A Land Fit for Heroes?

Suicide – it was all too much for William Charles Angus Brown!

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.

Clearing land for bananas – Mullumbimby Soldier Settlement.

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.   http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexsearch/searchform.aspx?id=75     This […]

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.

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.

Read Hugh Belling’s account of his childhood on the soldier settlement block his father Arthur Bertram Belling took up after World War One.

Read about James Longmore and the difficulties he had as a soldier settler.

Diary of Walter Ash – Soldier Settler.  Walter outlines the difficulties he and his family faced in a terrible flood in 1931.

In commemoration of ANZAC Day this Sunday, Selena Williams has written a post over on the Archives Outside blog titled Acknowledging World War One Nurses as Soldier Settlers. To quote from the post: Not quite seen as “heroes” Australian women who served overseas during World War One as nurses were entitled to apply for land under […]