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employees_stores [2024/08/09 15:30] – [Employees at Hawkwood Station 1854-1858] judithemployees_stores [2025/03/16 21:09] (current) – [German migrants] judith
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 ==== German migrants ==== ==== German migrants ====
-There are a number of German-sounding names in these ledgers, and others who were listed as German. This reflects the influx of Germans who settled in south-west Queensland mostly from the 1850s onwards. The 1901 census found that 38,352 Australians (of a total of 3,788,123) had been born in Germany. Of these, 13,163 lived in Queensland. Some of the possible or known German employees given below are\\+There are a number of German-sounding names in these ledgers, and others who were listed as German. This reflects the influx of Germans who settled in south-west Queensland mostly from the 1850s onwards. TLM-P wrote to the Colonial Secretary from Bromelton station on 10 November 1851 'For permission to import' three families of Germans under the Regulations of 7 April 1847. Permission was granted but it seems that the families did not arrive until 12 January 1852.((Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, no.? 33054,Queensland State Library))   
 +The 1901 census found that 38,352 Australians (of a total of 3,788,123) had been born in Germany. Of these, 13,163 lived in Queensland. Some of the possible or known German employees given below are\\
 **Kinbracker and his wife**\\ **Kinbracker and his wife**\\
 **Eza(?) Woolfadl(?)** \\ **Eza(?) Woolfadl(?)** \\
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 **Henry Van Homerigh**\\ **Henry Van Homerigh**\\
 **Andreas Rücker and his wife**\\ **Andreas Rücker and his wife**\\
 +**Maēr**(German)\\
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 ==== Rosewood Station 1843-44 ==== ==== Rosewood Station 1843-44 ====
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 4  **Andreas Schmid** paid £30.10.0 for 'passage'\\ 4  **Andreas Schmid** paid £30.10.0 for 'passage'\\
 5. **Yager(?)** paid £25 pa.(possibly A. Yager, listed as German, see below) \\ 5. **Yager(?)** paid £25 pa.(possibly A. Yager, listed as German, see below) \\
-6  **Achow** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list)\\+6  **Achow** (or Achen?) see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list) and below at Hawkwood\\
 7 **Tan See (or Tan Sue?)** see above under Chinese indentured labourers\\ 7 **Tan See (or Tan Sue?)** see above under Chinese indentured labourers\\
 8 **Bundoo** see above under Chinese indentured labourers \\ 8 **Bundoo** see above under Chinese indentured labourers \\
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 19 **Sydney Lynds** Possibly Reid's Sydney Ling a German doctor, see below; also possibly 'S. Linds' later in the Hawkwood accounts; Mr Sydney Linds was listed in 1856 as charge of cattle for £50 pa.\\ 19 **Sydney Lynds** Possibly Reid's Sydney Ling a German doctor, see below; also possibly 'S. Linds' later in the Hawkwood accounts; Mr Sydney Linds was listed in 1856 as charge of cattle for £50 pa.\\
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-The next ledger is also for Hawkwood station.((MLMSS 3117/Box 7X)) There is also a list of the shearers employed in 1855 including John Black who sheared 1600 sheep), 1856 and 1857. C. Daly and A. Rucker were contracted in 1856 and 1857 to build a kitchen with a shingle roof as well as 3 shepherd huts with two rooms 10x6 feet each, door and window. He also did business with a number of people and firms, such as John Powers & L. Hugham, carriers.Not all employees are listed, but some that were are:\\+The next ledger is also for Hawkwood station.((MLMSS 3117/Box 7X)) There is also a list of the shearers employed in 1855 including John Black who sheared 1600 sheep), 1856 and 1857. C. Daly and A. Rucker were contracted in 1856 and 1857 to build a kitchen with a shingle roof as well as 3 shepherd huts with two rooms 10x6 feet each, door and window. He also did business with a number of people and firms, such as John Powers & L. Hugham, carriers; Con. Daly, for shingles etc of new building; and Hughan & Smith. Not all employees are listed, but some that were are:\\
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  1 **Alexander (Alex) Brown** employed as overseer in 1856, paid £50 pa, later increased to £70 pa;\\  1 **Alexander (Alex) Brown** employed as overseer in 1856, paid £50 pa, later increased to £70 pa;\\
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 19 **Poki** (Coolie) see above under Chinese indentured labourers.\\ 19 **Poki** (Coolie) see above under Chinese indentured labourers.\\
