Company rule in Rhodesia
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The British South Africa Company's administration of what became Rhodesia was chartered in 1889 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and began with the Pioneer Column's march north-east to Mashona
Officers of the Pioneer Column. The column was mostly South African and spanned almost all corners of society.
Rhodes and the Matabele izinDuna make peace in the Matopos Hills, as depicted by Robert Baden-Powell, 1896.
The railroad from Salisbury to Umtali—ultimately bound for Beira on the Mozambican coast—opened in 1899.
White farming on the Pioneer Citrus Estate, near Umtali, in the 1910s
Northern Rhodesia
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Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902)
The Legislative Assembly with Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones (far right) in 1949
Lord Passfield
1953 stamps of Northern Rhodesia marking the birth centennial of Cecil Rhodes