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149:. The Aliab Dinka rising was put down harshly in 1920. Woodland wrote that "The Government has done nothing for the Aliab. It has not protected them from aggression, has given them no economic benefits ... it has forced them to do a certain amount of labour, to pay taxes and to endure a not negligible amount of extortion by police". However, although he removed the Egyptian 172:
of Mongalla, he said "All recent reports of 'the Toposa' attitude towards the government indicate that they must be broken before they will submit to control. Nothing is to be gained by visiting them unless the government intends to occupy and administer their country". While Woodland was handicapped
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on the border with Ethiopia. Woodland said of Mongala in 1920 that it was "in such a muck-up state he doesn't know where to start". The British were ambivalent about their policy for administration of the South Sudan. Woodland called for a decision. Either South Sudan should be separated from the
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canal while he was governor. A canal through the vast swampland of the Sudd would open the south of Sudan to navigation, drain the swamps to create agricultural land and by reducing loss through evaporation would increase water available further downstream in north Sudan and Egypt.
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at Minkammon who had triggered the Aliab revolt through his abuses, Woodland did not appoint a replacement. The Aliab Dinka were left with no administration at all.
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north and administered as a territory in the same way as Uganda, or the British should encourage development by the Arabs within the structure of the North Sudan.
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by lack of resources, an excellently equipped team of surveyors, engineers and hydrologists undertook a thorough study of the question of a
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Woodland was Governor of Mongalla Province from 1920 to 1924, when he retired from the service. He was appointed after the former governor
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Woodland had to restrain his commissioners from taking an expansionary approach in eastern Mongalla. Talking of the
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Civil wars and revolution in the Sudan: essays on the Sudan, Southern Sudan and Darfur, 1962 – 2004
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M.W. Daly (1984). "Principal Office-Holders in the Sudan Government, 1895 – 1955".
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had killed in October 1919 while trying to suppress a revolt by tribesmen of the
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The waters of the Nile: hydropolitics and the Joglei Canal, 1900–1988
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Northeast African studies, Volume 1, Issue 1 – Volume 3, Issue 1
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Education, religion & politics in Southern Sudan, 1899–1964
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by the King of Egypt. Woodland left office on 6 October 1924.
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British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
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Empire on the Nile: The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1898–1934
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In 1922 Woodland was appointed to the 3rd Class of the
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Lilian Passmore Sanderson, Neville Sanderson (1981).
