settled district
noun1
Australia, Historical A division of the country peopled with settlers, typically as opposed to ‘wild’ or Aboriginal territory.
- If we were down among the settled districts we'd be called tramps and beggars; and what's the difference?1896, Henry Lawson, While Billy Boils:
- Arthur had responded to reports of increased violence in the interior by issuing a proclamation that the settled districts be cleansed of Aboriginal people.2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 9: