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The monument commemorates the soldier settlers of the Pikedale Soldier Settlement Scheme, who settled in the Amiens district after the end of World War One.
Location
| Address: | Amiens Road & Post Office Road, Amiens, 4380 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.593913 Long: 151.812213 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
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Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 21st December, 2008 |
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Families on Soldier Settlement blocks 1922
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The Soldier Settler story
Public pressure in 1916 resulted in the allocation of £100,000 for the Pikedale Soldier Settlement Scheme.
17,400 acres were set aside in Cottonvale, Fleurbaix, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Passchendaele, Bapaume, Messines and Amiens for returned servicemen. The Government supplied training at the Settlement Experimental Farm, plus offices, post office, school, store, bakery, butchery, sawmill, cannery and sauce factory, all at Amiens.
The Government Farm was planted with deciduous fruits, vegetables, potatoes, and maize, and including bee keeping, pig and poultry raising. Settlers received a government loan of £650 for land, clearing of five acres, horse and cart, tools, housing and farm establishment costs. The first Bush Nurse was located at Amiens.
Churches, Druids Hall, Memorial Hall, library, green grocer, hairdresser, tin smith, plumber, pie shop.
