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| John Clark Collection |
Historical markers at the entrance to Ladysmith |
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| John Clark Collection |
Maritzburg College |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sugar refinery built in South grand junction by Sir J.L Hulett. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Members of the volunteer Indian bearer corps carrying seriously wounded men to the nearest first-aid post. The famous Mahatma Gandhi served in this corps. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Ladysmith Boer war. |
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| John Clark Collection |
This mural in the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, is an impression of the signing of the treaty between Dingane and Piet Retief. The two youths on the right may represent Thomas Halstead and one of the 14-year-old Voortrekker boys. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The term 'murder' used in Boer War grave North of Natal |
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| John Clark Collection |
H. F. Fynn (1803-61) |
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| John Clark Collection |
War damage in Natal was considerable, particularly to railways and bridges. Examples are shown here: (a) Lngsnek tunnel, blocked by the Boers with dynamite charges. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A contemporary cartonn published after Ulundi. Britannia, her foot placed on a news paper containing the words 'Nastycondemnation' and ' Ignorant criticism', prepare to place a laurel wreath on chelsmford's brow. Around him are the Zulu dead |
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| John Clark Collection |
The number of soldiers who died in the Ladysmith battle-area or from disease numbered many towards thousands . This picture of the Intombi war cemetery near the town shows some of the graves. Six hundred men are buried here. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Pearl Divers of Ceylon The pearl fishery of Ceylon was a lucrative source of pearls as well as a theatre of colonial power. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The small steamer Sir Robert Peel, first mail steamship to enter the harbour at Durban. She crossed the bar successfully on the 15th August 1852. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Joseph Baynes |
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| John Clark Collection |
A punch cartoon of 1850 depicting the great river as polluted that fish were dying off. Nte the refuse floating in the depths. even worse as the discharge into the river of untreated sewage and the poisonous effluent from chemical works, tanneries, dyeworks, etc. |
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| John Clark Collection |
All that remains of a sangar or defensive position on Wagon Hill., Ladysmith. Scores of them can still be traced on the battlefield. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Robert Douglas Clark (1846-1917). In his 23 years of office as the third headmaster of Maritzburg College and undoubtedly the man who gave the school its tone and atmosphere. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Durnford Estcourt |
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| John Clark Collection |
Photograph of the mass grave of thge Inniskillings who died in the unsuccessful attack on the Boers, 23rd May 1842. Most of the names are Irish. Presumably those who died during thge siege were enterred here also. The little cemetry is situated in the heart of Durban near railway station. |
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G.T. Plowman |