Orange River Colony Government

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf government
gptkbp:administrativeDivision districts
gptkbp:area approximately 120,000 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Bloemfontein
gptkbp:civicEngagement local councils
gptkbp:culturalEvents annual fairs
gptkbp:culturalInfluence gptkb:Afrikaner_nationalism
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:demographics predominantly_Afrikaner
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
1910
gptkbp:economicActivity agriculture
mining
gptkbp:education public schools
gptkbp:electionYear first-past-the-post
gptkbp:established gptkb:British_Empire
1900
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:healthcare colonial_hospitals
gptkbp:historicalContext colonial_rule_in_Southern_Africa
gptkbp:historicalEvent Anglo-Boer War
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Constitution_of_the_Orange_River_Colony
post-Boer_War_reconstruction
gptkbp:historicalSite gptkb:Bloemfontein_War_Museum
gptkb:Naval_Hill
Old Presidency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orange River Colony Government
gptkbp:influence South_African_politics
gptkbp:internationalRelations gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:language gptkb:Afrikaans
English
gptkbp:leadership Governor
gptkbp:legacy foundation_for_modern_South_Africa
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Legislative_Council
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:motto Spes Bona
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:J._B._M._Hertzog
gptkb:Sir_Henry_de_Villiers
gptkb:Sir_Alfred_Milner
Jan Smuts
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:politicalPosition constitutional monarchy
gptkbp:population approximately 300,000
gptkbp:relationship British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:socialStructure class divisions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Orange_River_Colony
gptkbp:transportation railway system
gptkbp:type colonial government