VPRS 10383 Advances Files, Unemployed Relief and Soldier Settlement

This series consists mainly of files relating to the occupation of land under the Unemployment Relief Amendment Act 1930 and the Closer Settlement Act 1928. Land was available for this settlement as the Closer Settlement Board had land already purchased or reserved for the purposes of closer or soldier settlement. For example, under Section 99 of the Closer Settlement Act 1928 permits could be issued for grazing and cultivation on land acquired by the Board but not yet disposed of or applied for under a conditional purchase lease. As well, land was also available where a lease had been cancelled or revoked.Under Section 6 of the Unemployment Relief Amendment Act 1930, sums of money were provided for settlers to travel to the land and for the acquisition of hand tools and stock for domestic use under, initially, the supervision of the Unemployment Relief Works Board (VA 3146).Details in the files relate to agreements made between the settler and the Board as well as documentation relating to the provision of assistance as well as Inspectors of Land Settlement reports.Files in VPRS 10383/P1 were formerly held in VPRS 10381/P Soldier Settlement Advances Files.

本系列档案主要涵盖依据1930年《失业救济修正法案》（Unemployment Relief Amendment Act 1930）及1928年《密集定居法》（Closer Settlement Act 1928）开展土地占用相关的文件。本次安置可使用的土地，由密集定居委员会（Closer Settlement Board）已购置或预留的土地提供，此类土地原用于密集定居或军人安置。例如，根据1928年《密集定居法》第99条，委员会可就其已收购但尚未处置，或尚未通过附条件购买租赁方式申请使用的土地，发放放牧与耕作许可。此外，租赁已被撤销或废止的土地，亦可用于本次安置。根据1930年《失业救济修正法案》第6条，法案为安置者提供前往安置土地的旅费，以及购置家用手工工具与牲畜的资金，该款项最初由失业救济工程委员会（Unemployment Relief Works Board，档案编号VA 3146）监管。档案内的详细内容涵盖安置者与委员会签订的各类协议、安置援助相关文件，以及土地监察员（Inspectors of Land Settlement）的工作报告。VPRS 10383/P1系列档案原存放于VPRS 10381/P《军人安置预付款档案》（Soldier Settlement Advances Files）中。