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	Orange Free State - LoveToKnow 1911
		The north bank of the Orange, from the Kornet Spruit confluence to a point a little east of the spot where the railway from Cape Town to Kimberley crosses the river, forms the southern frontier of the province.
		The Sand river, on whose banks the convention recognizing the independence of the Transvaal Boers was signed in 1852, is a tributary of the Vet and passes through the centre of the country.
		The railways and constabulary of the two colonies were (1903) placed under an inter-colonial council; active measures were taken for the repatriation of the prisoners of war and the residents in the concentration camps, and in every direction vigorous and successful efforts were made to repair the ravages of the war.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Orange_Free_State (12570 words)

	Basutoland - LoveToKnow 1911
		Along the upper courses of the rivers are willows and wild olive trees; round the chief settlements the eucalyptus and the pine have been planted.
		This treaty defined the boundary between the Free State and Basutoland, whereby the fertile strip of country west of the Caledon river, known as the Conquered Territory, was finally transferred to the Free State, and the remainder of Basutoland was recognized as a portion of the British dominions.
		Consequently, in 1884, Basutoland ceased to be a portion of the Cape Colony and became a British crown colony.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Basutoland (3842 words)

	Orange Free State - MSN Encarta
		Orange Free State, former province in east central South Africa, and Afrikaner republic in the 19th century.
		The region north of the Orange River was occupied mostly by Sotho-speaking people at the beginning of the 19th century.
		In 1910 the Orange River Colony joined with the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal to form the Union of South Africa (since 1961, the Republic of South Africa).
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761555221 (460 words)

	colony
		The colonies of Spain and Portugal were directly subject to the government at home; they were ruled by highly paid, selfâseeking officials, whose one ambition was to make so much out of the new country that they might return home enriched with their gains.
		Historically British colonies may be divided into two main types: those to which significant numbers of people emigrated from the British Isles and in due course came to constitute a majority of the population; and those in which the indigenous people remained the overwhelming majority, although in some cases significant white minorities were established.
		Demands for selfâgovernment in colonies in which the British presence was largely administrative and military came much later, however, and their realization saw the transformation of the British Empire into the Commonwealth (see Commonwealth, the (British)).
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/encyclopedia/article_show/colony/m0064844.html?from=hotlink (1453 words)

	Basutoland
		In 1871 the protectorate was annexed to Cape Colony.
		Basutoland was removed from Cape Colony and made a crown colony in 1884 as the Territory of Basutoland.
		The colony was bound by the Orange River Colony, Natal, and Cape Colony it was divided into seven administrative disricts - Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohales Hock, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Basutoland.html (578 words)

	South Africa - MSN Encarta
		On December 16, 1838, an important battle between the Afrikaners and the Zulu, the Battle of Blood River, led to the defeat of the Zulu and the establishment of the Republic of Natalia by 1840.
		The governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Harry Smith, gained control of the region between the Orange and Vaal rivers in 1848, and the territory was renamed the Orange River Sovereignty.
		The Afrikaners in the Orange Free State encountered the Basotho king Moshoeshoe, who was ruling a loose group of chieftaincies from the mountain of Thaba Bosiu (in present-day west central Lesotho).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557321_11/South_Africa.html (1809 words)

	Orange Free State
		The Orange and Vaal rivers which separate it from the Cape Province and the Transvaal form respectively its southern and northern boundaries; Natal and Basutoland bound it on the east, and the northern portions of Cape Province on the west.
		For some years the new colony was administered by a governor and lieutenant-governor assisted by an executive and legislative council, but in June, 1907, responsible government was conferred on it with a legislative council of eleven, and a legislative assembly of thirty-eight members.
		Since 31 May 1910, under the title of "The Orange Free State Province of the Union of South Africa", it forms part (together with the Transvaal, Natal, and the Cape of Good Hope) of a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, the first parliament of which was opened at Cape Town on 4 November, 1910.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/o/orange_free_state.html (916 words)

	Orange Free State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Extending between the Orange and Vaal rivers, it was established as a free state by Voortrekker settlers, after their departure from the British-dominated Cape Province (the Great Trek), and was annexed by the United Kingdom in 1848 as the Orange River Sovereignty.
		The British recognised the independence of the Orange Free State on 17th February, 1854 and the country officially became independent on 23rd February, 1854, with the signing of the Orange River Convention.
		Although the Orange Free State developed into a politically and economically successful republic, it experienced chronic conflict with the British (see the Boer Wars) until it was finally annexed as the Orange River Colony in 1900.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_Free_State (4926 words)

