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Military records identify individuals who either served in the military or who were eligible for service. Evidence that an ancestor served in the military may be found in family records, biographies, census, probate records, civil registration, and church records.

Military records may include:

Muster rolls
Personnel files
Regimental account books
Letters of deportment
Lists of officers
Pay vouchers or records
Pension records
Records of leave
Naval records
Descriptive rolls

Soldier Settlement

Soldier settlement, also known as the Soldier Settlement Scheme or Soldiers Settlement Scheme, administered by the Soldier Settlement Commission, was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under schemes administered by the state governments after World War I and World War II.
Such settlement plans initially began during World War I, with South Australia first enacting legislation in 1915. Similar schemes gained impetus across Australia in February 1916.
It was federal-state cooperative process of selling or leasing Crown land to soldiers who had been demobilized following the end of their service in this first global conflict.
Crown land was used where possible, but much land was acquired. By 1924, just over 24 million acres had been acquired or allocated. 23.2 million acres had been allotted 23,367 farms across Australia.
Other than supporting soldiers and sailors that were returning from those wars the various governments also saw the opportunity of attracting both Australians and specific groups of allied service personnel to some of the otherwise little inhabited, remote areas of Australia.
In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme.
The procedure of supporting such soldiers was repeated after World War II with all Australian state governments using the previous and amended forms of such acts of parliament to reinvigorate the program for this new generation of returned soldiers.
In order to buy or lease such a block soldiers were required to be certified as qualified and to remain in residence on that land for five years. In this way remote rural areas set aside for such settlement were guaranteed a population expansion which remained to increase infrastructure in the area.
Soldiers who were successful in gaining such a block of land had the opportunity to start a farming life in a number of rural activities including as wool, dairy, cattle, pigs, fruit, fodder and grain.
These initial land allotments resulted in triumph for some and despair for others. Indeed, specifically following World War I, in some cases these new farmers, unable to cope with the climatic variances of Australia and devoid of the capital to increase stock or quality of life, simply walked off the land back to the large towns and cities from whence they had come.
The success of the program increased after World War II when the infrastructure required for these new farmers was improved as a direct result of learning from the mistakes that came during and after the first attempts at such settlement.
Despite the fact that Aboriginal Australians fought alongside other Australian troops in both World Wars, only a very small number of indigenous applications were successful, including two in Victoria and one in New South Wales.^[1]

References

↑ "Soldier settlement (Australia)", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia), accessed 15 March 2022.

[1] "Soldier settlement (Australia)", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia), accessed 15 March 2022.

