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The principal street in Bulawayo in 1905 Bulawayo in 1906. At front is the Matabele Rebellion Monument, constructed after the Second Matabele War Bulawayo in 1976. The city was founded by the Ndebele king Lobengula, the son of King Mzilikazi, born of Matshobana, [15] who settled in modern-day Zimbabwe around the 1840s.
Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company. [2] Telegraph begins operating. [2] Chronicle newspaper begins publication. [3] 1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War [4] 1897 Bulawayo becomes a municipality. [1] State House, Bulawayo completed as "Government House". [4] I.G. Hirschler ...
Old Bulawayo is a historic settlement that was originally established by King Lobengula as his capital in 1870 soon after becoming king of the Matebele people. A museum was established in 1990 [1] Old Bulawayo is being rebuilt by the National Monuments and Museums of Zimbabwe. [2]
Map of Bulawayo-Matobo Hills, drawn by Baden-Powell. In the First Matabele War, the Matabele had experienced the effectiveness of the settlers' Maxim guns, so they never mounted a significant attack against Bulawayo even though more than 10,000 Matabele warriors could be seen near the town. Conditions inside Bulawayo, however, quickly became ...
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South.These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from Midlands by the Shangani River in central Zimbabwe.
Kwa-Bulawayo (prefixed according to context with 'gu-' or 'kwa-') was the royal kraal of Shaka Zulu, and as such was the capital of the early Zulu Empire. It was founded after Shaka's conquest of the Ndwandwe kingdom, in around 1820. During the conflict, Shaka made a stand outside Kwa-Bulawayo, facing two thousand Ndwande who returned from ...
Killarney is a suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is named after the town of Killarney in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It is a low density suburb found on the North Eastern part of Bulawayo. In Killarney, there is a primary school, Centenary Primary school and The Zimbabwe School Of Mines, which is a mining school in Southern Africa.
State House, formerly called Government House, is a former Government House in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It was used by the British South Africa Company during their rule in Rhodesia. It was built by Cecil Rhodes in 1897 as his personal residence. [1] [2] It is now used as the official Bulawayo residence for the President of Zimbabwe. [3]