Images

Title page of Georgius Agricola's De re metallica, woodcut print, 1561. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda.

A detail of a relief sculpture by Peter Kirchhoff depicting the Great Trek of the 1830s, when Boers in Southern Africa migrated northwards away from British-controlled territory in order ot establish new independent settlements of their own...

The First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) emerged from growing tensions following the British annexation of the South African Republic (Transvaal) in 1877 during the reign of Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The conflict reflected broader themes of...

A local village fortified by the British during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming. Imperial War Museums, London

British soldiers training in the use of a machine gun during the Boer War (1899-1902), photograph by William Skeoch Cumming, c. 1900. Imperial War Museums, London.

An African spy and his wife during the Boer War (1899-1902). Local Africans were used to gain military intelligence by both the Boers and the British during the conflict. Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming. Imperial War Museums, London.

A British ambulance wagon during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

A horse-drawn wagon during the Boer War (1899-1902). Both the Boers and British were heavily reliant on Black African transport drivers during the conflict. Imperial War Museums, London.

A derailed British armoured train in Natal after a Boer attack in November 1899 during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

British soldiers engaging in a tug of war on Christmas Day 1899 in Ladysmith during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph by Reinhold Thiele. Imperial War Museums, London.