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Waikerie Village Settlement [B 16036] • Photograph

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Summary

Waikerie village settlement, River Murray. The Rev. Butler can be seen chopping wood, 22nd November 1894. This was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. They were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet. Disgruntled single workers left to form their own settlement at Ramco but both schemes declined and Waikerie ceased to be a village settlement in 1903 when it was incorporated into the Waikerie Irrigation Area.

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Physical description

Photograph; 17.2 cm x 8.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1894

Collection

Part of Waikerie Collection

Subject

Country life -- South Australia -- Waikerie

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Digitisation information

Date

24/10/2011

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,340 x 1,655 pixels (5.5 MP)

Size

22.12 MB

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