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Ladysmith Chronicle , Western Cape, South Africa
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Ladysmith may refer to: * Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada * Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States * Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia * Ladysmith, Virginia, United States * Ladysmith Island, Queensland, Australia, an island in Smith Islands National Park Other * ''Ladysmith'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Giles Foden * Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group * Siege of Ladysmith (South Africa), 1900 * Smith & Wesson Ladysmith, a small handgun See also * Lady Smith (other) * List of people with surname Smith * Ladismith Ladismith is a town and agricultural centre in the western Little Karoo region of South Africa's Western Cape province. Geography It is situated adjacent to a series of fertile, irrigated valleys, at an elevation of 550 m above sea level, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It lies north-west of Durban and south-east of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textiles, and tyre production. Ladysmith is the seat for both the Alfred Duma Local Municipality and Uthukela District Municipality. In 1900, the unincorporated town of Oyster Harbour (established c. 1898) on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, was renamed Ladysmith by James Dunsmuir, in honour of the British lifting the siege of Ladysmith in South Africa (28 February 1900) during the Second Boer War. History In 1847, after buying land from the Zulu king Mpande, a number of Boers settled in the area and called it the Republic of Klip River with Andries Spies as their commandant. The republic was annexed by the British in the same year and on 20 June 1850 was proclaimed a township called Windsor. On 11 October 1850, the name was changed to Ladysmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith, British Columbia
Ladysmith, originally Oyster Harbour, is a town located on the 49th parallel north on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The local economy is based on forestry, tourism, and agriculture. A hillside location adjacent to a sheltered harbour forms the natural geography of the community. , the population was 8,537. The area of the town was 11.99 square kilometres. Total private dwellings were 3,754. Population density was 711.9 people per square kilometre. Ladysmith is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway, the Island Rail Corridor, nearby Nanaimo Airport and BC Ferries. History James Dunsmuir founded Ladysmith about 1898, a year after he built shipping wharves for loading coal at Oyster Harbour (now Ladysmith Harbour) from the mine at Extension, nearer Nanaimo. Dunsmuir, owner of coal mines in the Nanaimo area, needed a location to house the families of his miners. He chose to build the community at what was then known as Oyster Harbour, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Ladysmith is a city and the county seat of Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,414 at the 2010 census. History The Ojibwe who travelled the Flambeau River called the area that would become Ladysmith ''Gakaabikijiwanan'' ("of cliffed rapids"). The city was founded in 1885 at the intersection of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line) with the Flambeau River, initially named ''Flambeau Falls''. Robert Corbett, a logging and lumbering entrepreneur who was a strong influence on the city in its early years, renamed it Corbett, then Warner in 1891, and then Ladysmith on July 1, 1900, after the bride of Charles R. Smith, head of the Menasha Wooden Ware Co. Flambeau Mine The Flambeau Copper Mine was operated by Kennecott from 1993 to 1997. This was a very rich volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit, so rich that the ore was shipped directly to the smelter. Flambeau has since been closed and the site reclaimed. 2002 tornado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith, New South Wales
Ladysmith is a village approximately 19 km east of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Ladysmith had a population of 352 people. Ladysmith was formerly within the Shire of Kyeamba until 1 January 1981 when the Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Mitchell into the City of Wagga Wagga. The disused Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba railway line runs through Ladysmith. Ladysmith railway station heritage precinct is maintained by the Wagga Wagga-based railway preservation group, Tumba Rail. The group is working to again operate trikes in the railway yard on weekends, hopefully in the near future. Ladysmith Post Office opened on 20 November 1899. The district which was formally called Alfredtown was changed after the community petitioned to rename it Ladysmith, In honour of Sarah Ann Smith (née Apps) wife of Charles Thomas Smith both resided at “Green Meadow” for all the work the family did within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith, Virginia
Ladysmith is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located along US 1 and SR 639 (former SR 229), northwest of Ruther Glen and west of I-95 exit 110. The community contains attractions such as the Pendleton Golf Club, which is addressed as being in Ruther Glen. History A post office called Ladysmith has been in operation since 1928. The community may have been named after Ladysmith, in South Africa. A more likely scenario is that the community was given the name of Clara Smith‘s mother, original owner of the site. Notable people * William Clark William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Misso ... (born 1770 in Ladysmith), explorer and politician References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith Islands National Park
Smith Islands is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 862 km northwest of Brisbane. See also * Protected areas of Queensland Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected. List of terrestrial protected are ... References Islands of Queensland National parks of Queensland North Queensland {{Queensland-national-park-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith (novel)
