OCCUPATIONS of FEMALES living in the Principal Places within each County and Pastoral District.
OCCUPATIONS. TALBOT. VILLIERS. The Wimmera. SHIPPING. TRAVELLERS ON LAND.
Castlemaine Township. Creswick's Creek and part of Ballarat Diggings. Elphinstone, Taradale, and part of Malmsbury. Hepburn (Mount Franklin). Amberst (Daisy Hill). Lexton, Carisbrook, Walbrook, &c. Mount Alexander Diggings (exclusive of Castlemaine). Belfast Township. Cooramook, Puruim, and Wangoom Parishes. Tower Hill, Woodford, and Parishes of Keroit, Meerai, and Yangery. Villiers, Northern and Eastern. Villiers, Southern and Western. Warrnambool Township. Vessels and Barges in River Yarra Yarra. Ships, Barges, Hulks, &c., in Hobson's Bay. Vessels and Barges in other Ports. Travellers entered on Schedules. Estimate for Travellers whose occupation was not specified.
CLASS I.—Persons in the employment of the Government 1
CLASS II.—Sub-Class 4. Nurses and Assistants in Hospitals, &c. 1 1 1 3 1 1
CLASS III.—Persons engaged in Literature, and Fine Arts :—
Sub-Class 1. Governesses, Teachers in Schools, and of Music, Drawing, &c. 2 2 1 1 3 6 1 4 3 1 1
Sub-Class 2. Artists, Painters, Photographers, &c.
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep or lend Money or Goods :—
Sub-Class 2. Shopkeepers, Storekeepers, Retailers, Pedlars, &c. 1 2 1 5 1
Sub-Class 3. Bankers, Bookkeepers, Gold Buyers, Commission Agents, &c.
Sub-Class 4. Assistants in Shops and Stores, Saleswomen, &c. 1 5 2 1
CLASS V.—Persons engaged in entertaining, clothing, and performing personal offices for man :—
Sub-Class 1. Inn and Lodging-house Keepers, Publicans, Barmaids, &c. 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 1
Sub-Class 2. Needlewomen, Dressmakers, Milliners, Shoebinders, Capmakers, &c. 15 18 3 8 3 2 75 22 3 3 18 18 2 2 1 1 12
Sub-Class 3. Domestic Servants 28 8 14 11 1 15 33 96 29 24 23 105 47 78 6 17 8
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons engaged in growing Grain, Fruits, Animal and other products :—
Sub-Class 1. Squatters, Stockholders, Settlers, Sheep Farmers, Graziers, &c. 2
Sub-Class 3. Land Proprietors (cultivating), Farmers, &c. 1 1 1
Sub-Class 4. Gardeners (Proprietors and Occupiers)
Sub-Class 5. Farm Servants, Dairymaids, &c. 1 1 1 7 2
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in Food and Drinks :—
Bakers, Pastrycooks, Confectioners, Fishmongers, Greengrocers, Cordial Makers, &c. 3 1
CLASS XII.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in any other class 1 1 4 1 1 1 20 6 2 1 3 1 3
CLASS XIII.—Independent Means—Persons of Property and Rank not returned under any office or occupation :—
Annuitants, House and Landowners, Independent means, Ladies, &c. 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
CLASS XIV.—Persons engaged in Domestic Offices or Duties, and of no specified occupation :—
Sub-Class 1. Wives and Widows (mistresses of families) 276 365 66 97 56 92 1,222 222 109 100 78 241 157 276 36 67 40 54 186
Sub-Class 2. Girls under fifteen years of age (whether attending school or not) 179 246 61 78 55 103 893 301 169 118 83 372 199 320 18 30 60 36 137
CLASS XVI.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified or who were unemployed 31 10 8 2 6 15 48 19 2 11 7 11 13 39 1 14 2 3
CLASS XVII.—Persons maintained at Public Cost or by the Community :—
Sub-Class 1. Prisoners in Gaols, Stockades, and Watchhouses
Sub-Class 2. Patients in Hospitals, Inmates of Asylums, Immigration Depots, &c.
TOTALS 538 660 157 198 123 233 2,311 681 317 259 195 762 440 723 56 121 105 112 348