In our family research we have uncovered a letter written by my grandfather to his son in Queensland. My grandfather lived and worked on properties in and around Nyngan from 1892 until 1930. In the letter he mentions the need to "stand" one of his sons to get work. Does anyone know what a stand was / is? It sounds like some sort of surety? bond? or maybe to purchase gear to work? The actual wording is........ "Tomy is not doing anything at all, I have no money to stand him again, if I could get one pound it would do to make another stand" To put it into context - they had come from Nyngan to Sydney as there was obviously no work in Nyngan for them. This was June 1930, the middle of the depression and they had no money, the only person in the family working was a 12 year old son who was earning a "few bob a day" In the letter they are making plans for the older boys to make their way to Bendigo to look for gold. It never happened, my grandfather died a few months after the letter was written and Tomy was killed in a horse accident 6 months later. Any thoughts? Many thanks Karen