s ▁death . ▁Est her ▁and ▁Bl od wen ▁sold ▁veget ables ▁in ▁Howard ▁to ▁supp lement ▁his ▁w ages ▁which ▁were ▁bare ly ▁enough ▁to ▁feed ▁the ▁family ▁and ▁the ▁sons ▁h unted ▁for ▁wild ▁birds ▁to ▁provide ▁some ▁protein ▁in ▁their ▁di et . ▁Est her ▁was ▁known ▁in ▁the ▁district ▁as ▁a ▁" wise ▁woman ", ▁someone ▁who ▁would ▁assist ▁women ▁in ▁having ▁their ▁b ab ies ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁she ▁trad ed ▁her ▁mid w if ery ▁skills ▁for ▁other ▁goods ▁or ▁services . ▁Mid w ives , ▁both ▁trained ▁and ▁un tra ined , ▁provided ▁the ▁primary ▁care ▁for ▁bir thing ▁women ▁in ▁Queensland ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁home bir thing ▁continued ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁common ▁practice ▁in ▁rural ▁areas ▁than ▁urban . ▁ ▁The ▁mines ▁in ▁the ▁Tor ban lea ▁district ▁were ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁opportunity ▁for ▁migr ants ▁and ▁yet ▁the ▁conditions ▁for ▁min ers ▁were ▁such ▁that ▁financial ▁security ▁was ▁still ▁difficult ▁to ▁att ain . ▁Co al ▁was ▁first ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁B urr um ▁River ▁region ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁and ▁min ing ▁was ▁well ▁under way ▁by ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁producing ▁mines ▁- ▁B urr um , ▁River bank ▁and ▁Tor ban lea , ▁which ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁produced ▁about ▁one ▁fifth ▁of ▁the ▁Col ony ' s ▁total ▁production . ▁The ▁B urr um ▁Col li ery ▁run ▁by ▁Queensland ▁Col lier ies