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Orange Free State (Province of South Africa)
(1910-1994) Oranje Vrystaat
Last modified: 2015-07-28 by bruce berry
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Orange Free State - introduction
The Orange Free State / Oranje Vrystaat (named after the Orange river, so called
after the Dutch royal house) was located in the centre of South Africa and had an
international
border only with Lesotho. It included the tiny Bantustan
of
Qwaqwa on the Lesotho / Natal border. It coincides
with the new (post-1994) Free State province.
As a province of South Africa between 1910 and 1994, the Orange Free State had
no official provincial flag but the old Boer republic flag (Oranje
Vrijstaat) was often used unofficially.
Antonio Martins, 30 May 1999
In addition to Qwaqwa, there was a portion of
Bophuthatswana
at Thaba Nchu - about 50km east of Bloemfontein - in the old Orange Free State
province.
Bruce Berry, 31 May 1999
The Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910 comprising the British
colonies of the Cape of Good Hope,
Natal, Orange River Colony and
Transvaal. Each colony became a province of South
Africa. None of the provinces of the
Union had an official flag and only the South African national flag was used.
The orange tree in the third quarter of the Arms of the Union (later Republic) of
South Africa represented the Orange Free State.
Bruce Berry, 31 May 1999.
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