remained as in the pre-Union republics and colonies, and only whites could gain election to Parliament. 1910 Union of South Africa In 1910 the Union of South Africa was created by the unification of four areas, by joining the two former independent Boer republics of the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) and the Orange Free State (Oranje Vrystaat)with the British dominated Cape Province and Natal. Most significantly, the new self-governing Union of South Africa gained international respect with British Dominion status putting it on par with three other important British dominions and allies: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. References Further reading Elizabeth Elbourne. Empire, kinship and violence: family histories, indigenous rights and the making of settler colonialism, 1770-1842. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 1815 1815 1815 South Africa South Africa