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group settlement


noun a 1920s settlement scheme whereby the underdeveloped south-western Western Australia was to be settled by British immigrants.

Contributor's comments: The Victorian government had a similar scheme called Closer Settlement. In the 1950s I also heard of a "Soldier Settlement" scheme which could apply for example to British ex-service men.