South Africa
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John Clark Collection |
Perhaps the main cause of emigration in the period of 1849-52 was economic distress that prevailed throughout Britian. Bad Harvests, High rents, unemployment bank failures, the collapse of the railway boom in 1847, etc., Threw artisans and farmworkers alike out of their jobs. |
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John Clark Collection |
Cartoon by G.S Summer , a Natal artist, making fun of the newly amied settlers at Durban. The small boy and the women are scarted to death at their final meeting with a Zulu dock worker. The father is prepared to defend himself with an umbrella. The sketch was made in the 1860s. |
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John Clark Collections |
Cartoon |
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John Clark Collections |
Another group of settlers, fortunately not so numerous, were not such admirable types. This sketvh from a Dickens novel shows some of the smart but unscrupulous London clerks who formed part of the emigrants to Natal. |
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John Clark Collection |
Joseph C. Byne depicted on the 'Emigration Vulture in this sketch by John Sanderson, 1852, when disappointed emigrants were seeing him of giving them false information about Natal. |
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John Clark Collection |
R. C. Samnelson |
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John Clark Collection |
Captain Bell, master of the "Conch", who guided the ship over the Bar at Durban while under fire. As a reward, he was offered land by the Natal government but refused. |
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John Clark Collection |
Left: Mr. Alex Smith. Right: Mr. William Smith |
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John Clark Collection |
Vasco da Gama |
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John Clark Collection |
Mr. Cecil Francis, Secretary of the Pietermaritzburg committee of the Simon van der Stel Foundation. His energy and enthusiasm, together with a deep knowledge of Victorian buildings, assisted the restoration committee greatly. |
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S. T. Amos and his horse. |
S. T Amos holding his horse. |
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John Clark Collection |
J. L. Hulett |
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Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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Irene Amos with S. T. Amos (Her father) |
Irene Amos with S. T. Amos (Her father) in Durban. - Amos family photograph. |
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Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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John Clark Collection |
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo. A famous Scottish judge believed that originally men had tails. See the picture on the back wall. |
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Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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Playing Golf |
Playing Golf - Amos family photograph. |