The Village Settlements were communes set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893, a scheme intended to mitigate the effects of the depression that was affecting the Colony. It followed the New Zealand Village Settlements Act and similar schemes in Canada and New South Wales, and concurrently with Victoria. It followed the "blockers" scheme espoused by George W. Cotton. Holder and Murtho were proclaimed as Village Settlements by May 1896, Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook and Ramco followed.
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| - The Village Settlements were communes set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893, a scheme intended to mitigate the effects of the depression that was affecting the Colony. It followed the New Zealand Village Settlements Act and similar schemes in Canada and New South Wales, and concurrently with Victoria. It followed the "blockers" scheme espoused by George W. Cotton. Holder and Murtho were proclaimed as Village Settlements by May 1896, Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook and Ramco followed. (en)
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| - Pyap, South Australia
- Mount Remarkable, South Australia
- Holder, South Australia
- Intentional community
- Settlement schemes
- Melrose, South Australia
- New Era, South Australia
- Moorook, South Australia
- Morgan, South Australia
- Mount Compass, South Australia
- Murtho, South Australia
- Lyrup, South Australia
- Mid North
- History of South Australia
- Towns in South Australia
- Waikerie, South Australia
- Wilmington, South Australia
- Peter Paul Gillen
- Charleston, South Australia
- Block (rural Australia)
- Edwin Thomas Smith
- George Vause Birks
- George W. Cotton
- Thomas Hyland Smeaton
- D. M. Charleston
- Nangkita, South Australia
- New Residence, South Australia
- Ramco, South Australia
- Wilton Hack
- Chaffey Brothers
- Kingston-On-Murray, South Australia
- dbr:Charleston-on-Murray
- dbr:Gillen,_South_Australia
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| - The Village Settlements were communes set up by the South Australian government under Part VII of the Crown Lands Amendment Act 1893, a scheme intended to mitigate the effects of the depression that was affecting the Colony. It followed the New Zealand Village Settlements Act and similar schemes in Canada and New South Wales, and concurrently with Victoria. It followed the "blockers" scheme espoused by George W. Cotton. Thirteen settlements were surveyed: Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook, Ramco, Holder, Murtho, New Residence, , New Era and all on the River Murray, Mount Remarkable in the Mid North, and Nangkita to the south of Adelaide. Holder and Murtho were proclaimed as Village Settlements by May 1896, Lyrup, Pyap, Kingston, Waikerie, Moorook and Ramco followed. The Village Settlement Aid Society was formed to give financial and other assistance to the "villagers". Its secretary was Thomas Hyland Smeaton. (en)
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of | - Cadell, South Australia
- Pyap, South Australia
- Melville Birks
- Holder, South Australia
- Cobdogla
- Moorook, South Australia
- Murtho, South Australia
- Lyrup, South Australia
- List of Murray–Darling steamboats
- Block (rural Australia)
- Thomas Hyland Smeaton
- Pompoota, South Australia
- Kingston On Murray, South Australia
- Nangkita, South Australia
- New Residence, South Australia
- Ramco, South Australia
- Soldier settlement (Australia)
- Thomas Henry Brooker
- Village Settlements (South Australian)
- Irrigation Settlement
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