Jul 15, 2024
There is a great irony in terra nullius, or 'the mere occupation of a desert or uninhabited land', as the Colonial Office put it with unconscious irony in 1822.
"Country: Future Fire, Future Farming" - Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe
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There is a great irony in terra nullius, or 'the mere occupation of a desert or uninhabited land', as the Colonial Office put it with unconscious irony in 1822.
"Country: Future Fire, Future Farming" - Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe
Lawrence was one of those beings whose pace of life was faster and more intense than what is normal. Just as an aeroplane only flies by its speed and pressure against the air, so he flew best and easiest in the hurricane. He was not in complete harmony with the normal.
- Winston S. Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
Churchill first encountered T.E. Lawrence after World War I when, as Colonial Secretary, he was charged with making a new and more just settlement in the Middle East. He determined to assemble the best and brightest of Britain's Middle East experts. Despite Lawrence's maverick reputation Churchill could not overlook his vast knowledge of the Arabs and their needs. Churchill persuaded Lawrence back into public service in 1921 with a special post in the Colonial Office. Lawrence had enormous respect for Churchill and genuinely believed they could repair the injury done to the Arabs at the Paris Peace Conference, stabilise the region and remove British armed forces. Even if T.E. Lawrence left the Colonial Office frustrated, his friendship with Churchill, with whom he recognised a kindred spirit that was increasingly out of place in the modern world, remained strong until his untimely death in 1935.
**Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, and Emir Abdullah in the gardens of the Government House, Jerusalem, during a secret conference on the future of the Middle East, 1921.
CO 1069-209-69
Description: A Mosotho Horseman. Les Ramsden.
Location: Basutoland
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/209
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
Description: Photographs of the Cavalry Regiment annual sports at Samakh, Palestine
Location: Samakh, Palestine
Date: 1947
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/742
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons
Trans-Jordan Frontier Force.
Description: Photographs of the Cavalry Regiment annual sports at Samakh, Palestine
Location: Samakh, Palestine
Date: 1947
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/742
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons
CO 1069-63-3
Description: Serikin Nassarawa
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/63
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
CO 1069-211-7
Description: Illustrating improvement in the progeny. A typical Native mare well advanced in pregnancy with a foal at foot by one of the Government-owned stallions issued under the loan-scheme.
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/211
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
CO 1069-137-100
Description: Transport. Riding is one of the pleasantest ways of getting around in Kenya in the early mornings. Horses play a big part in life in the Highlands and are invaluable to the dairy farmer in making the rounds of his estate.
Location: Kenya
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/137
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.