Village Settlements (Queensland)

Village Settlements were agricultural towns established in Queensland during the 1880s as a means to attract settlers.[1] In a bid to create a sense of community, these settlements consisted of a centralised village centre surround by 40 or 80 acre allotments. Settlers would be assigned two allotments: a lot within the village where they could establish a home, and a larger allotment for farming. [2] The success of the scheme was largely influenced by the accessibility of the locations.[3] The scheme was reportedly drafted by Sir Samuel Griffith[4][citation needed]

List of village settlements

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Land agent district Settlement name Advertised farms[2] Settled farms in 1891[3]
Aramae Bimbah 59 0
Blackall Foxhall 61 0
Bowen Conway 51* 0
Brisbane Ninderry 19 19
Brisbane Connondale 28 8
Brisbane Gneering 16 16
Bundaburg Cordalba 28 23
Bundaburg Bodalla 17 17
Gympie Tuchekoi 14 14
Gympie Brooyar 45 24
Gympie West Teebar 18 11
Gympie East Teebar 28 14
Gympie Pinbarren 22 19
Gympie Woondum** 10 2
Herberton Eacham 28* 3
Inglewood Koorongara 38 1
Inglewood South Koorongara 33 12
Mackay St Helens 38 0
Mackay Hilsborough 24 0
Mackay Dullawunna 11 4
Mackay Murrinda 27 0
Nanango Taalinga 28 22
Port Douglas Euluma 28 0
Port Douglas Murrin Murrin 24 0
Roma Cogurra 60 9
Roma North Hodgson 36 11
Roma Yingerbay 60 0
Roma Wallumbilla 78 21
Toowoomba Ravensbourne 80 80

Notes: *The number of properties advertised and made available differed[2][3] **This place was not listed in the government advertisement.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Thom Blake. "Wallumbilla – a village settlement". Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Queensland.; Queensland. Agent-General, issuing body. (1880), "1 broadside : colour maps ; 43 x 28 cm", Village settlements in Queensland : important to farmers, their sons, working farm men, gardeners, fruit growers, and others wishing to acquire freehold homes and cultivate their own land, London: Agent-General for Queensland, nla.obj-138192194, retrieved 28 December 2020 – via Trove
  3. ^ a b c "The Village Settlement Schema". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 14 February 1891. p. 321. Retrieved 28 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "RAVENSBOURNE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XLVII, no. 10, 304. Queensland, Australia. 23 January 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.