settled district

English

Noun

settled district (plural settled districts)

1. (Australia, now historical) A division of the country peopled with settlers, typically as opposed to ‘wild’ or Aboriginal territory. [from 19th c.]
   • 1896, Henry Lawson, While Billy Boils:

     If we were down among the settled districts we'd be called tramps and beggars; and what's the difference?

   • 2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 9:

     Arthur had responded to reports of increased violence in the interior by issuing a proclamation that the settled districts be cleansed of Aboriginal people.