Colony of Natal
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The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May
Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War 11 January – 4 July 1879
First public auction of Natal sugar, Durban, 1855
Battle of Rorke's Drift
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the Swedish mission station and British supply depot
Colony of Natal
…the colonial government, and eighteen years later the kingdoms were annexed to the Natal colony, doubling its size. Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War 11 January – 4 July 1879 In 1884, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush caused a considerable rush of colonists from Natal to the…
The Defense of Rorke's Drift, by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande
Historical picture of Zulu warriors from about the same time as the events at Rorke's Drift
Contemporary drawing of Rorke's Drift Post, from The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers.