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	TRANSVAAL - LoveToKnow Article on TRANSVAAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Altogether the Transvaal Kaffirs form 50% of the inhabitants of Waterberg district, 30% of Zoutpansberg district and 18 %of Middelburg district.
		The Transvaal revenue (apart from railway receipts) in 1908 1909 was 5,735,000, the corresponding expenditure 4,524,000.
		C- From the Retrocession to zSpp.The retrocession of the Transvaal was a terrible blow to the loyalists.
	61.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TR/TRANSVAAL.htm (21716 words)

	Transvaal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Transvaal was colonized by Boer settlers who exited the British-dominated Cape Colony in the 1830's and 1840's in the Great Trek.
		Beginning in 1885, the discovery of a tremendous lode of gold in the Witwatersrand led to the immigration of many foreigners (uitlanders) to the Transvaal.
		In 1961, the union ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations and became the Republic of South Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transvaal (422 words)

	Transvaal on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Transvaal was bounded on the N and W by the Limpopo River, which forms the border with Zimbabwe and Botswana, on the E by Mozambique and Swaziland, and on the S by the Vaal River, the border with Orange Free State (now Free State).
		The Transvaal, led by Jan Christiaan Smuts and Louis Botha, was granted self-government in 1907 and in 1910 became a founding province of the Union of South Africa.
		In 1961, the Transvaal became a province of the Republic of South Africa.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Transvaa.asp (1231 words)

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		The fact seems to be that the people of the Transvaal were either in favour of the annexation, or were overpowered and dazed by the hopelessness of the Republic's outlook; and they passively assented to the action of Sir Theophilus Shepstone and his twenty-five policemen.
		The men who had entered the Transvaal, and invested their capital and expended their energies there upon the most positive and sacred assurances of the British Government that the Queen's authority would never be withdrawn,--assurances given in public by the Conservative Government and confirmed by Mr.
		In the Transvaal itself there was, and still is, an immense quantity of unoccupied land, and the Boers were quite unable to properly control, utilize, and administer their own immense territory, but 'land hunger' is theirs as a birth curse.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/16494/16494-8.txt (15940 words)

	Laband, John. Burying The Union Jack: British Loyalists In The Transvaal During The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880–1881
		No proper census was ever taken of the Transvaal under British rule, but the general assumption was that the Dutch population was at least 36,000 (with estimates as high as 45,000), and that of the “Non-Dutch” Europeans somewhere around 5,000, of whom two-thirds lived in the towns.
		The prime concern among the English in the Transvaal seemingly was not so much their imperilled allegiance to the Crown, nor even the plight of the Africans abandoned to harsh republican rule — this latter a ploy adopted by the petitioners to prick the conscience of a Liberal administration.
		As for indirect losses, any of the British who remained in the Transvaal, or continued to invest in the country, were rewarded tenfold when the discovery in 1886 of gold in huge paying quantities on the Witwatersrand heralded boom economic conditions.
	www.ucalgary.ca /hic/hic/website/2004vol4no1/articles/laband.htm (8360 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Transvaal
		The Transvaal was detached from Natal in 1886 by Leo XIII.
		Matthew Gaughran, O. I., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley, and administrator of the Transvaal prefecture.
		William Miller, O. I., was consecrated Bishop of Eumenia, and Vicar Apostolic of the Transvaal.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15020a.htm (683 words)

	Transvaal (South Africa)
		This is the war flag of the former South African Republic (Transvaal), used during the Boer War.
		Transvaal flag (or Vierkleur) is used by the Afrikaner Volksfront (Afrikaner People's Movement, AVF) as their Vryheidsflag (Freedom's flag), with an orange stripe replacing the red one.
		On specifics, Carr says the green stripe in the Transvaal vierkleur is supposed to represent "Young Holland" [p.83] (whether there was an actual movement by this name in 19th century South African and/or the Netherlands, or whether it was simply a referrence to the nationalist ideal of groups like "Young Italy", I don't know).
	www.fotw.net /flags/za-trans.html (710 words)

	The Transvaal from within
		It is the Transvaal from within, by one who feels all the injustice and indignity of the position.
		The men who had entered the Transvaal, and invested their capital and expended their energies there upon the most positive and sacred assurances of the British Government that the Queen's authority would never be withdrawn,—assurances given in public by the Conservative Government and confirmed by Mr.
		The Transvaal State, as it was now to be called, was re-established, having had its trade restored, its enemies crushed—for Secocoeni and Cetewayo were both defeated and broken—and its debts paid or consolidated in the form of a debt to England, repayable when possible.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/16494/16494-h/16494-h.htm (16199 words)

