A Land Fit for Heroes? http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au A History of Soldier Settlement in New South Wales, 1916-1939 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:56:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Your story, your life and your difficulties should never be forgotten. Rest in Peace now Paddy Boylan http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/your-story-your-life-and-your-difficulties-should-never-be-forgotten-rest-in-peace-now-paddy-boylan/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/your-story-your-life-and-your-difficulties-should-never-be-forgotten-rest-in-peace-now-paddy-boylan/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:51:50 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=2276 Read about the difficulties this soldier settler Charles (Paddy) Boylan faced on the land when his mental and physical state was incredibily affected by his war service.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/your-story-your-life-and-your-difficulties-should-never-be-forgotten-rest-in-peace-now-paddy-boylan/feed/ 0 Arthur Campbell Robinson – Mullumbimby Soldier Settlement http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/arthur-campbell-robinson-mullumbimby/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/arthur-campbell-robinson-mullumbimby/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:37:10 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=2248 Clearing land for bananas – Mullumbimby Soldier Settlement.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/arthur-campbell-robinson-mullumbimby/feed/ 0 Index to Returned Soldiers Loan files now online http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/index-to-returned-soldiers-loan-files-now-online/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/index-to-returned-soldiers-loan-files-now-online/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:31:43 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=2221 The indexing of these loan files has been an ongoing project carried out by a group of volunteers at State Records. This work has taken several years to complete.  Many of these loan files have been used to write the Case Studies for the ‘Land fit for Heroes’ internet site.
 
 
 
This index will be of interest to local and family historians researching land ownership originally obtained under the Returned Soldiers Settlement scheme. There are c.7000 entries to search!
]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/index-to-returned-soldiers-loan-files-now-online/feed/ 0 Keeping the home fires burning! http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/keeping-the-home-fires-burning/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/keeping-the-home-fires-burning/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:17:01 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=2207 While her husband Lionel was in hospital recovering from his war injuries, his wife Jessie Sheldon was running the soldier settlement block and looking after their baby.  A difficult time for all.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/keeping-the-home-fires-burning/feed/ 0 Difficulties faced on the land by a dependent of a Deceased Soldier http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/difficulties-faced-for-the-dependent-of-a-deceased-soldier-settler/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/difficulties-faced-for-the-dependent-of-a-deceased-soldier-settler/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:03:07 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=2127 Agnes Martha Cairns faced considerable difficulties as a woman on the land without the support of a husband or son.  Please read some of her story.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/difficulties-faced-for-the-dependent-of-a-deceased-soldier-settler/feed/ 0 Growing up on a soldier settlement block in the 1920s and 30s http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/growing-up-on-a-soldier-settlement-block-in-the-1920s-and-30s/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/growing-up-on-a-soldier-settlement-block-in-the-1920s-and-30s/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:48:01 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=1965 Read Hugh Belling’s account of his childhood on the soldier settlement block his father Arthur Bertram Belling took up after World War One.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/growing-up-on-a-soldier-settlement-block-in-the-1920s-and-30s/feed/ 0 Soldier Settler – James Longmore http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/soldier-settler-james-longmore/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/soldier-settler-james-longmore/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:41:59 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=1916 Read about James Longmore and the difficulties he had as a soldier settler.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/soldier-settler-james-longmore/feed/ 0 Diary of a Soldier Settler – Walter Ash http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/diary-of-a-soldier-settler-walter-ash/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/diary-of-a-soldier-settler-walter-ash/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:09:11 +0000 Selena Williams http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=1601 Diary of Walter Ash – Soldier Settler.  Walter outlines the difficulties he and his family faced in a terrible flood in 1931.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/diary-of-a-soldier-settler-walter-ash/feed/ 0 Recollections of the Richmond River – a Soldier Settler’s Son http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/recollections-of-the-richmond-river-a-soldier-settlers-son/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/recollections-of-the-richmond-river-a-soldier-settlers-son/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:08:49 +0000 admin http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=1500 We received another wonderful ‘recollection’ from the son of a soldier settler.

This account is by Kelvin Dagg about his father Roy Edward Dagg.

If you’d like to send in information and/or photos of relatives listed in the Soldier Settler Case Studies please contact us.

]]> http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/recollections-of-the-richmond-river-a-soldier-settlers-son/feed/ 0 My father Walter Arnold Davis – Soldier Settler http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/my-father-walter-arnold-davis-soldier-settler/ http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/my-father-walter-arnold-davis-soldier-settler/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:17:29 +0000 admin http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/?p=1412 Since our previous post we have received another ‘recollection’ from the son of a Soldier Settler.

This account is by Marjorie Myers about her father Walter Arnold Davis.

If you’d like to send in information and/or photos of relatives listed in the Soldier Settler Case Studies please contact us.

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