soldier settlement

British  

noun

1. the allocation of Crown land for farming to ex-servicemen

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Other Word Forms

• soldier settler noun

Example Sentences

More significant in her memory was the return of “our boys”, soldiers like her uncle William who were granted soldier settlement blocks in the north-west and Mallee region.

From The Guardian

Referring to the soldier settlement he had visited on his way to Brisbane, he congratulated the Queensland Government on the foresight and energy with which they had tackled the repatriations problems.

From Project Gutenberg

Other places visited were Tiaro, where the assemblage that greeted the Prince consisted chiefly of agriculturalists; Gympie, where the returned men, assembled in a war-memorial park, included gold-miners as well as farmers; Cooroy, where the Prince made the acquaintance of a large logging community; Landsborough, where sugar-cane planters, and banana and orange-growers preponderated, and Beerburrum, Queensland's biggest soldier settlement, where he shook hands with a large number of returned men engaged in growing pineapples.

From Project Gutenberg

By judicious division of labor in the soldier settlement, men were portioned off in accordance with their special aptitudes, and every one was busy.

From Project Gutenberg

Without these advantages the plan of soldier settlement would fail in many instances.

From Project Gutenberg