	Armoria patriæ - Transvaal Province
		The Province of Transvaal initially had no armorial symbol, the arms of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek having fallen into abeyance upon the state’s annexation by Britain as the Transvaal Colony, which lacked a coat of arms, but had other symbols which were to influence later usage.
		The Transvaal took a similar decision after Dr Coenraad Beyers had, at the request of the Administrator, conducted an in-depth investigation into the origin and development of the republican arms.
		On 1 March 1951 the Transvaal petitioned the Government to arrange for these arms to be approved as the provincial arms.
	uk.geocities.com /landswapen/TvlProvE.html (1460 words)

	Transvaal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1877, the British had annexed the Transvaal: against the wishes of its largely Boer population and for almost purely economic reasons (diamonds and gold).
		A force of Boers informed Anstruther that the border was closed and the Transvaal independent again.
		The first major encounter was at Laing's Nek: where a Boer force entrenched in a semi-circle beat off badly co-ordinated British attacks on the centre and left of their line.
	www.sirgarnet.com /Transvaal.html (665 words)

	Transvaal - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Revolution from Above, Rebellion from Below : The Agrarian Transvaal at the Turn of the Century (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)
		The Bushveld igneous complex of the central Transvaal, (South Africa.
		The Transvaal from within;: A private record of public affairs,
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /transvaal.htm (740 words)

	Transvaal Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Transvaal Museum is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria, South Africa.
		The Transvaal Museum was amalgamated with the Pretoria-based National Cultural History Museum (also called the African Window) and the South African National Museum for Military History (situated in Johannesburg) on 1 April 1999 to form the Northern Flagship Institution.
		The Institution is managed by a chief executive officer and a board, which replaced the three separate previous museum boards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transvaal_Museum (169 words)

	Transvaal - Nevada Ghost Town
		It all began in February of 1906 with initial discoveries in the northern section of the Beaty Wash across the Amargosa River from Beatty and Rhyolite.
		By the second week of April there were more than seventy-five tents in Transvaal and there were between 700 and 800 people living in the tent city.
		The swift and dramatic collapse of Transvaal occurred in the first two weeks of May 1906 when it was discovered little valuable ore existed at Transvaal.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/nv/transvaal.htm (151 words)

	TRANSVAAL Stamps : Postage Dues : Postal History : Boer War : Swaziland
		Bearing forged V. / TRANSVAAL overprint in fl and provided with ‘17’ in target-type cancellation (similar to one reported in TP 153, Feb 2005).
		Addressed and stamped on the reverse to Denmark and bearing (at lower left) Transvaal KEVII ½d and pair of 1d (SG 273-74) tied by JEPPESTOWN B.O. (7 Jul) datestamps.
		Telegraphs 1903 official ‘Transvaal Telegraphs’ telegram form for a message handed in at Cape Town and sent to the Transvaal.
	www.rhodesia.co.za /tr_stamps.html (2991 words)

	Transvaal -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The Ndebele are ancient offshoots of the main Nguni stock and began migrations to the Transvaal region in the 17th century.
		Large numbers of “outlanders” flocked to the Transvaal and established a cosmopolitan, mainly English community in the midst of a rural Boer society.
		The initial convention, concluded between Portugal and the Transvaal republic in 1875, provided for commercial relations between the parties and the building of a railroad between Lourenço Marques in Mozambique and the Transvaal.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9381090 (795 words)

	Search Results for "Transvaal"
		In 1857 he was elected the first president of the South African Republic (the Transvaal), and in 1859, while...
		A Boer (Afrikaner), he participated in the founding (1884) of the New Republic, which joined (1888) the Transvaal.
		It is primarily the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Transvaal (238 words)

	Regimental History prepared by James H Mitchell
		Captain R M Honey, 2 Transvaal Scottish, who was taken prisoner at Tobruk, later escaped and joined 6 Black Watch north of Cassino in Italy, fighting in all engagements until the battalion left the line in November 1944.
		The History of the Transvaal Scottish 1902-1932 by Captain H C Juta, foreword by Brigadier-General the Duke of Atholl (published 'By Authority', Johannesburg 1933, xvi, 152 pp, 45 pp fl and white photographs, line illus., 4 folding maps, maps in text, nominal rolls of officers, warrant officers and early enlistment's).
		Tartan on the Veld: The Transvaal Scottish 1950-1993 by James H Mitchell, foreword by Major-General N N Webster, Patron-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (published by the TS Regimental Council, Johannesburg 1994, xxxii, 788 pp, 8 pp colour plates, 24 pp b and w photographs, maps, line illus., nominal rolls, bibliography).
	www.jocks.co.za /history.htm (2630 words)

