sentences:  In the early days of European settlement in South Australia, land was released in the colony for farming in an orderly manner by the government.Initial land sales were made as a prerequisite to the founding of the colony, with "preliminary land orders" being made to a total value of £35,000 prior to the 1837 settlement.A preliminary land order entitled the buyer to a town block and an section of rural land which was to be chosen by the individual following the earliest land survey after settlement.