DEFINING MOMENTS IN AUSTRALIAN HISTRORY 1902
Jan 02, 2019
2 minutes
‘Breaker’ Morant executed
Britain reluctantly shared dominion of southern Africa with Dutch settlers called Boers throughout the 1800s. Tensions were evident from the outset, but heightened between the 1860s and ’80s when diamonds and gold were found in Boer-occupied areas. Britain sought to control these resources, but the Boers resisted, and declared war in October 1899 after a British raid on their territory.
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