OCCUPATIONS OF ABORIGINES, 1881., TABLE LXXVI.—Showing the Number of Aboriginal Persons, Males, and Females at All Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of Different Occupations, living in Victoria when the Census was taken.
Order. Sub-order. Occupations. 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 780 313 467 460 170 290 320 143 177
1 1 Police tracker 6 1 5 6 1 5
3 1 Wife, widow 122 4 118 122 4 118
3 2 Son, daughter, relative, visitor 100 100 56 56 44 44
3 3 Scholar at home 35 35 19 19 16 16
Scholar at State school 20 20 11 11 9 9
Scholar at private school 101 101 55 55 46 46
Scholar (mode of education not stated) 11 11 11 11
4 1 Master of dormitory, aboriginal station 1 1 1 1
House father for aboriginal orphan children 1 1 1 1
4 2 Domestic servant 27 12 15 3 1 2 24 11 13
Inn servant 1 1 1 1
7 1 Farmer 3 3 3 3
Farm servant, indoor 26 1 25 26 1 25
7 2 Station servant 57 7 50 57 7 50
Burr cutter 3 3 3 3
Shearer 1 1 1 1
7 4 Horsebreaker 1 1 1 1
Game, rabbit—killer, catcher 13 2 11 13 2 11
Fisherman, woman 5 5 4 4 1 1
13 1 Labourer (branch undefined) 89 7 82 89 7 82
15 1 Inmate of aboriginal orphanage 12 6 6 6 6 6 6
Beggar 1 1 1 1
15 2 Prisoner 1 1 1 1
No occupation stated 143 4 139 103 3 100 40 1 39