Image: Plaque about the Soldier Settlement and Group Settlement Scheme
Description: Plaque about the Soldier Settlement and the Group Settlement Scheme on the Rockingham Waterfront Pioneer Rotary Walk in Rockingham, Western Australia. It reads, "The Overseas Settlement Committee was constituted in May 1919. Premier James Mitchell saw the opportunity to develop a dairy industry in the Southwest. Baldivis, Mandogalup and Kamup were developed as part of this scheme. Baldivis was named after three ships that brought settlers to the area: Balranald, "Diogenes" and "Jervis Bay". "
Title: Plaque about the Soldier Settlement and Group Settlement Scheme
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