One of my G. Uncles went to Queensland from Tasmania to work in the cane fields after he returned from serving overseas during WW1. I'm not sure why he went. I have a photo of him in the cane fields. On 26 Jun 2018 8:22 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