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A collection of coloured matt photographs, all measuring 127 x 89 mm. The envelope is annotated: '1980. 9 photos - Zululand - are of 'Makhalafukwe' the shanty town inside Melmoth 'white' area. These people have got permission to take up jobs in Melmoth! (mostly for Government servants!) Their employers are whites, working in KwaZulu'. The photographs were taken by Wren Robinson.

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70 x 95 mm.

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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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A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.

Scope and Contents 206 x 136 mm. Showing the graves of other ranks at Fort Pearson or Fort Tenedos, the wooden crosses shaded by two trees. These men were probably killed by disease rather than in action. Legible inscriptions on the crosses are as follows: Private N. Jones, 'D' Coy, 99 D.E. Regt. (Duke of Edinburgh's Lanarkshire), died 3 March 1879; W.J. Lumar of H.M.S. 'Tenedos', died at Fort Tenedos 31 January 1879; Private W. Painter, 'D' Coy. 99 D.E. Regt. Died 13 March 1879 aged 20; Private C. Baden,...

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205 x 133 mm. A view looking over scrubland towards the Tugela River with the tents of the Naval Brigade overlooking the river. Not visible in this print is Fort Pearson, beyond the tents. In the foreground small kraals dot the countryside. The print is stamped 'Lloyd Artist Natal.' [James Lloyd]

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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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The caption reads, 'The sketch is taken, looking south the camp is No. 4 Column, on the march to the Zulu War, taken 17th January 1879. The Camp of the Swazi warriors 1,000 strong is on the right and commanded by British officers. It is attached to Colonel Wood's force to fight against the Zulu nation, sent by their King'.

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203 x 136 mm. Showing tents, boxes and sacks of stores on the bank of the Tugela River below Fort Pearson, with a group of soldiers posed for the photographer in the foreground.

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A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.

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192 x 135 mm. A group photograph showing fifty members of 'B' company, 2nd/24th Regiment who survived the attack on Rorkes Drift on 22-23 January 1879. Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead (c. 1815-91), who commanded the company during the defence of Rorkes Drift, is seated in the front row at the right with a spaniel at his feet.

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87 x 120 mm.

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125 x 75 mm. Robed group including three ordinands.

Scope and Contents 195 x 126 mm. Showing the drift across the Tugela with a punt crossing the river and with wagons, stores and soldiers waiting on the bank in the foreground. Pearson's advance into Zululand started on 12 January , the majority of the force had crossed from Natal by the evening of 13 January and from then until the 18th was spent contructing Fort Tenedos, a complement to Fort Pearson, and seen here on the farther bank of the river. Leaving a company of the Naval Brigade and several...

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A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.

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The caption reads, 'On the left is the Swazi contingent of 1,000 warriors and the six guns of the Royal Artillery to take their position in line of march. The 90th Regiment is in advance before the baggage train supported in the rear by the 13th Regiment, Frontier Light Horse and fifty Boers, which are not shown in the sketch'.

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202 x 137 mm. A view looking south across the Tugela River from Zululand towards Fort Pearson, situated on the summit of the cliffs on the farther bank. The photographer is probably J. R. Mee.

Scope and Contents 200 x 136 mm. A view from the KwaZulu-Natal side looking over the Tugela River into Zululand with the small wooden Fort Pearson situated on the headland overlooking the crossing into Zululand. In the foreground are tents of the Naval Brigade. The forces at Fort Pearson forming the right, or eastern prong of the advance into Zululand were under the command of Colonel Charles Pearson and consisted of a battalion of the 99th regiment, the second Battilion third regiment, a troop of mounted...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A commercially published collection of prints housed in a folder. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Unless otherwise stated the prints measure 95 x 70 mm.

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70 x 95 mm.

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70 x 95 mm.

Scope and Contents 204 x 138 mm. Showing wagons from Pearson's column negotiating the deep gully of the Inyoni during the advance into Zululand. While the river itself was a mere trickle, the depth of the gully only permitted the passage of wagons one at a time, and the backlog waiting to cross can be seen on the hill behind the drift. The Inyoni, twelve miles north of the Tugela, was crossed by Pearson and his advance column on 18 January 1879 and he continued on while the rest of the force negotiated the...

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191 x 127 mm. Showing a large group of Zulu warriors gathered for a dance, with a few figures in the foreground holding umbrellas above their heads.

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The caption reads, 'Frontier Light Horse on the border of Zululand at Eland's Nék December 1879 [1878] waiting to advance into Zululand to join Colonel Wood’s No. 4 Column at Utrich on the 1st January l879, when I was transferred to the Royal Artillery under Major Trimlet'.

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A litho map by L.M. Altern, Durban, including 'definitions of boundaries of reserves'. Prepared in Surveyor-General's Office, 1905, by Altern for C.R. Saunders, Natal Commissioner for Zululand Lands - Delimitation Commission.