	Orange Free State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The current province extending between the Orange and Vaal rivers was established as a free by Boers after their Voortrek and annexed by Britain in 1848.
		The British recognized the independence of the Orange State on February 17 1854 and the county officially became independent February 23 1854 with the signing of the of Bloemfontein.
		The OFS national flag contained alternating orange and white stripes (3 orange and white with the white stripes on the with a version of the Dutch flag initially at Graaff Reinett and Swellendam in 1795) featured in the canton.
	www.freeglossary.com /Orange_Free_State (467 words)

	Orange River Colony (South Africa)
		The Republic of the Orange Free State came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902 which marked the end of the Anglo-Boer War.
		Following in the British colonial pattern, a flag for the Orange River Colony was approved following the Grant of Arms to the Colony on 10 December 1904.
		This flag was used until the Colony was incorporated into the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910 and became the Province of the Orange Free State.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/za-orc.html (356 words)

	Orange River Colony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orange River Colony was a British colony created by the annexation of the Orange Free State in 1900, after the Boer War, till its 1910 transformation into the South African constitutive Orange Free State Province.
		The colony achieved self-government in 1907, and on November 27 Abraham Fischer (b.
		Stamps of the Cape Colony were also overprinted, with "ORANGE RIVER COLONY" (August 10, before the colony officially existed).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_River_Colony (950 words)

	Abraham Fischer
		Abraham Fischer (1850-1913) was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa.
		He was originally a lawyer in Cape Colony, joining the bar in 1875.
		He became vice-president of the Orange Free State's volksraad in 1893 and a member of the executive council in 1896.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abraham_Fischer.html (161 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orange Free State
		Orange River in thousands and settled on territories peopled by various Bantu tribes until their virtual extermination by Moselekatze and his hoards of Matabile warriors — a short
		For some years the new colony was administered by a governor and lieutenant-governor assisted by an executive and legislative council, but in June, 1907, responsible government was conferred on it with a legislative council of eleven, and a legislative assembly of thirty-eight members.
		Orange Free State Province is represented by sixteen senators — one fourth of the entire number — and by seventeen members of the House of Assembly (out of a total of 121).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11267a.htm (977 words)

	Armoria patriæ - Orange River Colony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony, was appointed Governor of the Orange River Colony and resigned as Governor of the Cape.
		On 27 November Abraham Fischer of the Orangia Unie became Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony.
		During 1909 the Orange River Colony participated in what was called the National Convention – talks with the Natal, Transvaal and Cape colonies (with observers from Rhodesia in attendance) with a view to forming a federation or union.
	www.geocities.com /haigariep/ORC.html (650 words)

	Officially Sealed Mails of the Orange River Colony
		The Boer capital of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, was captured by British forces in March, 1900 during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
		The territory was renamed Orange River Colony and remained in British hands until the end of the conflict.
		ORC joined the Union of South Africa in 1910.
	www.poseal.com /orc01.html (226 words)

	Kimberley in Orange
		The portion of South Africa which at the present day forms the Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange became in the division of the Vicariate of Good Hope part of the Eastern District, and later on part of the Vicariate of Natal.
		At the present day the vicariate includes the Orange River Colony, Griqualand-West, and Bechuanaland, and since the late Anglo-Boer war all this territory is under British rule.
		The whole vicariate lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and the southernmost point of the Orange River Colony, and between 22 deg.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/k/kimberley_in_orange.html (1016 words)

	Orange Free State (South Africa)
		It is said to represent the bonds between the OFS and the Netherlands, and it's royal house (of Orange).
		Carr goes on to say that some claim the three orange stripes were a reference to William the Third of *Orange* being the designer.
		FWIW, my feelings are that the fact the country was named after the Orange River (itself named after the Dutch royal house) must have had a bearing and that the canton and stripes design is likely a reference to the Stars and Stripes, which inspired other "new" nations' flags in this period (e.g.
	www.atlasgeo.net /fotw/flags/za-orang.html (236 words)

	Orange Free State (Province of South Africa)
		The Orange Free State / Oranje Vrystaat (named after the Orange river, so called after the Dutch royal house) was located in the centre of South Africa and had an international border only with Lesotho.
		The Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910 comprising the British colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal.
		The orange tree in the third quarter of the Arms of the Union (later Republic) of South Africa represented the Orange Free State.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/za-or.html (205 words)

	Armoria patriæ - Transvaal Colony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The half-tented wagon – presumably because the seal of the Transvaal Colony was available to the College of Arms, while the arms of the ZAR were not – nonetheless provided the model for the wagon in the Transvaal quarter of the arms of the Union of South Africa.
		Nonetheless the republic was annexed as the Transvaal Colony on 3 February 1901.
		Under self-government the colony again recognised the Dutch language, which had disappeared from official use under direct British rule, and from 1907 onwards it is permissible to refer to the colony also by its Dutch name, the Colonie Transvaal.
	www.geocities.com /haigariep/colrep/TvlColE.html (1068 words)

