From Jenny off the New South Wales list. Jenelle. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jnnyb@aol.com> To: <AUS-NSW-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 11:04 AM Subject: Unemployed men who went to Melbourne > Hello everyone, > > I have recently launched a web site that lists some men who were registered as unemployed with the Labour Bureau in Melbourne in mid 1892. > > http://home.primusonline.com.au/jennyc/Melbourne/ > > This period was the middle of a severe depression in Victoria and many families moved around the country in search of work. Some had come from South Australia where years of devastating drought had caused a depression in the 1880s, just when Melbourne was having its famous land boom. > Some moved on to seek their fortunes on Western Australia's goldfields, while others came from New South Wales although things economically were not as severe there as in other states. There are also some 'Taswegians'. > > The site is a work in progress with approximately 500 of the 4,000 families currently listed. If you find a name of interest, remember to click on the name even if no BDMs are given as other identifying info may be in the file notes. e.g. "last worked as a butcher in Maitland, NSW" or "just arrived in colony" or "six children - oldest a boy aged 15 yrs" or even "supports sister and her child". > > Of course please contact me if you find a family member. > > best wishes, > > Jenny Coates > > Melbourne's Unemployed in the 1890s > http://home.primusonline.com.au/jennyc/Melbourne/ > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >