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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1955

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Land for Soldiers

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 4 May 1955 · page 4

A fat lamb raising block at Neville, near Blayney, is now open for application under the war service…

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Government Notice War Service Land Settlement "Bookham" Estate, Yass "Myrtle Park, Estate, Finley

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 11 May 1955 · page 6

Attention is invited to a notification in the Govern ment Gazette, of 29th April, 1955, setting apart…

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Gift Rams to Soldier Settlers

The Western Herald · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 6

The annual gift of 100 merino rams by Bundemar Stud for men on war. service land settlement farms is now open…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 11

Two war service land settlement estates comprising fourteen farms will be open for…

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Gift Rams to Soldier Settlers

The Western Herald · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 13

Soldier settlers who wish to share in the sixth annual gift of one hundred "Bundemar" merino rams…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 13

Landowners who want particular ex-servicemen to set soldier settlement farms out of their land…

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Ballot for Soldier Settlement Blocks

The Western Herald · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 8

The result of a ballot under the war service land settlement scheme for a 1,020 acre fat lamb block near Binaway…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 7

Flood damage in many dairying areas and the longer time being taken by settlers to become fully…

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War Service Farms

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 1 June 1955 · page 7

Applications for fourteen war service land settlement farms close on Friday, June 3, states the…

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THE Friendly Way Only One Good War

The Western Herald · Friday 3 June 1955 · page 13

Seek good and not evil, that ye may live.—Amos 5:14. When Robert Louis Stevenson was a little boy, with that…

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The Gilgandra War Memorial Literary Institute

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 8 June 1955 · page 1

As a result of recent meetings of the Committee of the War Memorial Literary Institute, and of the work of the Library Committee in restoring…

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Soldier Settler Ballot Result

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 8 June 1955 · page 5

A ballot among soldier settlers for 100 Bundemar rams, a gift from the estate of the late F. E. Body,…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 2

The result of a ballot under the war service land settlement scheme for six mixed farms near Cassilis…

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War Service Land Settlement

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 2

State Cabinet today approvd expenditure of about £132,000 for 8,250 acres of land for war…

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War Memorial Alterations to Institute Agreed to

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 1

At a public meeting held on June 9, it was agreed to make alterations to the Gilgandra War Memorial Literary Institute from monies raised some time…

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War Service Land Settlement Scheme

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 3

Four mixed farms near Baradine will be thrown open for application under the war service land settle…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 2

Ex-servicemen who get notice of their proposed exclusion from soldier settlement land ballots should…

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Soldier Settlement Eleven Blocks Becoming Available Near Cassilis

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 8

Applications should be lodged with the Crown Land Agent at Mudgee between Monday, July 11,…

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Soldier Block S at Baradine

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 13 July 1955 · page 8

Applications under the war service land settle ment scheme for four mix cil farms near Baradine…

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Soldier Settlement

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 7

Five irrigation dairy farm blocks near Mulwala in the Southern Riverina will be thrown open…

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