Talk:Soldier settlement
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editI am unfamiliar with how the schemes operated in the other states, but in Western Australia, the post-World War I Soldier Settlement Scheme was later taken over by the Group Settlement Scheme and together these had a major impact on the fabric of Western Australian Society, and in particular, settlement of rural areas in the state. In 1919, the Overseas Settlement Committee was setup and headed by Winston Churchill. And before that, in 1916, Sir Rider Haggard was sent on a tour of southern Africa and all of the Australian states, presumably by the British Colonial Office to ascertain their capacity and interest in taking British migrants.
J.P. Gabbedy's two volume book 'Group Settlement' is an excellent resource on both the SS scheme as well as the the GSS in WA. The latter has long been in my to-do list. —Moondyne 02:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Source for Victorian Western District WW1
edit- http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/keneley2.htm looks a good and authoritative source for info. I have to skedaddle right now so can't contribute today. Regards --Golden Wattle talk 22:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Why the parenthetical location?
editThere's no page called Soldier settlement on Wikipedia, so why is this page named Soldier settlement (Australia)? Seems unnecessary, and people are likely to search for the two-word phrase and might want to get to this page straight up without having to interpret the search results page. 180.214.168.191 (talk) 08:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)Dave
- And now that the change has been made, it's a meaningless title, two words with multiple meanings. The bracketed "Australia" looked like a dab term but it anchored the article. There are separate articles for the various States' implementation of the principle and this is the head article. Perhaps "[[Soldier settlement programs in Australia]]". It's an important article and deserves better. Doug butler (talk) 00:52, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
New External Link added
editI moderate the Culture Victoria website and have added an external link to videos and images from the Red Cliffs soldier settlement area.Eleworth (talk) 05:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)