Transvaal Colony
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The Transvaal Colony was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, when the South
Aerial photography of gold mines, taken by Eduard Spelterini in July 1911
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
Transvaal Colony
…and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The borders of the Transvaal Colony were larger than the defeated South African Republic (which had existed from 1852 to 1902). In 1910 the…
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