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 *[https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/contacts/libraries-and-archives '''Northern Territory Library and Archives''']<br>
 *[https://navigator.nt.gov.au/ Northern Territory Archives Service Navigator]
-==Background==
+==Record Types==
-===Land Grants===
+Military records identify individuals who either served in the military or who were eligible for service. Evidence that an ancestor served in the military may be found in family records, biographies, census, probate records, civil registration, and church records.
-*Governor Phillip, in 25 April 1787, was empowered to grant land to '''emancipists'''. Each male was entitled to 30 acres, an additional 20 acres if married, and 10 acres for each child with him in the settlement at the time of the grant.
-*To encourage free settlers to the colony, Phillip received additional Instructions dated 20 August 1789 entitling '''non-commissioned Marine officers''' to 100 acres and privates to 50 acres, over and above the quantity allowed to convicts.
-*Other settlers coming to the colony were also to be given grants.
-*In 1825, the sale of land by private tender began.
-*In a despatch dated 9 January 1831, Viscount Goderich instructed that no more free grants (except those already promised) be given. All land was thenceforth to be sold at public auction. <ref>"New South Wales, Australia, Land Grants, 1788-1963", at Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5117/, accessed 8 March 2022.</ref>
-===Depasturing Licenses===
-Settlers were permitted to occupy Crown lands for grazing purposes if they obtained a license that could be renewed annually. The first of these licenses was the Ticket of Occupation, which was granted in about 1820. These licenses gave owners rights to grazing land within two miles of their residence. Later, depasturing licenses gave owners rights to the vacant Crown lands beyond the limits of the owners’ homes. (Today, depasturing licenses can be used as census substitutes.) The applications for depasturing licenses list:
-*Name
+Military records may include:
-*Trade or calling
+*Muster rolls
-*Residence
+*Personnel files
-*Land applied for
+*Regimental account books
-*Marital status
+*Letters of deportment
-*Number of children
+*Lists of officers
-*Name and condition of the person under whom stock are to be placed
+*Pay vouchers or records
-*Real or personal estate possessed by applicant
+*Pension records
+*Records of leave
-Licensing impacted not only the grazing industry, but the mining industry as well. Mining licenses began with the gold rush in 1851. Mining is still licensed today.
+*Naval records
+*Descriptive rolls
 ===Soldier Settlement===
-*Soldier settlement, also known as the '''Soldier Settlement Scheme or Soldiers Settlement Scheme''', administered by the Soldier Settlement Commission, was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under schemes administered by the state governments after World War I and World War II.
+*'''Soldier settlement, also known as the Soldier Settlement Scheme or Soldiers Settlement Scheme''', administered by the Soldier Settlement Commission, was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by '''returning discharged soldiers''' under schemes administered by the state governments after World War I and World War II.
-*By 1924, 23.2 million acres (93,900 km²) had been allotted 23,367 farms across Australia.
+*Such settlement plans initially began during World War I, with South Australia first enacting legislation in 1915. Similar schemes gained impetus across Australia in February 1916.
-*Other than supporting soldiers and sailors that were returning from those wars, the various governments also saw the opportunity of attracting both Australians and specific groups of allied service personnel to some of the otherwise little inhabited, remote areas of Australia.
+*It was federal-state cooperative process of '''selling or leasing Crown land to soldiers who had been demobilized''' following the end of their service in this first global conflict.
-*The states took responsibility for land settlement and thus enacted separate soldier settlement schemes.
+*Crown land was used where possible, but much land was acquired. By 1924, just over 24 million acres had been acquired or allocated. 23.2 million acres had been allotted 23,367 farms across Australia.
-*In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme.
+*Other than supporting soldiers and sailors that were returning from those wars the various governments also saw the opportunity of attracting both Australians and specific groups of allied service personnel to some of the otherwise little inhabited, remote areas of Australia.
-*The procedure of supporting such soldiers was repeated after World War II with all Australian state governments.<ref>"Soldier settlement (Australia)", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia), accessed 8 March 2022.</ref>
+*In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme.
+*The procedure of supporting such soldiers was repeated after World War II with all Australian state governments using the previous and amended forms of such acts of parliament to reinvigorate the program for this new generation of returned soldiers.
+*In order to buy or lease such a block soldiers were required to be certified as qualified and to '''remain in residence on that land for five years'''. In this way remote rural areas set aside for such settlement were '''guaranteed a population expansion which remained to increase infrastructure in the area'''.
+*Soldiers who were successful in gaining such a block of land had the opportunity to start a farming life in a number of rural activities including as wool, dairy, cattle, pigs, fruit, fodder and grain.
+*These initial land allotments resulted in triumph for some and despair for others. Indeed, specifically following World War I, in some cases these new farmers, unable to cope with the climatic variances of Australia and devoid of the capital to increase stock or quality of life, simply walked off the land back to the large towns and cities from whence they had come.
+*The success of the program increased after World War II when the infrastructure required for these new farmers was improved as a direct result of learning from the mistakes that came during and after the first attempts at such settlement.
+*Despite the fact that Aboriginal Australians fought alongside other Australian troops in both World Wars, only a very small number of indigenous applications were successful, including two in Victoria and one in New South Wales.<ref>"Soldier settlement (Australia)", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia), accessed 15 March 2022.</ref>
+==References==
+<reeferences/>
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