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Nyasaland was a British protectorate located in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 and 1963,Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After the Federation was dissolved,Nyasaland became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964 and was renamed Malawi.
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa,now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia. It was initially administered,as were the two earlier protectorates,by the British South Africa Company (BSAC),a chartered company,on behalf of the British Government. From 1924,it was administered by the British Government as a protectorate,under similar conditions to other British-administered protectorates,and the special provisions required when it was administered by BSAC were terminated.
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked,self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa,established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as South Zambesia until annexation by Britain,at the behest of Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company. The bounding territories were Bechuanaland (Botswana),Northern Rhodesia (Zambia),Portuguese Mozambique (Mozambique) and the Transvaal Republic.
Sir Roland "Roy" Welensky was a Northern Rhodesian politician and the second and last Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Clifford Walter Dupont was a British-born Rhodesian politician who served in the internationally unrecognised positions of officer administrating the government and president. Born in London and qualifying as a solicitor,Dupont served during the Second World War as an officer of the British Royal Artillery in North Africa before first visiting Southern Rhodesia in 1947. He returned a year later,started a ranch and emigrated full-time during the early 1950s,by which time the country had become a territory of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs,,was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia,from 24 October 1964 described by its internationally unrecognised government simply as Rhodesia,who served until,and opposed,the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965.
The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and Rhodesia from 1965 until 1970. It was subdivided into 20 shillings,each of 12 pence.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is the central bank of Zimbabwe and is headquartered in Harare.
The pound was the currency of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It was subdivided into 20 shillings,each of 12 pence.
The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia. It also circulated in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The pound was subdivided into 20 shillings,each of 12 pence.
The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) was an air force based in Salisbury which represented several entities under various names between 1935 and 1980:originally serving the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia,it was the air arm of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 31 December 1963;of Southern Rhodesia once again from 1 January 1964;and of the unrecognised nation of Rhodesia following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965.
The Bank of Zambia (BoZ),is the central bank of Zambia.
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The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,also known as the Central African Federation (CAF),was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories:the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It existed between 1953 and 1963.
The flag of Southern Rhodesia was a blue ensign,later changed to a sky-blue ensign,with the coat of arms of Southern Rhodesia on it. The flag was in use in Southern Rhodesia from 1924 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1965. It was also used by the unrecognised Rhodesia from 1965 to 1968. The flag was initially used unofficially internally before being approved for use outside of the colony by the Colonial Office in 1937. The colour was changed to sky blue in 1964 to protest the treatment of Southern Rhodesia after its inclusion in the failed Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
The Bledisloe Commission,also known as the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission,was a Royal Commission,appointed in 1937 and undertaking its enquiries between 1937 and 1939. to examine the possible closer union of the three British territories in Central Africa,Southern Rhodesia,Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. These territories were to some degree economically inter-dependent,and it was suggested that an association would promote their rapid development. Its chairman was Lord Bledisloe.
Richard Brathwaite Hope Hall ICD was a British-born merchant banker,businessman,and politician active in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 70s. A member of Prime Minister Ian Smith's UDI cabinet,he served as a member of parliament in Rhodesia's House of Assembly from 1965 to 1976. He began his political career as a member of the Dominion Party,and served as its chairman from 1960 to 1962. In 1962,he was a founding member of the Rhodesian Front,but switched to the Rhodesian Action Party in 1976. After unsuccessfully running for re-election in 1977,he moved back to the United Kingdom,where he lived until his death.
Maureen Thelma Watson was a Rhodesian politician.
State House,formerly known as Government House,is the official residence of the President of Zimbabwe and is located in Harare,Zimbabwe. It was previously used by the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia,Governor of Southern Rhodesia and the Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in addition to being occupied by the internationally unrecognised Rhodesian Officer Administering the Government and later President of Rhodesia. It was constructed in 1910 to a design by Detmar Blow in the Cape Dutch revival style.
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- 1 2 3 "Who's who of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Central and East Africa". Wootten & Gibson. 1961.
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- ↑ "The Quarterly Journal of the Rhodesian Economic Society: Volume Three, Number Two" (PDF). The Rhodesian Journal of Economics. June 1969.
- 1 2 "Who's who of Southern Africa". Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 1991.