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won a battle. When it was built by Cecil Rhodes, it was one of the first permanent British buildings constructed in Rhodesia. The garden contained a large tree under which Rhodes and Lobengula negotiated treaties. It was intended to be Rhodes' personal residence and was designed based on
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and was the location of Smith's last official public engagement as Prime Minister before the establishment of
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Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During the Year Ending June 30, 1905
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announced he would be renovating the State House to restore it after the neglect under Mugabe.
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in 1897 as his personal residence. It is now used as the official Bulawayo residence for the
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The ground which Government House was built on was formerly the site of a
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under minority rule, it became an official residence of the
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Following the establishment of Zimbabwe in 1980, the
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Index

State House (Bulawayo)

BSAC
Official residence
Cape Dutch
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Cecil Rhodes
Government House
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
British South Africa Company
rule in Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes
President of Zimbabwe
kraal
Lobengula
Northern Ndebele people
Groote Schuur
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Southern Rhodesia
responsible government
British Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People's Union
Southern Rhodesian independence under black rule
Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
Ian Smith

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