smiller Posted 18 January , 2019 Share Posted 18 January , 2019 Is there much information about nurse settlement schemes? A web-based article about Australian soldier settlement schemes says nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers could also apply. It cites Marilyn Lake (AO) saying a Returned nurse Annie Smith began a dairy farm and describes some of her challenges. https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 18 January , 2019 Share Posted 18 January , 2019 The nurses were included in the Soldier's Settlement Act Scheme of 1916. Here are two from NSW- https://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/case-studies/laffin-nellie-alfreda-nee-pike/ https://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/case-studies/reardon-florence-josephine/ They are from this website which covers those that settled in NSW - https://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/about/ There are several wives of deceased soldiers in the case studies if you search them out. Marilyn Lake wrote a book about the scheme in Victoria called Limits of Hope: Soldier Settlements in Victoria 1915-1938. It would be worth your while searching out a copy of that book. I am sure Trove would locate some further information on nurses who took up the scheme. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 18 January , 2019 Admin Share Posted 18 January , 2019 (edited) Here's the one I found on Trove using the search "Nurse and Settlement" - sadly not digitised (Broken link) Regards David Edited 21 January , 2019 by DavidOwen Broken link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiller Posted 21 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Thanks Scott, your suggestions seem to sum up what I could quickly find Sorry David but your link comes up as timed-out, so I am not sure what it refers to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 21 January , 2019 Admin Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Smiler, my apologies. It referred if I recall correctly to a Nurse Chapman making a claim under the soldiers' settlement scheme. It is not a digitised record so can't be viewed online, but it was the only one to appear under those search terms. I will edit my previous post to avoid others following a broken link. Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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