- The
Orange Free
State (Dutch:
Oranje Vrijstaat [oːˈrɑɲə ˈvrɛistaːt]; Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [uəˈraɲə ˈfrɛistɑːt]) was an
independent Boer-ruled sovereign...
-
Orange and Vaal
rivers in
Southern Africa, a
region known informally as
Transorangia. In 1854, it
became the
Orange Free State, and is now the Free State...
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before the
Voortrekkers did.
Voortrekkers often encountered Trekboers in
Transorangia during their Great Trek of the 1830s and 1840s. In 1815, a Trekboer/trader...
- the
Natalia Republic, most
local Voortrekkers trekked northwest into
Transorangia,
later known as the
Orange Free State, and the
South African Republic...
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details Born
Lucas Johannes Meyer (1846-11-19)19
November 1846 Sand River,
Transorangia Died 8
August 1902(1902-08-08) (aged 55) Brussels,
Belgium Resting place...
- List of
battles in
South Africa is a list of all
military conflicts, wars or
battles fought within the
borders of
South Africa.
First Khoikhoi–Dutch War...
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local Griqua people. At first, the area was
referred to as
Southern Transorangia. The town
takes its name from Dr John Philip, who was the superintendent...
- John
Philip founds Philippolis, the
first European settlement of the
Transorangia.
Founding of Port Natal,
later called Durban. The Zulu king
Shaka comes...
- were the
first from the Cape to make
their way to and
remain in the
Transorangia area,
beyond the
Orange River. Some
Griqua raided the Tlhaping, a Tswana...
-
Karla (1997). "The
Spread of
Christianity among Whites and
Blacks in
Transorangia". In Elphick, Richard; Davenport,
Rodney (eds.).
Christianity in South...
