NSW State Archives

Soldier Settlement Indexes

NSW State Archives

The passage of the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act 1916, (Act No 21 1916) allowed the settlement of returned soldiers on Crown and Closer Settlement lands. When applying for land, an ex-serviceman was required to complete a Qualification Certificate which was a declaration of his or her status as an ex-service person and eligibility for land.

These indexes were created by the State Records NSW Volunteer program.

Data and Resources
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Closer Settlement Promotion files, 1913-
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Closer Settlement Transfer Registers, Jul 1919 - Apr 1925
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Closer Settlement and Returned Soldier’s Transfer files, ...
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Registers of Settlement Purchase, 1905-1929
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Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files
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Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files
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Additional Information
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Title Soldier Settlement Indexes
Date Published 28/05/2013
Last Updated 31/10/2019
Publisher/Agency NSW State Archives
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency Never/Static
Contact Point State Records Authority
info@records.nsw.gov.au
Data Portal Data.NSW