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Transvaal Collection (#14)

"Transvaal: A Tapestry of History and Conflict" Step into the intricate world of Transvaal, a region that witnessed both triumphs and turmoil throughout its rich history

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992707

Picture No. 11992707
Blue Wildebeest - walking and kicking up dust - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992703

Picture No. 11992703
Animal Sightings board - showing big 5 at restcamp - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Animal Sightings board - showing big 5 at restcamp - Kruger National Park, Transvaal

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992702

Picture No. 11992702
Lilacbreasted Roller - in flight - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992701

Picture No. 11992701
Buffalo skull - on ground - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992700

Picture No. 11992700
Blackeyed Bulbul - on twig - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992699

Picture No. 11992699
Zebra - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992698

Picture No. 11992698
Steenbok - Male - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992697

Picture No. 11992697
Giraffe - silhouette at dusk - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992696

Picture No. 11992696
Southern Ground Hornbill - critically endangered species - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992695

Picture No. 11992695
Elephant - feeding - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992694

Picture No. 11992694
Redcrested Korhaan - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992693

Picture No. 11992693
Hippopotamus - resting on sandbank by Letaba river - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Picture No. 11992692

Picture No. 11992692
Buffalo - herd - Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa Date:

Background imageTransvaal Collection: General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas

General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas, Chief of Staff, directing the Battle of Magersfontein, during the Second Boer War. 1900

Background imageTransvaal Collection: The Battle of Elandslaagte

The Battle of Elandslaagte: enemys shell bursting by the side of General White, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis

Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis
The opening of the war session of Parliament on the 17th October 1899, as the Second Boer War commences. Mr Balfour exclaimed, " We have with use the conscience of the Empire". Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War

Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War
Colonial troops off to the Cape- departure of the New South Wales Lancers at Fenchurch Street Station, London Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Major General French and President Krugers cousin

Major General French and President Krugers cousin discussing the Boer Crisis on board the union liner " Norman". Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis

The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis
A Field Cornets messenger hands over commandos to Boer farmers to be ready for war Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Theatre of war in South Africa - Boer War map

Theatre of war in South Africa - Boer War map
Map of the war in South Africa in 1899. Date: 1899

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936

Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936
An important discovery in South Africa: the brain-cast and parts of the skull of an anthropoid ape with human characteristics. Dr

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
De Korte Street, Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Government Buildings, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Government Buildings, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Government Buildings, Church Square, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Troyeville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Troyeville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Troyeville, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Observatory, the Bertrams area and Judiths Paarl. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Sunny Side Mansion, residence of Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial administrator, in York Road, Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Doornfontein Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Doornfontein Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
View of Marshall Street, Jeppestown, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Craighall, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Craighall, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Craighall, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with the bridge on the right. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Pilgrims Rest, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Pilgrims Rest, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Pilgrims Rest, Lydenburg Gold Fields, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Witpoortje Falls, Poortview, Transvaal, South Africa

Witpoortje Falls, Poortview, Transvaal, South Africa
Witpoortje Falls, Poortview, near Roodepoort, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, now in Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. Date: circa 1925

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Buildings in Carolina, Transvaal, South Africa

Buildings in Carolina, Transvaal, South Africa
Anglican church and municipal buildings in Carolina, a town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Childrens pool, Boksburg Lake, Transvaal, South Africa

Childrens pool, Boksburg Lake, Transvaal, South Africa
Childrens pool, Boksburg Lake, Boksburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1925

Background imageTransvaal Collection: National Bank, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa

National Bank, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
National Bank, Benoni, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Background imageTransvaal Collection: General view of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa

General view of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
General view of Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1909

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa

Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, view from no. 4 bridge looking east to Pretoria, showing settling dams for no. 4 gear and tailing dams. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Railway station, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa

Railway station, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Railway station, Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: General view of Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa

General view of Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa
General view of Randfontein, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Diamond mine personnel, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa

Diamond mine personnel, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Group photo of Premier Diamond Mine personnel (owners, managers, wives and children), Cullinan, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. taken outside the towns public house, 23 November 1911

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Netherlands Bank, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa

Netherlands Bank, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Netherlands Bank, Cullinan, a diamond mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Opera House, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Opera House, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Opera House, Pretorius Street, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Pretorius Street, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Pretorius Street, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, with the Transvaal Hotel (left) and the Opera House (right). Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Railway junction outside Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Railway junction outside Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Railway junction in the suburbs outside Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Daspoort, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Daspoort, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Daspoort, a suburb of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Police Station, Vermeulen Street and Mole Valley. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTransvaal Collection: The Hospital, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

The Hospital, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTransvaal Collection: New Government Buildings, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

New Government Buildings, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
New Government Buildings (De Volkstem Building), Pretorius Street, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Church Street East, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Church Street East, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageTransvaal Collection: Church Street at night, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Church Street at night, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, illuminated for a visit from Edward, Prince of Wales, 20 June 1925. Date: 1925




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"Transvaal: A Tapestry of History and Conflict" Step into the intricate world of Transvaal, a region that witnessed both triumphs and turmoil throughout its rich history. From the depths of Egyptian waters to the decks of luxurious cruise ships, Transvaal's story unfolds. In 1882, an American cartoon depicted John Bull as an octopus of imperialism, symbolizing England's relentless land grabbing across continents. The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters serves as a reminder of the power struggles that shaped Transvaal. Amidst this backdrop, the poster advertising the Transvaal Castle cruise ship emerges as a beacon of luxury and adventure. Passengers embarked on unforgettable journeys, exploring distant lands while indulging in opulence. A young Winston Churchill graces our narrative with his presence. His early years spent in Transvaal would later shape his political career and influence British policies during times of conflict. The Household Cavalry-Captain from 1900 showcases bravery amidst chaos. These valiant soldiers stood tall against adversity, defending their homeland with unwavering loyalty. The discovery of Mrs. Ples skull unveils ancient mysteries hidden within Transvaal's rugged landscapes. This archaeological marvel sheds light on our shared human origins and connects us to our past. RMS Transvaal Castle by G. H. Davis stands proudly as a testament to engineering prowess and maritime grandeur—an embodiment of progress amidst changing times. Paul Kruger, State President portrayed as an ogre reveals opposing perspectives on leadership during turbulent periods—a reminder that history is often painted through multiple lenses. The Cape Town Highlanders from 1900 exemplify unity and resilience in times when division threatened harmony. Their unwavering spirit echoes through generations, inspiring future warriors for justice. Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch captures a pivotal moment where determination triumphed over defeat—a testament to human resilience and the indomitable spirit of Transvaal.