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SOUTH AFRICA
The tip of Africa
An early impression
What a difference the years have made!
Jan van Riebeeck
Far South
CAPE VINEYARDS
Early morning mist over the beautiful Hex River Valley
The coveted sea route to the east
Housekeeping 'on trek'. Note the spiced, salted strips of venison drying on the line
One of the magnificent tapestries in the Voortrekker Museum, Pretoria
Facing the monument for women
Image of a Boer soldier 'on guard'
The 'Vrouemonument' in Bloemfontein'
Emily Hobhouse and Tibbie Steyn (wife of the Presidnt of the Free State) are interred here.
The Women's Monument
What Emily evisioned and was able to sketch
Lizzie van Zyl - a dying child, described by "Tant Alie" in the book translated by Emily Hobhouse
It's harder when you're hungry!
Waiting for food
Roughing it!
'n Boer maak 'n plan. (A Boer always makes a plan.)
EMILY
A compassionate Cornish heroine
Emily Hobhouse
Second Boer War
Boers prepare for defence
British troops
Canadians
Boer soldiers
Abraham Carel Wessels
A severely emaciated child
In one of the camps
Who was responsible - Roberts or Kitchener ?
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Lord Kitchener
A Great Man! - President Steyn of the Free State
Although he was near death, himself, he worked tirelessly to to honour the women of the Boer War
The Joubert family and friends
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Front row: My mother, on the extreme right, and on her right, (in the centre) her brother, Francois. Beside him, the daughter-in-law of President Steyn (shown above)
The Voortrekker Monument
Scene of the signing of the Peace Treaty ending the Boer War
Melrose House in Pretoria.
Union Buildings, Pretoria
Coat of Arms, Union of South Africa
Union of South Africa
The flag under which South African soldiers fought, on the side of Britain, in two world wars
My father with Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
My father accompanies the wife of the Governor-General.
Lady Clarendon
I still have the Brownie unform I wore that day
It had already been handed down by several preceding generations and is now possibly the oldest in the world.
Commander of the Allied Forces in North Africa.
Field Marshall J.C. Smuts
About Me
- Marie Warder.
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tom_Warder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Warder
Insignia of Sqn 2 of the South African Airforce which joined United Nations forces in Korea
The squadron flew a total of 12,067 sorties for a loss of 43 pilots and two other ranks, earning 797 medals. 8 pilots were taken prisoner
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