"I have seen these men working under various masters and at various employments. No doubt their importance to Queensland mainly attaches to the growth and manufacture of sugar, but they are also engaged on wharves, about the towns, in the meat-preserving establishments, in some instances as shepherds and occasionally as domestic servants…"
~ Description of Queensland visit, 1875 in Anthony Trollope, 'NSW and Queensland',1875. p 169
Source: Part of the Federation Story
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