 5 196 103 995 1,813 4,178 2,068 6,246
Westmoreland 3 436 33 62 3 33 121 1 20 144 1 17 1 3 29 18 451 719 1,213 882 2,095
Total of the 20 Counties 5,165 416 15,218 2,281 1,302 958 104 3,679 27 361 14,948 11,076 1,688 3,310 10,318 225 375 253 575 610 398 14 714 314 8,320 6,257 45,724 83,890 116,701 101,819 218,520
Stanley (the reputed County) 155 1 283 391 108 43 9 2 10 635 980 187 136 618 6 15 15 14 19 20 564 133 1,341 3,690 5,414 4,461 9,875
Total within the Settled Districts 5,320 417 15,501 2,672 1,410 1,001 113 3,681 27 371 15,583 12,056 1,875 3,446 10,936 231 390 268 589 629 418 14 714 314 8,884 6,390 47,565 87,580 122,115 106,280 228,395
Albert 3 2 41 7 9 18 1 21 7 1 4 4 14 28 121 39 160
Bligh 4 8 278 201 1 1 1 31 120 37 38 2 1 1 39 47 218 325 943 410 1,353
Burnett 11 20 529 91 6 4 77 71 2 48 65 5 3 1 38 8 122 208 1,028 281 1,309
Clarence 12 1 35 81 131 10 3 1 239 163 143 34 75 1 1 1 7 1 3 83 14 499 818 1,450 909 2,359
Darling Downs 17 1 46 936 131 15 1 161 507 3 96 257 7 4 4 2 137 35 572 1,045 2,637 1,340 3,977
Gwydir 11 4 187 151 1 28 34 137 11 38 1 1 2 1 1 38 2 143 220 750 261 1,011
Lachlan 14 168 379 250 3 2 105 301 1 63 99 12 1 123 14 601 983 2,022 1,097 3,119
Leichhardt 1 177 16 11 19 9 17 1 8 1 22 46 264 64 328
Liverpool Plains 48 2 15 570 203 3 299 2 126 285 1 81 72 3 2 9 2 2 174 138 469 807 2,292 1,021 3,313
Lower Darling 61 39 2 21 29 12 9 1 27 3 31 44 223 56 279
Macleay 3 104 2 28 1 43 31 4 7 34 1 3 1 10 3 117 265 355 302 657
Maranoa 1 19 46 2 3 6 1 1 3 7 21 88 22 110
Monaroo 45 4 215 483 229 7 12 161 384 48 54 144 5 3 22 9 3 169 63 1,044 1,878 2,884 2,098 4,982
Moreton 7 206 23 1 4 41 11 28 1 1 23 57 124 374 153 527
Morumbidgee 86 9 410 528 444 24 3 189 392 590 43 169 239 16 7 23 7 4 2 306 209 1,055 1,552 4,291 2,016 6,307
New England 53 8 168 867 229 10 1 235 199 445 3 126 181 1 7 6 13 8 1 155 32 1,006 1,754 3,525 1,983 5,508
Wellington 7 22 354 177 2 35 127 51 101 5 1 17 5 242 393 1,040 499 1,539
Wide Bay 13 1 114 48 7 71 85 1 17 26 1 1 2 38 8 85 151 484 185 669
Port Curtis 4 1 45 1 1 1 22 34 21 12 8 1 1 33 29 73 205 82 287
Total in the Squatting Districts 332 25 1,227 5,860 2,445 92 13 770 2 1,743 3,390 271 865 1,439 2 51 25 109 33 19 2 1,425 586 6,333 10,735 24,976 12,818 37,794
TOTAL IN THE COLONY 5,652 442 16,728 8,532 3,855 1,093 126 4,451 29 371 17,326 15,446 2,146 4,311 12,375 233 441 293 698 662 437 14 716 314 10,309 6,976 53,898 96,315 147,091 119,098 266,189