Who paid the price? Wider implications of the post-Great War Soldier Settlement Scheme in Queensland

The post-Great War Soldier Settlement Scheme, a tragic failure for many of the soldier settlers and their families, resulted in huge financial losses for the governments of the day. Less understood is how the Scheme in Queensland impacted the wider community beyond the settlers and their families. T...

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Published inHistory Australia Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 526 - 543
Main Author Clancy, D. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Clayton Routledge 03.07.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Community
land resumptions
Local authorities
Owners
primary producers
Queensland
Settlers
Soldier settlement
Queensland Australia
Australia
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Summary:The post-Great War Soldier Settlement Scheme, a tragic failure for many of the soldier settlers and their families, resulted in huge financial losses for the governments of the day. Less understood is how the Scheme in Queensland impacted the wider community beyond the settlers and their families. This article explains the Scheme's impact on three sections of the wider Queensland community: land owners, other primary producers and local authorities. Drawing on contemporary newspapers and government archival material, this article argues that the Scheme had unintended impacts on members of the wider Queensland community, but those impacts were not always negative.
ISSN:1449-0854
1833-4881
DOI:10.1080/14490854.2021.1956334