Acquire (freehold land) on favourable terms in order to farm it.
men marvelled at the chance to free-select a piece of land
Example sentencesExamples
The plan was to free-select a cattle camp.
Any person desirous of prospecting for gold beyond tie limits of a proclaimed gold-field will now have to free-select the ground to protect himself.
The piece of land was free-selected on the Eumerella shore.
No sooner has he received his grazing license than a rival claimant free-selects 100 acres within this grazing area.
He had he proceeded to free-select an uninhabited island.
Would the persons who free-selected land know whether they were living under the blessings of the honourable gentleman's government or under the Czar of Russia.