Summary

Established in 1946 under the Victorian Soldie Settlement Act 1945.

In 1962 the Commission was merged with the Rural Finance Corporation Commission to form the Rural Fiance and Settlement Commission.

Related entries

Timeline

 1946 - 1962 Soldier Settlement Commission
       1962 - 1977 Rural Finance & Settlement Commission
             1977 - 1988 Rural Finance Commission
                   1988 - 2016 Rural Finance Corporation (II)
                         2007 - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited

Archival resources

Public Record Office Victoria

• Records of Rural Finance function, c. 1950 - 2016; Public Record Office Victoria. Details

Published resources

Books

• Fisher, Hec, Heytesbury. Once in a Lifetime, Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1997, 228 pp. Details
• McNicol, Adam and Chapman, Andrew, Just Like Family. A history of Victoria's Rural Finance Corporation, Ten Bag Press, Ballarat East, Victoria, 2015, 198 pp. Details
• Smallwood, Rosalind, Hard to go Bung. World War II Soldier Settlement in Victoria 1945-1962, Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd, South Yarra, Victoria, 1992, 254 pp. Details