Under the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act 1915 the government purchased  from the Buick estate and allocated 15 sections by ballot held 5 November 1919 to servicemen and nurses returning from the First World War.
The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act of 1915 facilitated the government's acquisition of land from the Buick estate and allocated 15 sections through a ballot held on November 5, 1919, to veterans and nurses who had served in World War I.