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