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The Wakefield Plan was a system for colonisation developed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield. It used fixed prices for colonial land to subsidise further immigration. The South Australia Company and the New Zealand Company both developed land settlement schemes along Wakefield's lines, although neither fully adopted Wakefield's position.

See Edward Gibbon Wakefield, A letter from Sydney (1829)

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Newspaper Articles

• H. S. T., 'Parliamentary Echoes. A Glimpse into South Australian History.', The Pioneer (Adelaide), 22 August 1891, p. 1. Image PDF Transcript HTML Transcript PDF Details

Pamphlets

• Craigie, E.J., The Wakefield plan, Australian history leaflet. The Everade Letters. Supplement to Land and Wages.. Image PDF Details