93: 80: 75: 59: 47: 31: 20: 156:In 1920 the Nuer attacked both the Dinka and the 288:. Cambridge University Press. pp. 143–144. 200: 198: 444: 247: 245: 130:VR Woodland was born in 1879 and educated at 8: 399:The International Journal of African History 261:. Cambridge University Press. p. 764. 119:colonial administrator who was governor of 451: 437: 429: 17: 356:. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 169. 258:The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 8 194: 558:People educated at Marlborough College 168:of the east, who were threatening the 7: 315:. Tsehai Publishers. p. 191. 14: 553:Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 548:Sudan Political Service officers 115:(1879 – 11 December 1933) was a 232:"Captain Chauncey Hugh Stigand" 386:. 4 August 1922. p. 5772. 43:1920 – 6 October 1924 1: 209:. Ithaca Press. p. 139. 538:Anglo-Egyptian Sudan people 309:Collins, Robert O. (2005). 574: 350:Robert O. Collins (1996). 487:Vincent Reynolds Woodland 467: 113:Vincent Reynolds Woodland 106: 71: 36: 27: 22:Vincent Reynolds Woodland 230:Monish (22 April 2010). 97:11 December 1933 aged 54 502:Leonard Fielding Nalder 477:Cecil Stephen Northcote 136:Trinity Hall, Cambridge 543:People from Warbleton 492:Arthur Wallace Skrine 482:Chauncey Hugh Stigand 143:Chauncey Hugh Stigand 66:Arthur Wallace Skrine 54:Chauncey Hugh Stigand 125:Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 32:Governor of Mongalla 282:M. W. Daly (2004). 132:Marlborough College 127:from 1920 to 1924. 383:The London Gazette 253:Roberts, Andrew D. 510: 509: 461:Mongalla Province 183:Order of the Nile 121:Mongalla Province 110: 109: 102:, Sussex, England 89:, Sussex, England 565: 453: 446: 439: 430: 423: 422: 394: 388: 387: 374: 368: 367: 347: 341: 340: 333: 327: 326: 306: 300: 299: 279: 273: 272: 249: 240: 239: 227: 221: 220: 202: 123:of the southern 76:Personal details 62: 50: 41: 18: 573: 572: 568: 567: 566: 564: 563: 562: 513: 512: 511: 506: 497:Francis Balfour 463: 457: 427: 426: 396: 395: 391: 376: 375: 371: 364: 349: 348: 344: 335: 334: 330: 323: 308: 307: 303: 296: 281: 280: 276: 269: 251: 250: 243: 229: 228: 224: 217: 204: 203: 196: 191: 98: 85: 60: 48: 42: 37: 23: 12: 11: 5: 571: 569: 561: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 515: 514: 508: 507: 505: 504: 499: 494: 489: 484: 479: 474: 468: 465: 464: 458: 456: 455: 448: 441: 433: 425: 424: 411:10.2307/218608 405:(2): 309–316. 389: 369: 362: 342: 328: 321: 301: 294: 274: 267: 241: 222: 215: 193: 192: 190: 187: 108: 107: 104: 103: 95: 91: 90: 82: 78: 77: 73: 72: 69: 68: 63: 57: 56: 51: 45: 44: 34: 33: 29: 28: 25: 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 570: 559: 556: 554: 551: 549: 546: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 520: 518: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 475: 473: 472:Angus Cameron 470: 469: 466: 462: 459:Governors of 454: 449: 447: 442: 440: 435: 434: 431: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 393: 390: 385: 384: 379: 373: 370: 365: 363:1-55876-099-7 359: 355: 354: 346: 343: 338: 332: 329: 324: 322:0-9748198-7-5 318: 314: 313: 305: 302: 297: 295:0-521-89437-9 291: 287: 286: 278: 275: 270: 268:0-521-22505-1 264: 260: 259: 254: 248: 246: 242: 237: 236:AfricaHunting 233: 226: 223: 218: 216:0-903729-63-6 212: 208: 201: 199: 195: 188: 186: 184: 179: 176: 171: 167: 166:Toposa people 162: 159: 154: 152: 148: 144: 139: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 105: 101: 96: 92: 88: 83: 79: 74: 70: 67: 64: 58: 55: 52: 46: 40: 35: 30: 26: 19: 16: 486: 402: 398: 392: 381: 372: 352: 345: 336: 331: 311: 304: 284: 277: 257: 235: 225: 206: 180: 163: 158:Burun people 155: 150: 147:Aliyab Dinka 140: 129: 112: 111: 61:Succeeded by 38: 15: 528:1933 deaths 523:1879 births 378:"No. 32735" 49:Preceded by 517:Categories 189:References 87:Hammerwood 100:Warbleton 39:In office 170:Didinga 117:British 419:218608 417:  360:  319:  292:  265:  213:  151:ma'mur 415:JSTOR 358:ISBN 317:ISBN 290:ISBN 263:ISBN 211:ISBN 175:Sudd 134:and 94:Died 84:1879 81:Born 407:doi 519:: 413:. 403:17 401:. 380:. 244:^ 234:. 197:^ 452:e 445:t 438:v 421:. 409:: 366:. 325:. 298:. 271:. 238:. 219:.

Index

Chauncey Hugh Stigand
Arthur Wallace Skrine
Hammerwood
Warbleton
British
Mongalla Province
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Marlborough College
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Chauncey Hugh Stigand
Aliyab Dinka
Burun people
Toposa people
Didinga
Sudd
Order of the Nile


ISBN
0-903729-63-6
"Captain Chauncey Hugh Stigand"


Roberts, Andrew D.
The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 8
ISBN
0-521-22505-1
Empire on the Nile: The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1898–1934
ISBN
0-521-89437-9

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