I knew a chap when I was young who went up north to Qld to work in the canefields but I don't think it was as far back as WW1. Would it be to get work ? Cheers Robin W

Many thank for all the replies to my query, I have found several articles in the Queensland papers but nothing on encouraging ex service to go north from other states, if anything they were worried that there were not enough jobs for the local men, even suggesting that the women who had held jobs during the war should now stand aside for the returning soldiers. It has been an interesting query and I will keep looking but I think that as the men in Tasmania had done for many years was move to the mainland when work became scarce in Tasmania. When I get the other names it might show some more light on whether it was just the ex service men that were moving north. Regards Irene Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason men went to Cairns. I knew a chap when I was young who went up north to Qld to work in the canefields but I don't think it was as far back as WW1. Would it be to get work ? Cheers Robin W --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

As Chris noted, the law was changed in 1906 so that Pacific Islanders, who had formed a large part of the sugar cane workforce in Qld, were deemed "aliens" and deported from the country. White labour thus needed to be brought in to replace them. There's some background on the legislation and ramifications here: https://auspublaw.org/2016/10/still-paying-for-the-laws-failure/ Cheers, Katherine On 26/06/2018 8:21 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Many thank for all the replies to my query, I have found several articles in > the Queensland papers but nothing on encouraging ex service to go north from > other states, if anything they were worried that there were not enough jobs > for the local men, even suggesting that the women who had held jobs during > the war should now stand aside for the returning soldiers. It has been an > interesting query and I will keep looking but I think that as the men in > Tasmania had done for many years was move to the mainland when work became > scarce in Tasmania. > When I get the other names it might show some more light on whether it was > just the ex service men that were moving north. > > Regards > > Irene > > > > Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason men went to Cairns. > > I knew a chap when I was young who went up north to Qld to work in the > canefields but I don't think it was as far back as WW1. Would it be to > get work ? > Cheers Robin W > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Katherine, A very interesting article, thanks for sharing. Cheers Lyn VIC