Occupations of Aborigines., TABLE XXXIV.—Showing the Number of Aboriginal Persons, Males and Females, at all Ages and under over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, living in Victoria on the 2nd April 1871.
| Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations of Aborigines. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
|
|
Total |
1,330 |
364 |
966 |
784 |
189 |
595 |
546 |
175 |
371 |
| 2 |
6 |
Schoolmaster, mistress—private school |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
| 3 |
1 |
Wife, widow |
225 |
13 |
212 |
|
|
|
225 |
13 |
212 |
| 3 |
2 |
Son, daughter, relative, visitor |
150 |
134 |
16 |
74 |
64 |
10 |
76 |
70 |
6 |
| 3 |
3 |
Scholar at common school |
14 |
14 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
Scholar at private school |
64 |
64 |
|
35 |
35 |
|
29 |
29 |
|
|
|
Scholar (mode of education not stated) |
4 |
4 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
| 4 |
2 |
Domestic servant |
26 |
13 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
21 |
10 |
11 |
|
|
Housekeeper |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Inn servant |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 6 |
2 |
Drayman |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 7 |
1 |
Farmer |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Farm servant (indoor) |
33 |
9 |
24 |
33 |
9 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
Farm laborer (outdoor) |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Others engaged in agriculture |
4 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
| 7 |
2 |
Station servant |
74 |
11 |
63 |
72 |
11 |
61 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
Station laborer |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| 7 |
3 |
Grubber, bushman |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 7 |
4 |
Horsebreaker |
8 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Game, rabbit—catcher, killer |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fisherman |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Drover, &c. |
18 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
|
| 8 |
13 |
Carpenter |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| 9 |
2 |
Seamstress |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Washerwoman |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 11 |
2 |
Firewood splitter |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fencer, splitter |
4 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bark-stripper |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 12 |
3 |
Road, railway—navy |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 13 |
1 |
Laborer unspecified |
20 |
1 |
19 |
20 |
1 |
19 |
|
|
|
| 13 |
2 |
Overseer of mission station |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 15 |
1 |
Pensioner |
4 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| 15 |
2 |
Prisoner |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Inmate of charitable institution |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
No occupation stated |
648 |
87 |
561 |
469 |
43 |
426 |
179 |
44 |
135 |