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 April 1854   Tinko     //Hawkwood//  Footnote: It is not mentioned in what capacity Tinko was employed by TLM-P, nor the wages he was receiving although most of the other labourers duties and wage rate are listed. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x.\\ April 1854   Tinko     //Hawkwood//  Footnote: It is not mentioned in what capacity Tinko was employed by TLM-P, nor the wages he was receiving although most of the other labourers duties and wage rate are listed. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x.\\
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-2. 11-12-48    **Eunti**         //Bugrooperia//      Footnote: Eunti and Tinko were "purchased" by TLM-P from the //Nimrod// for £21.4.0. [there is no use of 'purchased' in the ledger entry nor can I find the reference to  a payment of £21.4.0. The entry is 'pr. Nimrod' and there was a payment of £1.12.0 for each man recorded as an advance to the //Nimrod// presumably as part payment of their passage to Australia. perhaps pr is an abbreviation of purchased but equally likely it is 'per Nimrod' "Bugrooperia Station, Logan River Queensland 1848-49, TLM-P ML MSS3117/6, Item 5. More information on Tinko and a number of other Chinese labourers is available in Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Hawkwood, 1854-58, TLM-P ML MSS 3117/7x). +2. 11-12-48    **Eunti**         //Bugrooperia//      Footnote: Eunti and Tinko were "purchased" by TLM-P from the //Nimrod// for £21.4.0. [there is no use of 'purchased' in the ledger entry nor can I find the reference to  a payment of £21.4.0. The entry is 'pr. Nimrod' and there was a payment of £1.12.0 for each man recorded as an advance to the //Nimrod// presumably as part payment of their passage to Australia. perhaps pr is an abbreviation of purchased but equally likely it is 'per Nimrod' "Bugrooperia Station, Logan River Queensland 1848-49, TLM-P ML MSS3117/6, Item 5. More information on Tinko and a number of other Chinese labourers is available in Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Hawkwood, 1854-58, TLM-P ML MSS 3117/7x). \\
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 3. 5-11-1851   **Isim **     Logan River     Interpreter (employer given as T S.M. Prior, presumably mistake for TLM-P). \\ 3. 5-11-1851   **Isim **     Logan River     Interpreter (employer given as T S.M. Prior, presumably mistake for TLM-P). \\
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 8. 10-2-1856  **Lye**  //Hawkwood//   Shepherd  Footnote: From this total [missing?] Lye's store account for the period of £5.4.8 was deducted, as was a cash payment of £9 on the Bank of NSW and a credit to Gim of £2, leaving Lye with £3.2.4 paid to him per Bank of NSW cheque on 14 August 1856. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.46. \\ 8. 10-2-1856  **Lye**  //Hawkwood//   Shepherd  Footnote: From this total [missing?] Lye's store account for the period of £5.4.8 was deducted, as was a cash payment of £9 on the Bank of NSW and a credit to Gim of £2, leaving Lye with £3.2.4 paid to him per Bank of NSW cheque on 14 August 1856. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.46. \\
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-9. 1-2-1856   **Boom**    //Hawkwood//    Hutkeeper-Shepherd  Footnote: Boon re-hired with TLM-P in September 1856 as a shepherd for £35 per annum, however it is noted that "Boon went to Gayndah as he said to the Doctor having been laid up some time with Rhuematism but I heard of him washing sheep a few days after he left, he did not return"- he left behind a stores account of £3.4.2½. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.96).\\+9. 1-2-1856   **Boom**    //Hawkwood//    Hutkeeper-Shepherd  Footnote: Boon re-hired with TLM-P in September 1856 as a shepherd for £35 per annum, however it is noted that "Boon went to Gayndah as he said to the Doctor having been laid up some time with Rhuematism but I heard of him washing sheep a few days after he left, he did not return"- he left behind a stores account of £3.4.2½. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x).\\
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 10. 26-5-1856  **Gim**       //Hawkwood//     Cook  Footnote: Gim was employed for one year at £35 per annum. Gim's account is interesting as he appears to have acted as a money lender - at the end of his term he was also paid £2 by Boon, 4s by Dagan, 50s by Yung, 20s by Yagar, 40s by Kimbracken, 20s by Shibgleton and 3s to his benefit was deducted from Dagan account giving him a total of £46 17 0 from which his store account of £19.2.3 and a cheque on P.J. Piggott of £3.3.8 was deducted leaving him with a cheque on the Bank of NSW for £24.10.10 1/2. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.87.\\ 10. 26-5-1856  **Gim**       //Hawkwood//     Cook  Footnote: Gim was employed for one year at £35 per annum. Gim's account is interesting as he appears to have acted as a money lender - at the end of his term he was also paid £2 by Boon, 4s by Dagan, 50s by Yung, 20s by Yagar, 40s by Kimbracken, 20s by Shibgleton and 3s to his benefit was deducted from Dagan account giving him a total of £46 17 0 from which his store account of £19.2.3 and a cheque on P.J. Piggott of £3.3.8 was deducted leaving him with a cheque on the Bank of NSW for £24.10.10 1/2. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.87.\\
