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The church was built in 1884-85 and pulled down in 1902 as the tower was unsafe.

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The Church was built in 1884-5 and was pulled down c. 1902 as the tower was unsafe.

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The Church was built in 1884-5 and was pulled down c. 1902 as the tower was unsafe.

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The Church was built in 1884-5 and was pulled down c. 1902 as the tower was unsafe.

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203 x 149 mm. A view looking across Church Square towards the north façade of the old government buildings.

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190 x 142 mm. Showing a group of Royal Engineers posed in the eastern part of the camp.

Scope and Contents 57 x 90 mm. A three-quarter length carte de visite portrait showing Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley (1835-1881) standing beside a table, his hand resting on a pith helmet. Colley, who had seen extensive service in South Africa before being appointed Military (later Private) Secretary to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India in 1876, was made Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Natal and High Commissioner for South-East Africa in 1880. He was killed during the defence of Amajuba Hill on 27...

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The caption reads, 'On the right hand is the Convent Laarger [Laager] in which the foot volunteers were quartered. The centre camp was the head quarters of the Garrison under Colonel Gilde. On the left hand in the corner was the Civil Camp for the townspeople. The long brick buildings in the centre of the sketch were for ladies.'

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207 x 295 mm. A studio portrait showing President Kruger seated and holding a scroll of paper in his right hand. The original print is autographed by Kruger in the top left hand corner.

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196 x 139 mm. Showing men of the Royal Scots Fusiliers on parade in Pretoria, with the band in the foreground.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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55 x 81 mm. (oval print). A head and shoulders carte de visite portrait of Du Val in uniform.

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56 x 92 mm. A full length carte de visite portrait showing Charles Du Val in uniform, holding a rifle and posed against a studio backdrop of palm trees and hill scenery.

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190 x 141 mm. Showing the colours of the 94th Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers placed in front of a tent in the camp at Pretoria. The colours were saved after the disastrous opening hostilities of the war in the engagement at Bronkhorst Spruit (December 20 1880).

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190 x 143 mm. A view looking across cleared ground (with a few cattle and an unidentified figure standing beside a camera and tripod in the foreground) towards the main concentration of defensive forces in Pretoria. Various locations keyed and identified in the photograph are: A. The Military Camp (background, right of centre); B. Fort Commeline (at the summit of the distant hills); C. Loretto Nuns, Convent (sandbagged building at right); D. The Tronk (Jail) Laager (at left).

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205 x 152 mm. A view in the Fountains Valley south of the town showing a stream passing through light woodland. Proclaimed a game and nature reserve in 1895.

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190 x 141 mm. Showing a group of officers, a Sergeant Major of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, an African scout and an African prisoner posed outside the Garrison Office. Identified members of the group are: Mr. Melville, Mr. Lys, Lieut. Col. Gildea, Spencer F. Chichester, Garrison Adjutant, and Charles De Val. A photograph used as the basis for an illustration in Du Val, vol. II, facing p. 22.

Scope and Contents 191 x 136 mm. Showing the group seen in Y3055A/19, but taken from a greater distance and showing more of the Garrison office. ‘The Garrison office was situated almost in the centre of the camp, and the business was carried on under a temporary erection of boards with strips of galvanized iron laid over for roofing purposes, with a large canvas sail attached, which at night or during inclement weather was dropped in front as a protection to books and papers’. Du Val, ‘With a show through...

Scope and Contents 295 x 213 mm. Showing Kruger's house in Church Street West, a long single storied building with a 'stoep' and a corrugated iron roof. President Kruger is seated on the 'stoep' while two soldiers stand on guard duty beside the man entrance. After the death of Kruger's wife in 1901 the house was used by the South African Constabulary. After a short spell as a boarding house it was reoccupied by members of the Kruger family until 1918 when it became a nursing home. In 1934 it became the...

Scope and Contents 191 x 140 mm. A group of the Pretoria Carabineers with their commanding officer Captain R.K.H. D’Arcy seated in the front row at the right. D’Arcy since 1863 had acted in various clerical capacities in the Magistrate Department in Kingwilliamstown (1863-5), Peddie (1865-7) and Aliwal North (1867-7?) and was appointed Resident Magistrate at Kimberley in 1875 (see C.O. List 1879). He was severely wounded in the left foot during the action at Six-mile Spruit on 29 December 1880. For details of...

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190 x 137 mm. A duplicate of Y3055A/2, showing editorial staff and soldiers gathered in front of the tents and wagons used as offices by the newspaper. Figures identified beneath the print are: Capt. J.Mc.W. Clarke; Mr. Strecker (foreman printed); Mr. Lys (see also Y3055A/19); C.W. Decker (-1912), joint editor of ‘News of the Camp’ and the founder of the earlier 'Transvaal Argus’; Charles Du Val; a private of the 94th Regiment; the compositors; Mr. Mitchelson; and Mr Goodwill.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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191 x 119 mm. Showing a group of Transport Officers (with Major Walton presumably seated in the middle of the front row) in the Camp, with a larger number of men in the background.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.