 During the 1920s, Premier James Mitchell established the Group Settlement Scheme, which brought British settlers out to Western Australia with the aim of settling some of the underdeveloped areas of the state.Group 4 were sent to Karridale, and consisted of about 20 families who received a block and a grant of £10 for the purchase of necessities plus an allowance of 10 shillings per day.Like those in many other areas in which the scheme operated, the participants endured severe hardship and isolation and many walked off the land, particularly after the onset of the 1929 Depression.