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Lexicon Transvaal Colony _____________________________________________________ The Transvaal (Afrikaans, lit. beyond the Vaal River) is the name of an area of northern South Africa. The land originally comprised most of the independent Boer South African Republic, which had existed since 1856, despite two previous attempts by the British of varying success to establish supremacy. After the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 most of the land of the captured state became the Transvaal Colony, and eventually one of the initial provinces of the Union of South Africa. For more information visit Wikipedia.