from the beginning and it never changed." The first official use of "Rhodesia" was actually for a boma on Lake Mweru, established in 1892 near the mouth of the Kalungwishi River under the authority of Alfred Sharpe, the British Commissioner of the British Central Africa protectorate in Nyasaland. After "Rhodesia" became the official name of the territories in 1895, the boma's name was changed to "Kalungwishi". It was closed some years later. Although "Northern Rhodesia" was not an official name until 1911 when Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia were combined, the name was used informally from 1895 onwards when referring to those two territories collectively. History Present-day Zambia North-Western Rhodesia—British South Africa Company (BSAC) administered—1890; North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia—Protectorates—1893; North-Eastern Rhodesia—BSAC administered—1897; Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia—Amalgamated but administered separately—1899–1911; Northern Rhodesia—Protectorate under BSAC —1911–1924; Northern Rhodesia—British protectorate—1924–1953; Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland—Territory of Northern Rhodesia—1953–1964; Zambia—Independence granted—1964 onwards. Present-day Zimbabwe Mashonaland and Matabeleland—BSAC protectorates—1888–1894; South Zambezia—Mashonaland and Matabeleland combined—1894–1895; Rhodesia—Protectorate combined with North Zambezia—1895–1901; Southern Rhodesia—South Zambezia separated from Northern Rhodesia—1901–1923; Southern Rhodesia—BSAC charter ends; British colony, with self-rule—1923–1953; Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland—Territory of Southern Rhodesia, retaining self-rule—1953–1963; Southern Rhodesia—Federation dissolved; British colony, retaining self-rule—1964–1965; Rhodesia—Unilateral Declaration of Independence, unrecognised state—1965–1979 (self-declared republic from 1970); Zimbabwe Rhodesia—Internal Settlement government, also unrecognised—1979; Southern Rhodesia—Lancaster House Agreement, temporary British colonial rule—1979–1980; Zimbabwe—recognised independence granted—1980 onwards. Public holidays Public holidays observed in Rhodesia were largely based around milestones in the region's short history. Annual holidays marked various aspects of the arrival of white people to the region during the 1880s and 1890s, as well as the respective unilateral declarations of independence (1965) and of republican government (1970). On these days, most businesses and non-essential services closed. A number of Christian holidays were also observed according to custom, in the traditional British manner, and referred to in official documents by name—Christmas Day, for example, or Easter Monday. References General reference for names and dates of territories Zambia Legal Information Institute: Constitutional Development in Northern Rhodesia 1890s–1964 Bibliography History of Zimbabwe History of Zambia Historical regions Regions of Africa Cecil Rhodes