Campbell Collections
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| John Clark Collection |
A view of military cemetery at Langsnek, with Majuba in the distance. Colley's casualties in the engagement were 7 officers, 76 men killed, 2 men taken prisoner, and 111 men wounded. The Beers had 14 dead 29 wounded. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The steamship Durban used both sail and steam in the transition stage of the latter half of the 19th century. The early steamers were much underpowered as well as liable to engine breakdowns. Their sails were therefore an essential auxiliary on long voyages. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal, and Queensland. He served as Governor of Natal from 1907-1909. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A rather pathetic letter written to Captain Smith by nine well-known Port Natal settlers imprisoned at Pietermaritzburg by the Boers. Although they assure Smith that they are being treated with great kindness, it emerges a few lines later that they are in the stocks. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Isandlwana |
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| John Clark Collection |
Natal Native Contigent |
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| John Clark Collection |
John Bird |
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| John Clark Collection |
19 January 1959: Time heals. Eight years have passed since the battle of Isandlwana. In this picture, taken yesterday on the anniversary of the battle, two people, descendants of people from opposite camps, talk not of the hatred but the glories and heroism of that day. |
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| John Clark Collection |
General Redvers Buller |
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| John Clark Collection |
Gold mine adit |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir John Robinson (17 March 1839 – 5 November 1903), born in England, was a journalist and politician. He was the first prime minister of Natal (now part of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa)
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| John Clark Collection |
Refugee Zulus serving under General Wood |
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| John Clark Collection |
British troops at Durban docks preparing to leave for the front line in open trucks. Durban docks. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Durban harbour official |
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| John Clark Collection |
A scarce picture of Cato's Creek, now filled in and built over. It was used for the building, repair, and overhaul of small sailing ships. The name remains as Cato Street to show its former location |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Poor Child's Nurse |
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| John Clark Collection |
Civilians suffered heavily during the siege. Among them was a volunteer medico, Dr. Stark, who was billeted in the Royal Hotel. He was killed by a shell which exploded on the pavement outside. It had been fired from a 'Long Tom' dug in on Pepworth Hill five miles away. |