Punch cartoon United South Africa 1909
From an original punch cartoon of 1909. Following on from victory in the Boer War Britain re-annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Boer republics. These new territories, renamed the Transvaal Colony and the Orange River Colony respectively, were added to Britain's existing South African territories, the Cape Colony and Colony of Natal. It was British government policy to encourage these four colonies to come together in closer union & the South Africa Act 1909 created the Union of South Africa from the British colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal. The Act also made provisions for admitting Rhodesia as a fifth province of the Union in the future, but Rhodesian colonists rejected this option in a referendum held in 1922.
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Keywords: 1909, act, africa, cape, cartoon, colony, natal, orange, punch, river, south, transvaal, united
