Transvaal Colony government

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The Transvaal Colony government was the British colonial administration that governed the former South African Republic after the Second Boer War, prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administration
colonial government
administeredTerritory Johannesburg
Pretoria district
Witwatersrand goldfields
linked to: Witwatersrand
alsoUsedLanguage Afrikaans
Dutch
appliesToJurisdiction Transvaal Colony
linked to: Transvaal

former South African Republic territory
capital Pretoria
colonialPower United Kingdom
colonialStatus crown colony (1902–1907)
self-governing colony (from 1907)
countryGoverned Transvaal Colony
linked to: Transvaal
currency pound sterling
endTime 1910
31 May 1910
establishedAsResultOf Second Boer War
establishedBy United Kingdom government
linked to: UK government
executiveBody Executive Council of the Transvaal Colony
followedBy Transvaal Provincial Administration
Union of South Africa central government
follows South African Republic government
linked to: Boer government
governmentType crown colony administration
responsible government (from 1907)
grantedResponsibleGovernment 1907
headOfGovernmentTitle Governor of the Transvaal Colony
Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal Colony
headOfState Edward VII
George V
highestCourt Supreme Court of the Transvaal
historicalPeriod post-Second Boer War settlement
historicalRegion Southern Africa
legalSystem English common law influences
Roman-Dutch law
legislativeBody Transvaal Legislative Assembly
Transvaal Legislative Council
locatedInTimeZone South African Standard Time
mergedInto Union of South Africa
mergedIntoAs Transvaal Province
linked to: Transvaal
officialLanguage English
parentState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
partOf British Empire
British South Africa colonies
replaces South African Republic government
linked to: Boer government
startTime 1902
31 May 1902

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Cullinan II giftedBy Transvaal Colony government
Cullinan I presentedBy Transvaal Colony government
Natal-Transvaal border wasDemarcatedBetween government of the South African Republic
linked to: Transvaal Colony government
Game Reserve No. 2 governedBy South African colonial administration
linked to: Transvaal Colony government
Charles Murray (poet) employer Public Works Department of the Transvaal
linked to: Transvaal Colony government
provincial government of Transvaal replaced government of the Transvaal Colony
linked to: Transvaal Colony government
Transvaal Colony government executiveBody Executive Council of the Transvaal Colony
linked to: Transvaal Colony government
Cullinan diamond soldTo Transvaal Colony government
Cullinan diamond presentedBy Transvaal Colony government