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Map of the Route of the Dorslandtrekkers (solid line) Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and better living conditions.
English: In December 1880, the First Boer War began. The Boers ambushed and attacked a British column travelling from Lydenburg to Pretoria on 20 December at the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit. The Boers ambushed and attacked a British column travelling from Lydenburg to Pretoria on 20 December at the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit.
The name of the group is derived from Trekboer then later "boer", which means "farmer" in Dutch and Afrikaans. [4] In addition, the term Boeren also applied to those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to colonise the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal (together known as the Boer Republics), and to a lesser extent Natal.
Two of the Boer republics achieved international recognition and complete independence: the South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR; or Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. The republics did not provide for the separation of church and state , initially allowing only the Dutch Reformed Church , and later also other ...
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The Transvaal Colony (Afrikaans pronunciation: [transˈfɑːl]) was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
The Boers meanwhile persevered with their search for land and freedom, ultimately establishing themselves in various Boer Republics, e.g. the Transvaal or South African Republic and the Orange Free State. For a while it seemed that these republics would develop into stable states, despite having thinly spread populations of fiercely independent ...
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