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 |