 In most cases Crown land, including some land from Aboriginal reserves, was set apart for white Australian returning soldiers who in order to buy or lease such a block were required to be certified as qualified and to remain in residence on that land for five years.In this way remote rural areas set aside for such settlement were guaranteed a population expansion which remained to increase infrastructure in the area.Soldiers who were successful in gaining such a block of land had the opportunity to start a farming life in a number of rural activities including as wool, dairy, cattle, pigs, fruit, fodder and grain.