OCCUPATIONS OF ABORIGINES, 1891., TABLE LXXVII.—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.
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 |
Deputy registrar |
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 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Station-hand, shepherd |
16 |
2 |
14 |
16 |
2 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Drover |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Rabbit catcher, killer |
11 |
|
11 |
9 |
|
9 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
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 |
|
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 |