	South Africa diamond deposits, geology, exploration, mining, use - Part II
		All the diamond mines of South Africa, which are of any importance, lie to the north of the Orange River, and are confined to a comparatively limited area, as may be seen by reference to the map.
		The diamond localities of this district (with the exception of the washings on the Vaal River) are situated on an almost straight line, 125 miles in length, running north-north-west and south-south-east, from the confluence of the Hart River with the Vaal, to beyond Fauresmith in the Orange River Colony.
		In 1870 the diamond-fields near Pniel, on the Vaal River, were proclaimed as British territory, on behalf of a native chief who had ceded his rights to Great Britain, and on November 17, 1871, the British flag was hoisted at Kimberley.
	www.minelinks.com /alluvial/diamondGeology24.html (1021 words)

	408
		An Asiatic child born since the 31st day of May, 1902 in the Orange River Colony, is entitled to enter and remain in the Transvaal.
		to reside in the Orange River Colony are in a position to enter the Transvaal on the strength thereof.
		Any Asiatic who brings into the Colony an Asiatic under the age of 16 (even his son!) without a permit for him, or who employs such child, is liable to be heavily fined or sent to gaol, and to have his own right to reside in the Transvaal cancelled.
	www.mkgandhi.org /cwm/vol6/ch408.htm (860 words)

	Orange Free State (South Africa)
		The flag of the Orange Free State (OFS) was designed in 1856 by King William III of the Netherlands, on request of the OFS Volksraad (parliament).
		I think that the fact that the country was named after the Orange River (itself named after the Dutch royal house) must have had a bearing and that the canton and stripes design is likely a reference to the Stars and Stripes, which inspired other "new" nations' flags in this period (e.g.
		This flag was registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry as the flag of the Republic of Orange Free State for the Office of the Prime Minister, together with the flag of the South African Republic, on 30 April 1983 (application 08 January 1982, amendment 05 March 1982).
	www.fotw.net /flags/za-o.html (614 words)

	A short history of South Africa
		Due to the French occupation of the Netherlands, Britain occupies the Cape Colony in 1795 and establishes it as a British colony in 1797.
		Dutch settlers leave the Cape Colony in what is called the "Great Trek" and move inland to found New Holland in 1837 (named Natalia in 1838), the Holland-African Republic in 1852 (named South-African Republic in 1853) and the Orange Free State in 1854.
		The Cape Colony merges with Natal, the Orange River Colont and Transvaal into the Dominion called Union of South Africa, a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, in 1910.
	www.electionworld.org /history/southafrica.htm (759 words)

	Orange Free State (South Africa)
		On 15 May 1854 the Orange Free State Government Secretary wrote to the Republic's Consul in the Netherlands and asked whether King William III would be willing to grant the OFS arms and a flag.
		The flag consisted of seven equal alternating horizontal stripes of white and orange with the Dutch flag in the canton.
		The Republic of the Orange Free State then became the British controlled Orange River Colony until it was incorporated into the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910.
	flagspot.net /flags/za-o.html (718 words)

	The Orange Empire of Southern California
		Shortly after incorporation, the struggling colony - and Southern California as a whole - was forever changed by the inconspicuous arrival of an experimental citrus variety obtained from the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.
		The enormous wealth produced by the navel orange created strong civic pride and afforded numerous cultural amenities, much of which can be seen throughout the city today in its many Victorian, Craftsman, and California Bungalow homes, older civic buildings, and in particular, the Mission Inn.
		With the success of the navel orange, the University of California ushered in higher education to the region via the creation of the Citrus Experiment Station.
	www.orange-empire.com /v02/cities/riverside/index.shtml (1228 words)

	Orange River safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
		The Orange River is also known as !Gariep River (Great River), and is the biggest of the river systems in South Africa.
		Nowhere is the Orange River more impressive than at the Augrabies Falls, which ranks among the world's greatest cataracts on a major river.
		Once the border of the Cape Colony, the Green Kalahari was South Africa's Wild West and many rogue and brigand, including the notorious Scotty Smith, sought refuge from the law in its far spaces and on the river's islands.
	www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/OrangeRiver.html (276 words)

	The Herald Online Columns
		THE Currie Cup match between the Orange River Colony and Eastern Province was held in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon in fine weather before a moderate attendance.
		The Orange River Colony played up well, but the Province was still much superior.
		The Orange River Colony played a hard and sound game till the end but could not reduce the lead, and the game ended in a win for the Province, the closing scores being: Eastern Province 12 points, Orangia 3 points.
	www.theherald.co.za /colarc/one/on14072006.htm (425 words)

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