Union of South Africa
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 1910, the two former Boer republics, the Cape Colony, and the British-controlled Natal Colony came together to form the Union of South Africa.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The building was completed in 1884 and in 1910, following the compromise that saw the creation of the Union of South Africa, parliament remained in Cape Town but the country was governed from Pretoria.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2022
The last Boers to surrender, the bittereinders, helped to form the government of the new Union of South Africa in 1910; they were the bedrock of the National Party on which apartheid was built.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019
In March 1917, the white-run parliament of the Union of South Africa, then a British imperial dominion, paid tribute to the dead.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2017
His partner in crime, Joseph Shales, whom probably you know under the name of Mr. Shallop, is already in the hands of the Union of South Africa Police.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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