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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Mortlake, Victoria (category Australian soldier settlements)
    After WWII another soldier settlement scheme was established in Mortlake. The former Mortlake Shire had the highest number of soldier settlers in Australia...
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    sheepwash. In 1920 Gringegalgona was subdivided as part of the Soldier Settlement scheme for soldiers returning from the First World War. Blocks were subdivided...
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    Merbein (category Australian soldier settlements)
    the settlement quickly change from dairying to the growing of the less perishable crops of citrus and grapes for drying and spirit making. Soldier settlement...
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