Volume 01: Production and resources of the northern and western districts of New South Wales, 1854 [ca. 1850-1857] - Page 226

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BURNETT AND WIDE BAY.

this business. Shepherds from the British islands seldom remain Shepherds in this colony but look after other employment.

WAGES OF SHEPHERDS - WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES & IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS DURING THE YEAR 1847.

Under the range of within the boundaries Shepherds were paid with £18. & Watchmen at from £15 to £16 per annum
In New England this Year the wages of Shepherds varied in the different localities of that district from £20 to £25 per annum -
To remunerate the flock owner for these high wages they required at that time thirteen pence per pound for their wool in Sydney & one shilling & four pence in England, to meet the state of the labour market during the Year 1847 they required these prices for their washed wool -

MEN HIRED IN NEW ENGLAND DURING 1849

SINGLE MEN -
For single men Shepherds per annum     £20-0-0

For single men Watchmen alone, but bound to take a flock of sheep upon an emergency
                                                                  £18-0-0
MARRIED MEN
For married men & wife, to shepherd on flock & watch two flocks                                       £28-0-0
receiving two rations
For married men Son and Wife,letting a station with two flocks watching them                 £45-0-0
three rations -

RETURN OF SHEEP, CATTLE, AND HORSES IN BURNETT & WIDE BAY FOR 1850 & 1851

                              SHEEP   CATTLE    HORSES
BURNETT &
WIDE BAY
1850                      387.168     8.810        591

BURNETT
JANUARY 1st
1857                       334.807     8.965        774

WIDE BAY
JANUARY 1st
1857                         21.147     3743           89

             

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