Volume 01: Production and resources of the northern and western districts of New South Wales, 1854 [ca. 1850-1857] - Page 230

SCARCITY OF SHEPHERDS EMPLOYING THE BLACKS

Ever since the discovery of gold in New South Wales, there has been a great scarcity of Shepherds, watchmen and other laborers in this part of the country, previous to this discovery, shepherds, & watchmen were found offering their services in Burnett & Wide Bay, as in other northern districts - A considerable number of Chinamen are engaged as Shepherds, & even with this supply a deficiency of labor is still complained of by the Flockmasters, they have been compelled to accept the services of the native blacks, who to give them their due praise, bring in the sheep in good condition, they allow them a good spread, & do not dog them, Their services are attended with this disadvantage, they occasionally sneak a fat sheep or two, for their tribe, while they are careless in keeping up the stragglers If weak sheep of the flock, & at times drop them, With these disadvantages they are little to be depended upon in Continuing with
the flock & suddenly disappear from the Station upon the business of the tribe, without the slightest warning, They may come in with the flock at night, and are off ........... with the tribe to another Station, ten or twenty miles distant by day break next morning. This Conduct with the ration of clothing supplied to them, makes these Savages an expense to the flockmaster for their
labor, as that of the Chinese - Some flockmasters with ten thousand sheep complain that they have only one white shepherd, & that these sheep are at present shepherded,(March 1856) by blacks.

OCTOBER 1854 STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BRISBANE

Steam Communication is now opened with this district, Moreton, & Sydney. The Directors of the
Australasian Steam Navigation Company have made arrangement for running the powerful Steamer City of Melbourne between Brisbane & Maryborough in Wide Bay.

IMMIGRATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES NOVEMBER 2nd 1854 -

Tuesday is an auspicious day for New South Wales, & desirous to be chronicled amongst the eventful days of the year 1854, as having ushered to our shores a larger number of emigrants than ever before reached us in one day. On Tuesday the Ships Stramboul & Patrician entered the harbour of Port Jackson & the Ellenborough arrived at Newcastle, having on board upwards of a thousand emigrants - These welcome additions to our population are of a respectable class, a large number of whom came out under the Assisted Emigration Act, and have already spread themselves over the Colony seeking the homes of their friends -
Others of them arrived as Government emigrants, the greatest portion of whom are already engaged in Service in & around Sydney.
A considerable number too, mostly female, in balance, intend proceeding up the Hunter, where no doubt they will be greeted with a hearty welcome.

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