Comments on: Orange Free State http://grump.yoldfart.com/orange-free-state/ Ruminations from a South African Dorp Thu, 26 May 2011 11:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Brett http://grump.yoldfart.com/orange-free-state/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Brett Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:21:41 +0000 http://grump.yoldfart.com/?p=253#comment-218 The republic's name derives partly from the Orange River (just as the Transvaal Republic was named after the Vaal River), but both names were bestowed by the Dutch Protestant settlers in honour of the Dutch ruling royal family, the House of Orange. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State The republic’s name derives partly from the Orange River (just as the Transvaal Republic was named after the Vaal River), but both names were bestowed by the Dutch Protestant settlers in honour of the Dutch ruling royal family, the House of Orange.

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