A scheme to promote rural development by establishing farmers in underdeveloped areas.
they aimed to place as many people as possible on the land by establishing government-assisted settlement schemes
Example sentencesExamples
- The establishment of the Settlement Scheme along the River Murray was designed to utilise waste lands for irrigation.
- It was hoped that the Settlement Scheme would support the unemployed and remove them from the city.
- He received some property in the settlement scheme after the war.
- A comprehensive settlement scheme was put in place, with co-operative arrangements between new farmers.
- State governments established the soldier settlement scheme to reward returned soldiers with the opportunity to attain landed independence.