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 11. 25-7-1856   **Dampé**     //Hawkwood//  Hutkeeper  Footnote: Dampé had been employed by TLM-P in 1855 and then worked for another 9 months shepherding and hutkeeping for which he received £18.15.0. Once his store account was settled Dampé received on 8th August cheques totalling £39 and 2s5 1/2p in cash. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.98.\\ 11. 25-7-1856   **Dampé**     //Hawkwood//  Hutkeeper  Footnote: Dampé had been employed by TLM-P in 1855 and then worked for another 9 months shepherding and hutkeeping for which he received £18.15.0. Once his store account was settled Dampé received on 8th August cheques totalling £39 and 2s5 1/2p in cash. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.98.\\
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-12. 13-8-1856  **Tam Ha**     //Hawkwood//   Hired for Lambing  Footnote: Tam Ha was hired at a rate of 25s per week (exactly the same as a European's wages) on 15 August until 8 October. When his store account of 14s 7p was deducted Tam Ha was paid by cheque on the Bank of NSW £9.5.5. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.84154.\\+12. 13-8-1856  **Tam Ha**     //Hawkwood//   Hired for Lambing  Footnote: Tam Ha was hired at a rate of 25s per week (the same as a European's wages) on 15 August until 8 October. When his store account of 14s 7p was deducted Tam Ha was paid by cheque on the Bank of NSW £9.5.5. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.84154.\\
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-13. 15-9-1855  **Uhr** [my reading is that it is possibly **Ubr**]    //Hawkwood// Station  Footnote: Uhr is noted as working for TLM-P from 25 May to 25 August at 12s per week- total wage was £7.16.0, cash and stores account was £5.5.4, leaving Uhr with £2.10.8 for which he was paid £2.10.6 by cheque on the Bank of NSW, with a note that the cheque was two pence too little. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.14. Uhr re-hired with TLM-P from 25 August 1855 to 16 December 1855: for the 7 weeks from 25 August to 12 October Uhr was employed as a shepherd at a rate of £1.0.3 per week, a total of £8.9.0 and then as a hutkeeper from the 15 October to 16 December at 15s per week, totalling £7. When Uhr's store account of £5.6.5 was deducted from his total wage of £15.9.0 he received a cheque on the Bank of NSW for £10.2.7. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio ?[missing].\\+13. 15-9-1855  **Ubi**(?) //Hawkwood//  Angela Woollacott calls him 'Ubi Chinaman' which reflects her assumption that ethnic descriptions were surnames. Footnote: Ubi is noted as working for TLM-P from 25 May to 25 August at 12s per week- total wage was £7.16.0, cash and stores account was £5.5.4, leaving Ubi with £2.10.8 for which he was paid £2.10.6 by cheque on the Bank of NSW, with a note that the cheque was two pence too little. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No.14. Ubi re-hired with TLM-P from 25 August 1855 to 16 December 1855: for the 7 weeks from 25 August to 12 October he was employed as a shepherd at a rate of £1.0.3 per week, a total of £8.9.0 and then as a hutkeeper from the 15 October to 16 December at 15s per week, totalling £7. When Ubi's store account of £5.6.5 was deducted from his total wage of £15.9.0 he received a cheque on the Bank of NSW for £10.2.7. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio ?[missing].\\
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 14. 3-11-1856  **Yung**  //Hawkwood//      Washer & Shearer (footnote:160 missing).\\ 14. 3-11-1856  **Yung**  //Hawkwood//      Washer & Shearer (footnote:160 missing).\\
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-15. 4-2-1857   **Hock**  //Hawkwood//      Cook and Hutkeeper (footnote:161 missing).\\+15. 4-2-1857   **Hock**  //Hawkwood//      Cook and Hutkeeper (footnote:161 missing). [Described as a 'Chinaman', he 'ran away' from Achows ((MLMSS3117/Box 7X))]\\
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-16. 28-2-18 57 **Achow**  //Hawkwood//     Shepherd and Watchman (footnote:162 missing).\\+16. 28-2-18 57 **Achow** [or Achen?//Hawkwood//     Shepherd and Watchman (footnote:162 missing). [paid 15/- per week as a hutkeeper for 7 weeks.\\
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 17. 20-5-1857 **Tam Sing** //Hawkwood//  Shepherd  (Footnote: partly missing) Tam Sing was employed as a shepherd at the rate of £25 p.a. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No 96. [An earlier entry for May-August 1855 indicates that Tan Sing was employed for two short periods first at £1 per week then later at 15/- per week. It is possible that they were the same man. (ff196,15] \\ 17. 20-5-1857 **Tam Sing** //Hawkwood//  Shepherd  (Footnote: partly missing) Tam Sing was employed as a shepherd at the rate of £25 p.a. TLM-P, Ledger for Bromelton Station, Logan River, 1850-51 and Hawkwood Station, Station, 1854-58, ML MSS 3117/7x CY Reel 1248; Folio No 96. [An earlier entry for May-August 1855 indicates that Tan Sing was employed for two short periods first at £1 per week then later at 15/- per week. It is possible that they were the same man. (ff196,15] \\
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