Company rule in Rhodesia Africa. The Company's charter was duly revoked by Whitehall in 1923, and Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of Britain in October that year. Northern Rhodesia became a directly-run British protectorate in April 1924. Amid the Scramble for Africa during the 1880s, the South African-based businessman and politician Cecil Rhodes envisioned the annexation to the British Empire of a bloc of territory connecting the Cape of Good Hope and Cairo—respectively at the southern and northern tips of Africa—and the concurrent construction of a line of rail linking the two. On geopolitical maps, British territories were generally marked in red or
John Blaxland (politician) his death at Ryde, New South Wales, in 1884. John Blaxland (politician) John Blaxland (1799 – 26 January 1884) was an English-born Australian businessman and politician. He was born in Kent, England, to Gregory Blaxland and came to New South Wales in 1805-6 with his family at the age of five. In New South Wales, he became a merchant and businessman. and an explorer who would take a leading role in the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains. On 23 December 1845, he married Ellen Falkner, with whom he had nine children. He was appointed to the New South