Name: Rhodesia
Full name:
Republic of Rhodesia (Unrecognised)
Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Recognised)
Anthem:
"Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" (Unrecognised)
"God save the Queen" (Recognised)
Capital: Salisbury
Flag:
The green and white (Unrecognised)
Imperial Flag of Southern Rhodesia (Recognised)
GDP: 5,177 billion USD (1979)
Total Area:
390,580 km2 (150,800 sq mi)
Notable Leaders:
P.M. Sir Edgar Whitehead (1958-1962)
P.M. Winston Joseph Field (1962-1964)
P.M. Ian Smith (1965-1979)
Pres. Clifford Dupont (1970–1975)
Celebrities:
Ian Smith (Politician)
Robert Mugabe (Politician)
Cara Black (Tennis Player)
David Pocock (Rugby Player)
Clare Carey (Actor)
Miles Anderson (Actor)
Currency:
Rhodesian pound
Rhodesian Dollar (Adopted later)
Preceded by:
Southern Rhodesia (1890-1923)
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1923-1965)
Succeeded by:
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979-1980)
Zimbabwe (1980-present)
Description: Rhodesia, named after British businessman, mining magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes, is a country roughly three times the size of England situated in southern Africa. It was a well-run civilized country – Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood! The country was wrested from barbarism by hardy pioneers and for 90 years there was progress and sound governance. So sound that within just a few generations the whites, who first arrived in 1890, had enabled the blacks they found there to grow in population from just a few hundred thousand to many millions! In that time Rhodesians had not only created a modern state, like those of say Australia or New Zealand, but had also lifted large numbers of the black Africans up with them. Rhodesia was never directly ruled by Britain; after 33 years under the administration of the British South Africa Company she was granted full internal self-government in 1923.
The less advanced African population was protected from the loss of their land to the more advanced whites by the special reservation of 25% of the country for traditional African use and in these areas, whites could not buy land. After self-government, the amount of land allocated for exclusive African use was progressively increased until by 1970 it had reached 50%.
Of course, large numbers also lived on European owned farms. Unlike the situation in North America, where the native population was almost exterminated by the white settlers, these extensive reserves were available to a growing and increasingly prosperous African population. Meantime the virgin bush was cleared, dams were built all over the country and hopeless looking parched bush land was irrigated and made available to both white and African farmers. Rhodesia set about becoming the breadbasket of Africa and regularly exported food to less well managed African countries.
Full name:
Republic of Rhodesia (Unrecognised)
Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Recognised)
Anthem:
"Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" (Unrecognised)
"God save the Queen" (Recognised)
Capital: Salisbury
Flag:
The green and white (Unrecognised)
Imperial Flag of Southern Rhodesia (Recognised)
GDP: 5,177 billion USD (1979)
Total Area:
390,580 km2 (150,800 sq mi)
Notable Leaders:
P.M. Sir Edgar Whitehead (1958-1962)
P.M. Winston Joseph Field (1962-1964)
P.M. Ian Smith (1965-1979)
Pres. Clifford Dupont (1970–1975)
Celebrities:
Ian Smith (Politician)
Robert Mugabe (Politician)
Cara Black (Tennis Player)
David Pocock (Rugby Player)
Clare Carey (Actor)
Miles Anderson (Actor)
Currency:
Rhodesian pound
Rhodesian Dollar (Adopted later)
Preceded by:
Southern Rhodesia (1890-1923)
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1923-1965)
Succeeded by:
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979-1980)
Zimbabwe (1980-present)
Description: Rhodesia, named after British businessman, mining magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes, is a country roughly three times the size of England situated in southern Africa. It was a well-run civilized country – Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood! The country was wrested from barbarism by hardy pioneers and for 90 years there was progress and sound governance. So sound that within just a few generations the whites, who first arrived in 1890, had enabled the blacks they found there to grow in population from just a few hundred thousand to many millions! In that time Rhodesians had not only created a modern state, like those of say Australia or New Zealand, but had also lifted large numbers of the black Africans up with them. Rhodesia was never directly ruled by Britain; after 33 years under the administration of the British South Africa Company she was granted full internal self-government in 1923.
The less advanced African population was protected from the loss of their land to the more advanced whites by the special reservation of 25% of the country for traditional African use and in these areas, whites could not buy land. After self-government, the amount of land allocated for exclusive African use was progressively increased until by 1970 it had reached 50%.
Of course, large numbers also lived on European owned farms. Unlike the situation in North America, where the native population was almost exterminated by the white settlers, these extensive reserves were available to a growing and increasingly prosperous African population. Meantime the virgin bush was cleared, dams were built all over the country and hopeless looking parched bush land was irrigated and made available to both white and African farmers. Rhodesia set about becoming the breadbasket of Africa and regularly exported food to less well managed African countries.