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5 unusual facts about Zululand


Aldin Grout

Aldin Grout (born September 2, 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts - died February 12, 1894 in Springfield, USA) was an American missionary known for his missionary activities in Zululand.

Anatoma agulhasensis

This marine species occurs off South Africa from the Cape Province to Zululand; off Australia.

Newton Abbey

Heinlein was encouraged by Bishop Thomas Spreiter of Zululand, who happened to be in the United States raising funds for his diocese.

Thanda Private Game Reserve

Thanda Private Game Reserve is a five-star safari lodge in the heart of the Elephant Coast in Zululand, South Africa.

Typhlops fornasinii

Fornasini's blind snake has been found in southern Mozambique, South Africa (Zululand), and southeastern Zimbabwe.


2-6-2

In 1901 the Zululand Railway Company, contracted for the construction of the Natal North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River, acquired one 2-6-2 side-tank locomotive as construction engine from Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Amatongaland

Tongaland, or Amatongaland, existed in southeast Africa, lastly as a district of Zululand, forming the northern neck of Zululand.

Bonapartism

The death knell for Bonapartism was probably sounded when Eugène Bonaparte, the only son of Napoleon III, was killed in action while serving as a British Army officer in Zululand in 1879.

Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch

The Boers were at the same time striving to frustrate Cecil Rhodes's schemes of northern expansion and planning to occupy Mashonaland, to secure control of Swaziland and Zululand and to acquire the adjacent lands up to the ocean.

Ifakara

Ifakara is home to the Mbunga tribe though the population today constitutes of the Pogolo and Ndamba tribes as well as descendants of royalty from Zululand (Larson 1976:14).

Killer ape theory

Observations from Sgt. H. B. Potter (Zululand, South Africa) show that this kind of development is still up to date as it is mentioned in The predatory transition from ape to man by Raymond Dart.

Maryon Lane

Maryon Lane was born Patricia Mills on 15 February 1931 in Zululand, South Africa.

NGR Class I 2-6-0

In December 1895 an agreement was reached with the Natal sugar magnate Liege Hulett, representing the Zululand Railway Company, for the construction of the North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River.

NGR Class I 2-6-2T

In December 1895 an agreement was reached with the Natal sugar magnate Liege Hulett, representing the Zululand Railway Company, for the construction of the new line.

Oliver Wakefield

Oliver Wakefield (born 29 May 1909, Mahlabitini, Zululand, South Africa; d. 30 June 1956, New York, USA), was a popular British actor and comedian active from the 1930s until his death in 1956.

Vadim G. Gratshev

The material he collected on his trip to the Drakensberg and Zululand in 2005 inspired him to commence a new project on Afrotropical Elmidae and Anthribidae.


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