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Journal of Agriculture , Victoria. [lo March, 1912. 



Closer Settlement — Boisdale Estate. 



The first move in the above direction was the purchase of some 2,500 

 acres, portion of the well-knoAvn Boisdale Estate, one of the finest areas 

 in Victoria. The land was"" bought in two sections, the first subdivision 

 consisting of 785 acres, being divided into 18 blocks. These were thrown 

 open to .settlers in August, 191 1, and were immediately applied for. The 

 second subdivision was bought a little later, and was not ready for settle- 

 ment till September, 191 1. This consisted of 1,728 acres, and was 

 divided into 39 allotments. Of these, 26 blocks have been taken up, 6 

 of the remaining blocks are still open to applicants, while 7 blocks are 

 held by the Department of Agriculture for the present, for the purpose 

 of growing beet-root and assisting to make up the supply to the factory. 

 The land thus made available was intended for combined beet and dairy 



CORA LYNN BEET CROP, BUNVIP DISTRICT. 



farming. The soil is a rich alluvial deposit and is several feet in depth. 

 Blocks vary from 40 to 60 acres. 



The Boisdale purcha.se promising so well, another purchase of 8,000 

 acres of the far-famed Kilmany Park was made in the spring. This estate 

 has now been subdivided and made available for settlement in blocks of 

 from 60 acres upwards. Particulars concerning the settlement of this estate 

 are given at the end of this article. 



The first fact that strikes an intending settler applying for land at 

 Boisdale is that there is no pioneering work to be done. Here is no 

 necessity to wrest with the axe a hard- won home from the giant forest or 

 the tangled scrub; he can set him.self, his familv and household goods. 



