Orange River Colony

Orange River Colony
Oranjerivierkolonie
  • 1902–1910
StatusBritish colony
CapitalBloemfontein
Common languagesEnglish(official), Afrikaans, Dutch, Sesotho
Ethnic groups
(1904)
Religion
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Monarch 
• 1902–1910
Edward VII
• 1910
George V
Governor 
• 1902–1905
Viscount Milner
• 1905–1907
Earl of Selborne
• 1907–1910
Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams
Prime Minister 
• 1907–1910
Abraham Fischer
History 
• Established
31 May 1902
• British occupation
28 May 1900
• British annexation
6 October 1900
31 May 1902
• Self-government
27 November 1907
• incorporation in the Union of South Africa
31 May 1910
• Disestablished
31 May 1910
Population
• 1904[1]
387,315
CurrencyPound sterling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Orange Free State
Union of South Africa
Today part ofSouth Africa

The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War. The colony ceased to exist in 1910, when it was absorbed into the Union of South Africa as the Orange Free State Province.[2]

  1. ^ "Census of the British empire. 1901". Openlibrary.org. 1906. p. 169. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ Hillier, Alfred Peter; Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). "Orange Free State" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 151–160.