	The Transvaal Trading Co. Exclusive Home Furnishings in the Heart of Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Transvaal Trading Co. is a unique and exclusive furniture shop located in the heart of Northern Ireland.
		The Transvaal Trading Co. prides itself on sourcing the finest furniture from around the world.
		The Transvaal collection of conservatory furniture is stunning and individual pieces can be manufactured on request.
	www.transvaal.co.uk (372 words)

	Transvaal Museum - Editorial Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transvaal Museum researchers, as well as scientists from other institutions doing research can submitte scientific papers to the annals.
		The major publications are the Annals of the Transvaal Museum, the Monograph series and Special Publications in which the proceedings of scientific symposia are published.
		The Museum has exchange agreements with a large number of scientific institutions, both abroad and in South Africa and 342 copies of the Annals of the Transvaal Museum and 280 copies of the Monographs of the Transvaal Museum are distributed annually.
	www.nfi.org.za /editorial/editor.html (120 words)

	Transvaal Castle
		My background to all this is that I joined the "Transvaal" in October 1961 whilst she was being fitted out and subsequently sail in her for two years as Junior Second Engineer Officer.
		On a number of occasions I have considered revisiting the Transvaal, but I know the various cruise lines that owned her over the years extensively altered her — she just would not be that great ship that sailed from the Clyde so many years ago.
		I and attaching 3 scans, 2 are of paper cuttings (not sure of the quality) of the period, and one is of the Transvaal leaving Cape Town for home on her maiden voyage.
	www.roblightbody.com /liners/other/transvaal_castle.htm (740 words)

	Transvaal Fitness Center to Reopen Before Investigation Ends - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fully remodeled and with new staff, the Transvaal entertainment center in Moscow, at least the part that survived the roof collapse in February that killed dozens, will reopen May 1, the new management of the park has said.
		If the center, located on the southern outskirts of the city, opens as planned, the fitness club will be up and running before investigators of the tragedy reach any conclusion as to what caused the disaster and finish evaluating the building’s safety.
		Transvaal representatives, meanwhile, told Gazeta that the extra fees were necessary to refurbish the park after the disaster and help with other costs.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/04/21/transvaal.shtml (804 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Chromite Ore from the Transvaal Region of South Africa; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; ...
		This petition decision is specific to chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the COPR from this particular process.
		This petition requests the delisting of both chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the COPR (Refs.
		These concerns are not pertinent to the chromite ore from the Transvaal Region of South Africa or the insoluble Cr(III) unreacted ore component of the COPR, since this particular chromite ore does not leach ionic chromium of any oxidation state nor does it oxidize to produce Cr(VI) in any form.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-TRI/1999/February/Day-23/tri4318.htm (4898 words)

	Transvaal Outpost - August 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George was a member of the Transvaal Branch and Bridget wishes to retain her membership.
		What we shall do is relate an anecdote by one Dick Glanville, Secretary of the Transvaal Branch of the BSAP RA, who during May and June of this year went to Malaysia for the purpose taking part in a surprise 60th birthday party for his brother, who lives in the old town of Melacca.
		When we send out the Transvaal Outpost (some 600 copies) we take the opportunity to include reminder notices to those who have not yet paid their subs.
	www.bsap.org /Transvaal_Outpost_15.html (3291 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Transvaal
		Europeans named the region Transvaal, or “across the Vaal River,” because it was located...
		The museum is known for its collection of materials on the...
		The University of Pretoria (founded as the Transvaal University College in 1908 and renamed in 1930) is one of South Africa’s largest universities....
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Transvaal (86 words)

	Transvaal Scottish related Monuments
		Not all the memorials and camp badges of the Transvaal Scottish have survived.
		A Transvaal Scottish crest was incorporated in 1957 in the memorial stained glass window of St Columba's Presbyterian Church, Lurgan Road in Parkview, in memory of members of that congregation who lost their lives in the two World Wars.
		This was presented in 1965 to honour the memory of members of the TS who gave their lives in two world wars and bears the inscription, "To the glory of God and in memory of members of the Transvaal Scottish who died in the course of duty".
	www.jocks.co.za /monument.htm (3332 words)

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