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A name given to the Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900. Abbreviation ORC.See Also: Orange Free State
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Orange River Colony — Oranjerivierkolonie British colony ← … Wikipedia
Orange River Colony — Orange River Colŏny (spr. órrändsch riww r), s. Oranjeflußkolonie … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
ORANGE RIVER COLONY — formerly Orange Free State (380), lying between the Vaal and the Orange Rivers, Griqualand West, and the Drakenberg Mountains; has an area nearly the size of England, with a healthy, temperate climate; undulating plains slope northward and… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Coat of arms of the Orange River Colony — Orange River Colony coat of arms Details Adopted 10 December 1904 The coat of arms of the Orange River Colony was the official heraldic symbol of the Orange River Colony as a British colony from 1904 to 1910, and then of the Ora … Wikipedia
Postal Orders of the Orange River Colony — Postal orders were issued in the Orange River Colony between 1900 and 30 May 1910. The first issues depict the portrait of Queen Victoria, and the remaining issues depict the portrait of King Edward VII.ee also*Postal Orders of South Africa … Wikipedia
Orange River (disambiguation) — Orange River is a river in South Africa. Orange River may also refer to: Orange River (Jamaica) Orange River (Maine) Orange River Colony Orange River Sovereignty Orange River Convention Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River … Wikipedia
Orange River Sovereignty — British colony 1848–1854 … Wikipedia
Orange River, South Africa — Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River (also the PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF GREAT NAMAQUALAND) Located in South Africa. The vicariate was erected in 1897 after having been a… … Catholic encyclopedia
ORANGE RIVER — or GARIEP chief river of South Africa, rises in the eastern highlands of Basutoland, and flows 100 m. westward to the Atlantic, receiving the Vaal and the Caledon as tributaries, and having Cape Colony on the S. bank and the Orange Free… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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