Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing WorkersQueensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau
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Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers
Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau
Queensland -- Economic conditions
(Man, farm; Wife, cook) £80 to £120 per annum with board and
lodging. On sheep and cattle stations married couples are provided
with a furnished cottage, rations, and other perquisites to the
value of about £3 per week in addition to their wages.
Stockmen and Boundary Riders.
From 20s. to 35s. per week and found. Where married men are
employed on sheep and cattle stations, they are allowed, in
addition to their wages, a furnished house, rations, and other
perquisites to the value of about £3 per week. Single men similarly
employed get, besides their wages, board and lodging and other
perquisites equivalent to what it would cost them for board and
lodging in the township.
Useful Lads.
10s. to 15s. per week with board and lodging.
Grooms.
15s. to 30s. per week with board and lodging.
Female Domestics.
10s. to 30s. per week with board and lodging.
Cooks (Male and Female).
20s. to 40s. per week with board and lodging.
Gardeners.
6s. to 8s. per day and one meal.
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
Where is Queensland?
The State of Queensland is situated in the northeast of the
island-continent of Australia, between latitude 29 deg. and 10 deg.
south; longitude 153-1/2 and 138 deg. east.
What is Queensland?
The richest State of the Commonwealth of Australia, with an
area of 429,120,000 acres, over 3,000 miles of coast line, and the
healthiest climate in the world.
How to get to Queensland.
By any of the great steamship companies’ boats that call at
Brisbane (the capital), or by any vessel sailing for Australian
ports.
Where to get Particulars re Passages.
At the Queensland Agent-General’s Office, Marble Hall, 409 and
410 Strand, London, W.C., and Immigration Depôt, Kangaroo Point,
Brisbane.
Free Passages.
These are granted from the United Kingdom to any port of
Queensland to agricultural labourers introduced under contract.
Conditions of Free Passages.
The employer must pay a fee of £7 for each labourer introduced,
provide him with suitable accommodation, and guarantee him a year’s
work at wages approved by the Government.
Approved Immigrants.
Approved immigrants can obtain a passage to any port in
Queensland at the following rates:—Males, 12 years and upwards,
£7; females, 12 years and upwards, £3; immigrants’ children (1 year
and under 12 years), £1 10s. Maximum age: Males, married women, and
widows, 45 years; single women, 35 years.
On What Conditions?
The sum of £1 must be deposited with the Agent-General,
in addition to the prescribed fees. This sum is refunded to the
immigrant on arrival. In the case of families applying for passages
as assisted immigrants, one deposit only covers the whole family.
Nominated Immigrants.
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