OCCUPATIONS OF ABORIGINES, 1891., TABLE XIII.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, 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 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 |
565 |
267 |
298 |
325 |
152 |
173 |
240 |
115 |
125 |
1 |
1 |
Government officer |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
Black tracker |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
2 |
10 |
Jockey |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
Housekeeper |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Domestic, nurse, groom, gardener |
39 |
24 |
15 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
28 |
17 |
11 |
|
|
Boots |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
2 |
Bullock-driver |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Postmaster |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
15 |
2 |
Seamstress |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
17 |
2 |
Sawmill worker |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
20 |
1 |
Carpenter |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Road labourer |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
21 |
1 |
Labourer (undefined) |
88 |
9 |
79 |
87 |
9 |
78 |
1 |
|
1 |
22 |
1 |
Farmer |
5 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Farm servant, labourer |
14 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
4 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hop drier, worker, picker |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
22 |
2 |
Station-hand, shepherd |
16 |
2 |
14 |
16 |
2 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Drover |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
22 |
3 |
Rabbit catcher, killer |
11 |
|
11 |
9 |
|
9 |
2 |
|
2 |
22 |
4 |
Bushman |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
23 |
1 |
Pensioner |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
King |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
24 |
1 |
Wife |
62 |
2 |
60 |
|
|
|
62 |
2 |
60 |
|
|
Son, daughter, relative |
113 |
106 |
7 |
56 |
56 |
|
57 |
50 |
7 |
|
|
Visitor, lodger |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Others employed (if at all) in household duties |
37 |
5 |
32 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
32 |
3 |
29 |
24 |
2 |
Scholar at home |
6 |
6 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
|
|
Scholar at State school |
91 |
91 |
|
59 |
59 |
|
32 |
32 |
|
|
|
Scholar at private school |
8 |
8 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
Scholar at school not stated |
5 |
5 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
Occupation not stated |
43 |
|
43 |
33 |
|
33 |
10 |
|
10 |