Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony was a British colony created by the annexation of the Orange Free State in 1900, after the Boer War.

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British - Orange Free State - 1900 - Boer War

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Field Marshal Roberts hoisted the Union Jack over Bloemfontein on May 28 1900, and annexation became official on October 6.

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Field Marshal Roberts - Union Jack - Bloemfontein - May 28 - 1900 - October 6

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Sir Alfred Milner was appointed governor on January 4, 1901, with Hamilton Goold-Adams as lieutenant-governor.

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Alfred Milner - January 4 - 1901 - Hamilton Goold-Adams

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By 1904 sentiment was growing for some form of self-government, and the Oranje Unie party was formed to promote the idea. In the following year Lord Milner retired and Lord Selborne became the new governor. The colony achieved self-government in 1907, and on November 27 Abraham Fischer of the Oranje Unie became its first Prime Minister. In 1910 it joined the Union of South Africa as the "Orange Free State Province".

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1904 - Oranje Unie - Lord Selborne - 1907 - November 27 - Abraham Fischer - 1910 - Union of South Africa

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