Britain's Youngest Self-governing Colony

Cameos from the Twenties and Thirties in Southern Rhodesia

Early morning ride in Rhodesia's Eastern Highlands

 

 

"THIS FREEDOM"

Rhodesia is essentially a land where one may enjoy the great "out-of-doors" untrammelled by the too  close proximity of civilisation.

This picture of riders in the freshness of an early morning amid beautiful surroundings epitomises the character of Britain's youngest self-governing colony.

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A GRAND OLD BAOBAB TREE ON THE ROAD TO BEIT BRIDGE.

Compare this picture (looking South) with a view of the same tree taken looking North in 1974.
A grand old baobab tree on the road to Beit Bridge, Rhodesia

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Aerial view of Rhodes' grave in the Matopo Hills, Rhodesia

 

 

THE BURIAL PLACE OF THE FOUNDER OF RHODESIA

An unusual view from the air of Rhodes' grave in the Matopo Hills.

The huge boulders surrounding the grave are here dwarfed to the size of mere pebbles.  To the right is the Shangani Memorial erected to the memory of Major Alan Wilson and his men who were annihilated by the Matabele on the Shangani River in 1893.

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"IN THE MATOPOS"

The Matopos Hills, which are within a short motor run of Bulawayo, are famous as the resting place of the founder of Rhodesia, Cecil John Rhodes.  The Hills provide some grand scenery, and interesting rock paintings by the former Bushman inhabitants are to be seen in various parts of the range.

(PHOTO BY NEVILLE CLAYTON)

In the Matopos Hills near Bulawayo, Rhodesia

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A Matabele family in a homely setting

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RHODESIA  PRIMITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE

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Above: A Matabele family in a homely setting.

 

Right: A flourishing Tea Estate in the Eastern Districts.  Rhodesian grown tea was first marketed in 1930.  22,671 lbs    of tea was exported in 1937.

A flourishing Tea Estate in the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia

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Main Street, Bulawayo 1920s

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 MAIN STREET, BULAWAYO, AT SUNRISE.

From an Oil Painting by T.H. Bryant.

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The view above shows Main Street in the mid 1920s with the Rebellion Memorial in the foreground and John Tweed's statue of Cecil Rhodes beyond.

A similar view little more than 30 years earlier would have shown but wild bush country.

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Montagu Ave, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1932

Montagu Avenue, Salisbury, Rhodesia 1932

from a painting by M.E. Halford

(Compare this with a similar photographic view from 1977)

.etty yDiana - photo by F.H.H. Edwins

Two pretty young things

"Diana" photographed by F.H.H. Edwins, 1936

At the Drift in 1920s Rhodesia

At the Drift - a scene from Rhodesia in the 1920s

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The pictures on this page appeared in various editions of the Rhodesian Annual 1926 - 1940 and

the British South Africa Annual (Incorporating The Rhodesia Annual) 1923 - 1940.

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