Eavesdropping on Victorian Natal by Carol MacCallum [New]

ISBN: 9780796138859 / 0796138850 - Eavesdropping on Victorian Natal: From Durban to Pietermaritzburg by Carol MacCallum. Self Published, 2024. Softcover. New. 270 pp.

The Victorian era was a time of rapid expansion in all fields in Britain. That same progress was introduced to Natal over time, by the 5000 immigrants reaching our Natal shores. They brought with them ideas that expanded and developed Natal in various ways so that by 1892 Natal was able to obtain Responsible Government.

In the forty-seven years that this took to accomplish, Natal was linked to the interior by a railway line, and electric trams ran in the cities. Education improved to the point of University level, and newspapers brought the latest overseas news. Wars were also fought for territorial rights and Natal was deeply involved in those.

These pages reveal the fears, challenges, as well as social and religious challenges and enjoyments the settlers faced in their bid to start a new life. These courageous people took risks with no guarantees.

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