OCCUPATIONS OF MALES, 1891—SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS., TABLE LXVII.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Males (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations, in Classified Arrangement—continued.
| Class. |
Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations. |
Total. |
Number of Males at each Period of Age. |
| Under 5 Years. |
5 to 15 |
15 to 20 |
20 to 25 |
25 to 45 |
45 to 65 |
65 and Upwards. |
Unspecified. |
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PRIMARY PRODUCERS—continued. |
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| V. |
22 |
2 |
Shepherd, stockrider, milker, servant, labourer on station, grazing or dairy farm |
2,550 |
|
79 |
690 |
572 |
662 |
404 |
136 |
7 |
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Shearer |
311 |
|
|
19 |
69 |
179 |
35 |
8 |
1 |
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Herdsman (not on grazing or other farm) |
188 |
|
61 |
47 |
10 |
29 |
33 |
8 |
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Drover |
528 |
|
14 |
65 |
100 |
235 |
91 |
10 |
13 |
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Others engaged in pastoral pursuits or breeding animals, including bullock driver or carter on grazing farm or station ; horse, pig, poultry—breeder ; stock inspector, station agent |
234 |
|
6 |
17 |
21 |
135 |
51 |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
Fisheries inspector, officer ; water bailiff |
11 |
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10 |
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1 |
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Fisherman |
856 |
|
20 |
76 |
109 |
401 |
203 |
42 |
5 |
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Game, wild fowl, hare—hunter, catcher, killer |
73 |
|
5 |
7 |
9 |
36 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
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Rabbit, rat, dingo, vermin, sparrow—catcher, killer, trapper, poisoner |
539 |
|
15 |
151 |
99 |
145 |
98 |
23 |
8 |
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Gamekeeper |
8 |
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6 |
1 |
1 |
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Bee hunter, keeper |
25 |
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3 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
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Others engaged in preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals, including rabbit inspector, skin collector, hunter, &c. |
76 |
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3 |
4 |
45 |
23 |
1 |
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4 |
Forest inspector, officer, ranger |
32 |
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3 |
4 |
15 |
8 |
2 |
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Woodcutter, woodman, axeman |
1,366 |
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42 |
212 |
278 |
576 |
204 |
42 |
12 |
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Bark stripper, collector |
71 |
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3 |
14 |
12 |
34 |
7 |
1 |
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Tree ringer, grubber |
119 |
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22 |
38 |
24 |
27 |
6 |
2 |
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Fern gatherer, collector |
1 |
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1 |
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Others engaged in forestry or acquisition of products of natural vegetation, including bushman (not fencer or splitter), gum collector, native seed getter ; State forests and nurseries—worker at |
174 |
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10 |
33 |
75 |
44 |
10 |
2 |
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5 |
Water supply department officer, overseer, rate collector, turncock, labourer |
292 |
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15 |
29 |
152 |
91 |
4 |
1 |
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Water-trust officer, overseer, labourer |
38 |
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1 |
36 |
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1 |
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Well sinker, borer |
21 |
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13 |
8 |
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Others engaged in water conservancy and supply, including tank, dammaker ; reservoir keeper, water-pipe layer, &c.) |
44 |
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2 |
10 |
22 |
10 |
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6 |
Mining department officer (not geologist, mineralogist, geological, surveyor, &c.) |
18 |
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1 |
16 |
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1 |
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Mining registrar |
6 |
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1 |
5 |
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Mining engineer, inspector, surveyor, (not government officer) |
289 |
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1 |
5 |
47 |
227 |
9 |
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Mine-owner, mining manager, director, clerk |
627 |
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2 |
3 |
9 |
194 |
397 |
22 |
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Gold-miner—alluvial |
5,098 |
|
16 |
514 |
615 |
1,130 |
2,191 |
624 |
1 |
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Gold-miner—quartz |
6,847 |
|
71 |
799 |
1,087 |
2,254 |
2,431 |
191 |
8 |
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Gold-miner—undefined ; miner, digger |
7,074 |
|
80 |
480 |
646 |
3,051 |
1,916 |
879 |
14 |
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Coal mining—engaged in |
136 |
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12 |
25 |
77 |
20 |
1 |
22 |
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Mining for metals and minerals other than gold or coal—engaged in, including antimony, copper, graphite, silver, tin—miner, prospector |
156 |
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11 |
32 |
84 |
27 |
2 |
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