VPRS 14446 Discharged Soldiers Settlement, County of Borung

This series records details relating to settlers under the Discharged Soldiers Act 1917 who had been allocated land in the County of Borung supervised through the Horsham Land District Office. The names with the allotment and section of the allotment are listed with details of cultivation which was being proceeded with. As well, details of advances with the amounts paid made to the settler are given, these usually being for such things as buildings, fences, dams and the clearing or first ploughing of the land. Some entries have comments regarding the progress being made by the settler or the observations made during an inspection.Included as loose papers are maps of townships and parishes in the area such as Colton-Colton, Noradjuha, Wail and Lowan and the township of Natimuk. Some have been annotated with the names of the settlers on a specific allotment.Tenants on soldier settlement land lots were able to lease the land for at first a period of six years with residence and improvements conditions. The terms required the lessee to fence the land, destroy vermin and noxious weeds and some leases required the tenant to erect a dwelling on the land within one year. After six years, lessees could mortgage, transfer or sub-let their land. They could also apply for a Crown Grant to purchase the land if the balance of the purchase monies had been paid.The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1917 (and its successors) allowed for the payment of advances to settlers to allow for the erection of buildings, for fencing, for the purchase of implements and stock and for other defined purposes. The amount able to be obtained and the terms of repayment were set forth in the Acts with the Board (or Commission) able to take a lien or mortgage or other security to ensure repayment of the advance. Inspectors were to both assist the settler and to assess the progress being made and the adherence to the conditions of the lease.

本数据集记录了依据1917年《退伍军人法案》(Discharged Soldiers Act 1917)获得博伦县(County of Borung)土地分配的退伍军人定居者的相关详情，相关土地分配事务由霍舍姆土地地区办事处(Horsham Land District Office)监管。清单中列明了定居者姓名、土地分配地块及分区信息，同时记录了彼时正在开展的土地耕作详情。此外，数据集还记录了向定居者拨付的预付款详情，预付款通常用于建筑施工、围栏搭建、水坝修建以及土地清理或首次翻耕等项目。部分条目还包含定居者的进展情况说明，或是巡查期间的实地观测记录。
随附的活页文件中包含该区域内多个乡镇及教区的地图，涵盖科尔顿-科尔顿(Colton-Colton)、诺拉朱哈(Noradjuha)、韦尔(Wail)、洛万(Lowan)以及纳蒂姆克(Natimuk)镇区。部分地图上已标注出对应特定地块的定居者姓名。
退伍军人定居地块的租户最初可凭居住及土地改良的相关条件租赁土地，租期为六年。租赁条款要求租户完成土地围栏搭建、灭杀害虫害兽与恶性杂草，部分租赁协议还要求租户在一年内于地块上建造住宅。租期届满六年之后，租户可对土地进行抵押、转让或转租。若已付清剩余购地款项，租户还可申请王室土地授产以获取该土地的所有权。
1917年《退伍军人定居法案》(Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1917)及其后续修订法案允许向定居者拨付预付款，用于建筑搭建、围栏修建、农具与牲畜购置，以及其他经明确规定的用途。可获得的预付款额度及还款条款均在法案中列明，相关监管委员会(Board/Commission)可通过留置权、抵押权或其他担保方式保障预付款的偿还。巡查员的职责包括协助定居者开展工作，同时评估定居进展情况以及租户对租赁条款的遵守情况。