Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing settler colony
Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of the British Empire after a referendum on the future political status of the territory in 1922 which returned a majority vote for ‘responsible government’ over union with South Africa.
White settlers in Southern Rhodesia, 1922
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