History of Southern Africa Bechuanaland
1885-1918






Boer Republic



David Massouw and 400 Transvaal Boers in 1882 conquered a strip of land kust west of Transvaal. Farmland was allotted to Boers who participated in the conquest. The new territory was proclaimed REPUBLIC OF STELLALAND, it's capital VRYBURG.
In 1885, Britain annexed the small republic, which was included into the new BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE.
In 1895, the Cape Colony annexed Southern Bechuanaland, including what used to be Stellaland. In the Boer War of 1899-1902, Vryburg was contested ground.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		History of Stellaland, from Bechuanaland and Botswana (a philatelic society)
Encyclopedic description of Stellaland's Philatelic History, from Sandafayre's Stamp Atlas (scroll down)
Article Stellaland, from answers.com, with map (Scottish Geogr. Magazine 1885)
DOCUMENTS Flag of Stellaland, from Flags of the 19th and 20th Century : South Africa - Boer Republics
Coat of Arms, from Wappenlexikon, comment in German
Stamps of the Republic of Stellaland, from Bechuanaland and Botswana Society (a philatelic society)
Map of British Bechuanaland from 1887, from Perry Castaneda Library, Map Coll., UTexas, features Stellaland as part of Brit. Bechuanaland
Map featuring the British Possessions in South Africa 1885, from Perry Castaneda Library, Map Coll., UTexas, features Stellaland as independent
Article Westbetschuanen (Western Bechuanas) has reference to Stellaland, from Meyers Konversationslexikon, in German; article continues here
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First posted in 2001, last revised on July 4th 2005

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