CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—OCCUPATIONS., TABLE XVIII.—The Occupations of the Aborigines, Males and Females, at various periods of Age; also the number returned as Employers, Engaged on their Own Account, Wage-earners, and Unemployed, arranged in Orders, Sub-orders, and Groups.
Classification. OCCUPATIONS. POPULATION. PERIODS OF AGE.
Males.
Order Sub-order. Group. Males. Females. Total. Under 5 years. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 20. 20 and under 25. 25 and under 45. 45 and under 65. 65 and over. Age not stated.
1 4 11 Police Tracker 34 34 2 6 21 5
2 3 9 Hospital, Domestic Servant 2 2
10 1 Circus Performer 1 1 1
2 Circus Labourer 1 1 1
8 Foot Runner ; Show-ground Labourer 2 2 2
3 1 1 Hotel Servant 4 1 5 2 2
3 Boarding-house Servant 1 1 2 1
2 2 House Servant 7 82 89 3 1 1 2
6 Groom 17 17 4 2 3 4 3 1
11 Charwoman 3 3
13 Laundress 15 15
7 1 3 Butcher 2 2 1 1
8 1 2 House-breaker 4 4 1 3
9 1 3 Wood-carter 1 1 1
14 2 13 Teamster 3 3 2 1
14 Livery Stables Groom 1 1 1
15 15 1 Saw-mill Labourer 1 1 1
18 1 3 Wool-wash Labourer 1 1 1
2 2 Fencer 5 5 1 2 2
21 1 4 Carpenter 1 1 1
2 3 Road Labourer 3 3 1 1 1
23 1 6 Labourer, undefined 36 36 1 6 2 13 12 2
24 1 1 Farmer 7 7 1 2 4
3 Farm Labourer 78 4 82 2 13 7 27 17 6 6
4 Market Gardener 2 2 1 1
9 Sugar Planter, Labourer 5 5 1 4
12 Clearing Farm Land, Labourer 1 1 1
2 3 Station Labourer, Drover 211 211 9 24 19 80 56 15 8
5 Dairy-farm Labourer 5 5 1 2 1 1
8 Bush Labourer 33 33 5 7 11 8 1 1
3 2 Kangaroo Shooter, Rabbiter 15 3 18 2 4 4 5
4 Hunter of Wild Animals 11 11 1 4 5 1
4 2 Fisherman 12 1 13 2 5 4 1
5 3 Wood-cutter 7 7 5 2
4 Book-stripper 1 1 1
6 Orchid Gatherer 1 1 1
7 3 Gold, alluvial, Miner, Prospector 8 8 2 6
5 Tin, lode, Mine Labourer 1 1 1
26 1 1 Domestic Duties, Wife 159 159
2 Domestic Duties, Daughter 61 61
2 2 Scholar taught at School 37 35 72 1 35 1
3 1 Mother dependent on Children 2 2
2 Son, Daughter, dependent on Parents 395 348 743 137 196 38 24
27 1 1 Inmate of Hospital 2 1 3 1 1
2 Inmate Mission Station 54 60 114 7 17 3 6 6 8 7
3 Inmate of Hospital for Insane 1 1 1
8 Beggar 12 5 17 1 3 6 2
9 Dependent on Charity 59 39 98 4 2 5 6 24 11 7
2 1 Prisoner in Gaol* 12 12 1 6 5
3 Inmate, School Ship "Sobraon" 1 1 1
Total, Specified Occupations 1,096 822 1,918 149 271 105 77 247 166 40 41
Occupations not stated 1,355 1,014 2,369 31 106 140 46 1,032
TOTAL, ABORIGINES 2,451 1,836 4,287 149 271 105 108 353 306 86 1,073