Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered...
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Coominya Soldier Settlement was a soldier settlement in Coominya in the present-day Somerset Region local government area of South East Queensland, Australia...
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Beerburrum Soldier Settlement was a soldier settlement in Beerburrum, Queensland, Australia, established to provide opportunities for Australian soldiers returning...
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The Soldier Settlement Board was established in Canada in 1917 to assist returned servicemen in setting up farms. The Board would give assistance to any...
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Flinders Island (section Soldier settlement schemes)
Whitemark, and then in 1833 to the Wybalenna Aboriginal Establishment at Settlement Point. Wybalenna is translated as "dwellings" or more colloquially "Black...
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Soldier, Idaho Soldier, Iowa Soldier, Kansas Soldier, Kentucky Soldier, Pennsylvania Soldier Field, football stadium in Chicago, Illinois Soldier Key, Florida...
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Pikedale, Queensland (redirect from Pikedale soldier settlements)
Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the areas used for soldier settlements following service in World War I. In the 2021 census, Pikedale had...
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John McEwen (section Soldier-settler)
before his unit was shipped out. He was nonetheless eligible for a soldier settlement scheme, and selected a property at Stanhope. He established a dairy...
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acquired the land for use in the Soldier Settlement scheme. Hubert (Fred) Dulhunty was then granted a five-year soldier settlement lease of 804 acres (325 ha)...
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Government launched the Ex-Soldier Settlement Scheme. It became the largest single allocation of land for European settlement in Kenyan history, involving...
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Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are...
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Glossop, South Australia (category South Australian soldier settlements)
region of South Australia. It was gazetted in 1921 as the town in a soldier settlement area after the First World War and was named after Admiral Glossop...
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growing up on a soldier settler block at Kurmond in the 1930s. The area was well known at that time for its orchards and soldier settlement houses. The village...
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from the Soldier Settlement Scheme immediately after World War I. Targeting civilians and others who were otherwise ineligible for the Soldiers' scheme...
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Soldier Settlement Act, 1917 (shortly replaced by the Soldier Settlement Act, 1919) the Soldier Settlement Board established the Kapuskasing Soldier Colony...
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Denbarker, Western Australia (category Western Australian soldier settlements)
Rocky Gully and neighbouring Perillup, Denbarker was part of the soldier settlement scheme after the Second World War. Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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support of primary industry and sought to use assisted migration and soldier settlement to supply the necessary labour. Mitchell first became premier in 1919...
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Seven Hills, New South Wales (category New South Wales soldier settlements)
disabled veterans of the First World War. This led to the development of soldier settlement schemes. Hadlington persuaded the state government to acquire the...
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was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme. He later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same...
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commonly known as Thorns Bush, became officially known as Bankstown Soldier Settlement in 1917. Many streets in the area are named after World War 1 battles...
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The Heytesbury Settlement Scheme was a soldier settlement scheme established in the Western District of Victoria, Australia after World War II. The scheme...
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Jews, soldiers (drafted in accordance with the Recruit Charter of 1810), and their families had the right to live outside the Pale of Settlement. In some...
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(18 May 2023). "Murray River". VFA. Retrieved 23 December 2023. "Soldier settlement after the First World War | Australian War Memorial". www.awm.gov...
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under the Ubobo Soldier Settlement Scheme. In the 1960s, the Davies family purchased Lot 114 (formerly Portion 114), on which another soldier settler's house...
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Hillston, New South Wales (category New South Wales soldier settlements)
small rural properties onto which returning soldiers were repatriated under the New South Wales soldier settlement scheme. The railway between Griffith and...
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Victoria, Australia, established in 1927 as a soldier settlement zone for returning First World War soldiers, was named after the island. There are three...
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17 June 1925 and been renamed Barmera in 1937. Barmera had been a soldier settlement community after World War I. The Berri Barmera Council has a directly-elected...
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Wollert, Victoria (category Australian soldier settlements)
late 1940s, several large Wollert properties were purchased by the Soldier Settlement. They were then subdivided and allocated to eligible ex-servicemen...
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Victoria, to work on farms, which they could then apply for under the soldier settlement scheme. The hospital was on or next to Barooga Station. Living quarters...
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Pallinup, Western Australia (category Western Australian soldier settlements)
siding. In the post-First World War era, Pallinup was developed as a soldier settlement scheme and was considered prosperus and successful. The Pallinup Estate...
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