County of Dargo.,TABLE XX.—Showing the Population and Houses in the Principal Places situated in the County of Dargo.
Name of Place. Population (inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines). Population (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines). Chinese. Aborigines. Habitations.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Houses. Inhabited Stores, Offices, and Public Buildings. Tents and Dwellings with Canvas Roofs. Total Number of all Descriptions. Materials.
Occupied. Unoccupied. Building. Brick or Stone. Wood, Iron, or Lath and Plaster. Slabs, Bark, Mud, &c. Canvas, Linen, Calico, &c. Not stated.
COUNTY OF DARGO 2,879 1,843 1,036 2,587 1,564 1,023 272 6 7 7 672 17 3 2 50 744 8 466 198 50 22
Bairnsdale Shire(part of (1))—
Central Riding : Lucknow Township 296 162 134 296 162 134 57 4 2 3 66 5 45 13 3
Merrijig Goldworkings 34 30 4 9 7 2 23 2 12 1 13 7 4 1 1
Store Creek Goldworkings 12 8 4 12 8 4 3 1 2 6 2 1 2 1
Deptford Goldworking 10 10 10 10 4 1 5 2 2 1
Boggy Creek Goldworkings 185 116 69 181 112 69 4 58 1 59 36 20 1 2
Wuk Wuk 113 65 48 113 65 48 26 1 27 20 7
Doherty's Corner 46 26 20 36 16 20 10 13 13 11 2
Wy Young 229 129 100 200 100 100 29 38 1 1 40 30 9 1
Sarsfield Township 87 44 43 85 42 43 2 16 2 18 13 4 1
Sandy's Creek Goldworkings 42 41 1 21 20 1 21 28 1 29 19 7 1 2
Outside Townships, &c. 283 163 120 260 141 119 22 1 57 3 1 61 44 14 1 2
East Riding : Nicholson River Goldworkings 59 48 11 44 33 11 15 24 4 1 1 30 6 18 1 5
Bruthen Township 129 76 53 128 75 53 1 21 21 1 12 7 1
Outside Township, &c. 359 218 141 344 205 139 10 3 2 58 2 1 15 76 41 18 15 2
West Riding : Mitchell River Goldworkings 23 22 1 23 22 1 12 2 14 8 3 2 1
Wentworth River Goldworkings 104 95 9 71 62 9 33 33 1 34 17 15 1 1
Dargo Flat (East of River) 43 30 13 41 28 13 1 1 12 2 14 5 7 2
Omeo Shire(part of (2))—
Swift's Creek Goldworkings 204 163 41 106 68 38 95 3 56 56 38 18
Remainder of Shire, in Dargo 58 35 23 50 32 18 3 5 11 1 12 1 7 3 1
Outside Municipalities—
Mitchell River, Waterford Township, and Orr's Gully 27 17 10 27 17 10 7 7 6 1
Dargo Flat (West of River) 188 102 86 188 102 86 26 4 30 26 4
Grant Township 89 53 36 89 53 36 20 20 1 18 1
Good Hope Goldworkings 11 11 11 11 6 2 8 3 3 2
Talbotville Township 34 22 12 34 22 12 7 7 5 2
Crooked River (Bull Town and Hog Town) 72 40 32 71 39 32 1 25 1 26 18 7 1
Wonnangatta and Wongangarra River (East side) 31 20 11 31 20 11 6 1 7 3 3 1
Middle Dargo 40 40 40 40 11 7 18 9 2 7
Upper Dargo and High Plains 71 57 14 66 52 14 5 25 2 27 15 9 2 1
TOTAL OF—
Bairnsdale Shire, in Dargo 2,054 1,283 771 1,874 1,108 766 171 3 4 2 472 17 3 2 32 526 6 318 151 32 19
Central Riding, Bairnsdale Shire 1,337 794 543 1,223 683 540 111 3 312 11 2 1 11 337 5 229 83 11 9
East Riding, Bairnsdale Shire 547 342 205 516 313 203 26 3 2 103 6 1 1 16 127 1 59 43 16 8
West Riding, Bairnsdale Shire 170 147 23 135 112 23 34 1 57 5 62 30 25 5 2
Dargo Flat 231 132 99 229 130 99 1 1 38 6 44 31 7 6
Omeo Shire, in Dargo 262 198 64 156 100 56 95 3 3 5 67 1 68 1 45 21 1