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The Last Battle - Soldier Settlement in Australia 1916-1939 (Hardcover)
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The Last Battle - Soldier Settlement in Australia 1916-1939 (Hardcover)
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When Australian soldiers returned from the First World War they
were offered the chance to settle on 'land fit for heroes'.
Promotional material painted a picture of prosperous farms and
contented families, appealing to returned servicepeople and their
families hoping for a fresh start. Yet just 20 years after the
inception of these soldier settlement schemes, fewer than half of
the settlers remained on their properties. In this timely book,
based on recently uncovered archives, Bruce Scates and Melanie
Oppenheimer map out a deeply personal history of the soldiers'
struggle to transition from Anzac to farmer and provider. At its
foundation lie thousands of individual life stories shaped by
imperfect repatriation policies. The Last Battle examines the
environmental challenges, the difficulties presented by the
physical and psychological damage many soldiers had sustained
during the war, and the vital roles of women and children.
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