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In the British colonial period (1858-1947) people in northern India dressed modestly, but might bath nude in rivers. Indigenous peoples in southern tropical zones continued to be naked, but prior to Western colonization, some had already adopted more modest dress with the spread of Hinduism. [56]
Burkill Hall in Singapore Botanic Gardens, the oldest surviving 19th century Anglo-Malay Plantation building, forerunner to the black and white bungalow. In Malaysia and Singapore, bungalows such as these were built from the 19th century until World War II for the wealthy expatriate families, the leading commercial firm as well as the Public Works Department and the British Armed Forces. [2]
During the eighteenth century, those men who survived tropical diseases, were, on average, 50 times wealthier than those who resided in the British Isles. [44] Other notable planters in Jamaica who became wealthy as a result of owning slave plantations included Peter Beckford , Francis Price and Charles Ellis .
Jamaica's display at the exhibition. Linen map of the British Empire that was sold at the exhibition. The Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 was held in South Kensington in London with the objective to (in the words of the then Prince of Wales) "stimulate commerce and strengthen the bonds of union now existing in every portion of her Majesty's Empire". [2]
The first colonial exhibition, in Victoria, Australia, in 1866, was the progeny of 25 years of similar exhibitions held in Melbourne, in which other colonies within the Australian continent participated. Perhaps the most notable colonial exhibition was the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, which lasted six months and sold 33 million tickets. [1]
The British Nationality Act 1981, which entered into force on 1 January 1983, [143] abolished British subject status, and stripped colonials of their full British citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies, replacing it with British dependent territories citizenship, which entailed no right of abode or to work anywhere (other categories with ...
This week’s top-selling property in Marion is a designer colonial that sold for $1,260,000. You will find true elegance when entering 87 Olde Knoll Road, this 3,787 square-foot home has had many ...
In this scene from 1909, men at their camp site display a catch of rabbits and fish. A beach barbecue – an established part of New Zealand culture. Pākehā culture (usually synonymous with New Zealand European culture) derives mainly from that of the European (mostly British) settlers who colonised New Zealand in the 19th century. Europeans ...