 20 **Tinko** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\ 20 **Tinko** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\
-21 **Hughs**(?) 1855\\+21 **Hughs**(Hughan?) 1855\\
 22 **On**(?) employed at £35 pa, 1854.\\ 22 **On**(?) employed at £35 pa, 1854.\\
 23 **Ubi** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\ 23 **Ubi** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\
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 26 **James Morsan**(?)\\ 26 **James Morsan**(?)\\
 27 **Kaun**(Kann ?)\\ 27 **Kaun**(Kann ?)\\
-28 **Ruiker & Son** (?)\\ +28 **Ruiker & Son** (Rucker?)\\ 
-29,30 **Kinbracker(?) and wife**, 1855, £40 pa (combined wage) - see also above for //Bromelton//+29,30 **N. Kinbracker and wife**, 1855, £40 pa (combined wage) - see also above for //Bromelton//\\
 31 **G. Publes**(?) (Stockman)\\ 31 **G. Publes**(?) (Stockman)\\
-32 **James Dugan**(?)\\ 
 33 **McCoy**\\ 33 **McCoy**\\
 34 **Ubi**(?) 1855, 1856, 14/- a week as a hutkeeper. See above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\ 34 **Ubi**(?) 1855, 1856, 14/- a week as a hutkeeper. See above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list).\\
 35 **Lewis**\\ 35 **Lewis**\\
-36 **James Dagan**(Dajan?)\\+36 **James Dagan**(Dugan or Dajan or Dagar?)\\
 37 **washers** of wool.\\ 37 **washers** of wool.\\
-38 **A. C. Thomas** Esq (earlier written as Thesmas Esq)\\+38 **A. C. Thomas Esq** (earlier written as Thesmas Esq)\\
 39 **J. Gregory**(?)\\ 39 **J. Gregory**(?)\\
 41 **James Morris**, 1856, employed 3 months at £50 pa\\ 41 **James Morris**, 1856, employed 3 months at £50 pa\\
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 44 **Mr E.C. Davies**, 1856 - Ernest Davies who worked as a jackeroo for £40 pa; his brother Henry Davies was the overseer, hence he rated the honorific 'Mr'. \\ 44 **Mr E.C. Davies**, 1856 - Ernest Davies who worked as a jackeroo for £40 pa; his brother Henry Davies was the overseer, hence he rated the honorific 'Mr'. \\
 45 **Munday** TLM-P wrote (p.59) that Munday 'came up to Hawkwood with a mob of cattle and worked well whilst he was at it and herded at the Cattle Station for a short time, but hearing some thing about his wife he went away and thinking him sufficiently punished I gave his discharge.'\\ 45 **Munday** TLM-P wrote (p.59) that Munday 'came up to Hawkwood with a mob of cattle and worked well whilst he was at it and herded at the Cattle Station for a short time, but hearing some thing about his wife he went away and thinking him sufficiently punished I gave his discharge.'\\
-46 **Kinker** (?), 1856\\+46 **Kinker** (short for Kinbracker?), 1856\\
 47,48 **Weip and wife**, he employed as stockman.\\ 47,48 **Weip and wife**, he employed as stockman.\\
-49  **Ganmies**(?) listed as a Coolieman, 1855. \ +49  **Ganmies**(Gannini?) listed as a Coolieman, 1855. \\ 
-50 **Bundoo** paid £50 pa\\+50 **Bundoo** paid £50 pa as shepherd and watch\\
 51 **Charles Hunter**\\ 51 **Charles Hunter**\\
 52 **Tam Ha** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list)\\ 52 **Tam Ha** see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list)\\
 53 **George Weis** 1856, employed as stockman at £60 pa\\ 53 **George Weis** 1856, employed as stockman at £60 pa\\
-54 Andreas Rücker and son, general servants at £30\\ +54 **Andreas Rücker and son**, general servants at £30\\ 
- +55 **Henry Walker**, general servant at £30\\ 
- +56 **Dampe** listed as (Chinaman)employed as hutkeeper at £25 pa. see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list)\\ 
 +57 **Peter Piggott Esq** 
 +58 **Sericold**(?) 1856 
 +59 **Cameron Esq**\\ 
 +60 **Benson Esq**\\ 
 +61 **John Powers**, shearer, 1856 (and other shearers)\\ 
 +63 **Yung** listed as Chinaman and shearer. see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list)\\ 
 +64 **Mortlock**, washer , -? and wool presser\\ 
 +65  **G. Ellworthy**\\ 
 +66,67+ shearers, washers\\ 
 +68 **Godfrey Cott**, 1857, general servant\\ 
 +69 **William Wilson**, bullock driver and general servant employed at £45 pa. 
 +70 **Brady**(?) driving cattle\\ 
 +71 **Achen** (Chinaman) (or Achow?) see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list) and above at Bromelton\\ 
 +72 **Maēr** (German), shepherd or hutkeeper at £25 or £30 pa.\\
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 In his private journal for 1858-60((MLMSS 3117/Box 7X)), TLM-P noted another employee:\\ In his private journal for 1858-60((MLMSS 3117/Box 7X)), TLM-P noted another employee:\\
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