''Ladysmith'' is Giles Foden’s second novel. It was published in 1999 by ''Faber and Faber''. Plot summary The time is November 1899 through February 1900; the place is Ladysmith, a small railway town in the British Colony of Natal near the border with the Boer Republics. The Boers have surprised the world with initial victories over the British Army and have now laid siege to Ladysmith. As they shell the town from surrounding hills, people die, disease is rampant, structures collapse, starvation looms, there is panic about enemy agents and yet the British muddle through. The setting of Giles Foden’s novel is historically accurate, and a number of historical figures appear as characters; for example, the Boers arrest a young reporter named Winston Churchill as he struggles to reach the besieged town, and an Indian lawyer-turned-medical volunteer named Mohandas K. Gandhi becomes more committed to his philosophy of active non-violence. The core of ''Ladysmith'' is a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of ''isicathamiya'' and '' mbube''. They became known internationally after singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album ''Graceland'', and have won multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards, dedicating their fifth Grammy to the late former President Nelson Mandela. Formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960, Ladysmith Black Mambazo became one of South Africa's most prolific recording artists, with their releases receiving gold and platinum disc honours. The group became a mobile academy of South African cultural heritage through their African indigenous ''isicathamiya'' music. History Joseph Shabalala formed Ladysmith Black Mambazo because of a series of dreams he had in 1964, in which he heard certain ''isicathamiya'' harmonies (''isicathamiya'' being the traditional music of the Zulu people). Following their local success at wedding ceremonies and other gatherings, Shabalala entered th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Ladysmith
The siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Second Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal. Background As war with the Boer republics appeared likely in June 1899, the War Office in Britain dispatched a total of 15,000 troops to Natal, expecting that if war broke out they would be capable of defending the colony until reinforcements could be mobilized and sent to South Africa by steamship. Some of these troops were diverted while returning to Britain from India, others were sent from garrisons in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. Lieutenant General Sir George White was appointed to command this enlarged force. White was 64 years old and suffered from a leg injury incurred in a riding accident. Having served mainly in India, he had little previous experience in South Africa. Outbreak of war Contrary to the advice of several British officials such as Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith & Wesson Ladysmith
The S&W Ladysmith (later styled LadySmith) is a series of handguns manufactured by Smith & Wesson starting early in the first decade of the 20th century. Early models, branded were chambered in .22 Long. Starting in the 1980s, under the slightly modified "LadySmith" moniker, S&W manufactured several short-barreled revolvers and semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol is a type of repeating single-chamber handgun ( pistol) that automatically cycles its action to insert the subsequent cartridge into the chamber (self-loading), but requires manual actuation of the trigger to actuall ...s. History Smith & Wesson has produced firearms over the years in several standard frame sizes. ''M-frame'' refers to the small early Ladysmith frame. Later LadySmith small revolvers were made on the somewhat larger ''J-frame'', the standard S&W small-frame revolver. The tiny M-frame .22" hand-ejector Ladysmith revolver was produced from 1902 through 1921, and later diminutive revolvers w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Smith (other)
Lord Smith may refer to: *Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, former Labour cabinet minister, then chair of the Environment Agency *Philip Smith, Baron Smith of Hindhead, British Conservative politician *Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, businessman *Rodney Smith, Baron Smith, surgeon *Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton, Lib Dem spokesman on Northern Ireland *Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh, Labour councillor from Wigan, chair of Greater Manchester Combined Authority *Robert Dixon-Smith, Baron Dixon-Smith (born 1934), Conservative backbencher Lady Smith (not to be confused with Ladysmith) may refer to: *Anne Smith, Lady Smith (born 1955), Senator of the College of Justice *Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 1959), leader of the Labour peers *Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill (born 1940), widow of John Smith *Julie Smith, Baroness Smith of Newnham (born 1969), Liberal Democrat academic *Margaret Delacourt-Smith, Baroness Delacourt-Smith of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People With Surname Smith
Smith is one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Smith. People known primarily as having the surname Smith Common combinations of given name and surname Smith * Aaron Smith * Abel Smith * Abraham Smith * Abram Smith *Adam Smith *Adrian Smith *Al Smith * Alan Smith * Albert Smith *Alex Smith * Alexander Smith * Alfred Smith *Alice Smith * Allison (or Alison) Smith * Alvin Smith *Amanda Smith * Amy Smith * Andre Smith * Andrea Smith * Andrew (or Andy) Smith * Angela Smith * Anna Smith * Anne Smith * Annie Smith * Anthony Smith * Antonio Smith * April Smith *Archibald Smith *Archie Smith *Arnold Smith * Art Smith * Arthur Smith * Ashley Smith * Austin Smith *Barbara Smith * Barry Smith * Ben (or Benjamin) Smith * Bernard (or Bernie) Smith * Bert Smith *Betty Smith *For Bill or Billy Smith, see William Smith *For Bob or Bobby Smith, see Robert Smith * Brad (or Bradley) Smith * Brandon Smith * Brendan Smi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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