Orange River Colony

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The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) 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.

1902 — 1910  WikimediaWikidata



Burning and Looting; RAMC O-S-35-738-5 Wellcome L0022431
Farm Burning; RAMC O-S-35-738-5 Wellcome L0022432Farm Burning; RAMC O-S-35-738-5 Wellcome L0022432
1903 British issued Orange River Colony permit following the Second Boer War.
The National Archives UK - CO 1069-219-38
Gezicht op een dorp met Barolong bewoners in de Oranjerivierkolonie in Zuid-Afrika Thatanchu, a Barolong Village, Orange River Colony, South Africa (titel op object), RP-F-F09058
South Africa and the Transvaal war (1900) (14780976992)