South Africa
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| John Clark Collection |
Late Mr. M.H. Nazer, editor of Indian Opinion. Pictorial 31/01/1906 Paper founded in 1903 ceased publication in 1961 (Natal Society) |
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| John Clark Collection |
Cetshwayo's arrival at Cape Town. A carriege and escort took him to the castle where his confinement began. In 1881 he was moved to the farm Oude Moulen just outside Cape Town and his imprisonment relaxed to some degree. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mary Boast, later Mary Moreland |
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| John Clark Collection | ||
| John Clark Collection |
Sir Michael H. Gallwey (1826-1912) First attorney-general and later chief justice of Natal, emigrated to the colony from Ireland in December 1853. Only 27 years old, he was to create for himself a brilliant career ending in a knighthood. |
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| John Clark Collection |
G. S. Preller |
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| John Clark Collection |
Zulu War: Sir Gamett Wesley's attempt to land at Port Dunford |
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| John Clark Collection |
A sketch by Captain R.F Garden, 45th regt, entitled 'From Sea View, October 8, 1849'. It shows the point with one vessel at anchor, the Bluff, Salisbury Island with mangrove trees, and part of the flat plain on which Durban was sited. Coastal bush is everywhere in evidence. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sketch of lust settle,emt at Durban attributed to Captain Smitth |
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| John Clark Collection |
Corner of NTCollege. Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Rev. Albert James Allison, a Natal missionary of the 1850s and a pioneer in native education. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A number of prisoners were in a wire enclosure at Eshowe. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sketch by John Mondand |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mary, Queen of Scots, Death Mask. Lennoxlove House |
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| John Clark Collection |
Volunteer colonial troops marching up Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, on their way to the railway station. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Dingaanstad where Retief and his men were massacred. The memorial carries a meatl plate with the names of the Trekkers who died on 6 February 1838 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Winston Churchill at Durban |
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| John Clark Collection |
Casualties at the battle of Colenso were so heavy that trainloads of wounded men were transported to Pietermaritzburg where they were placed in makeshift hospitals-the Native High Court, The legislative Assembly building, Maritzburg College, and St George's Garrison Church |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Bluff with signal mast and the bare sandy Point as they appeared in 1850. Note the cannon covering the entrance to the harbour. From a sketch in the Irons Collection. |