Orange River Colony
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The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied and then annexed the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War. The colony ceased to exist in 1910, when
1903 British issued Orange River Colony permit following the Second Boer War.
Union of South Africa
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The Union of South Africa was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. I
Orange River Colony
…and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War. The colony ceased to exist in 1910, when it was absorbed into the Union of South Africa as the Orange Free State Province. During the Second Boer War, British forces invaded the Orange Free State, occupying the capital, Bloemfontein by 13…
Holiday Time in Cape Town (1891–1899) depicted an imagined future united South Africa at a time when the idea was being widely debated in the Cape Colony.
The first Union cabinet, 1910
South West Africa stamp: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa
A No. 5 Squadron SAAF Kittyhawk fighter aircraft in Italy