Archival Significance
Edited by Sir Robert Tredgold, who served as Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia and then of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and briefly as Acting Governor-General of both, before resigning his federal position in 1960 in protest against the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act. He later documented his career in his own memoir, The Rhodesia That Was My Life.
Institutional Context
Published by the Federal Department of Printing and Stationery, a revised edition of an earlier Guide to the Matopos, reflecting the Federation-era state’s direct involvement in producing heritage and tourism literature.
Content Summary
A guide to the Matopos Hills, a site of significant geological, ecological and historical importance in Southern Rhodesia.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Rhodesian heritage tourism publishing, and, given its editor’s own prominent legal and political career, as a point of connection between Federation-era state institutions and civic heritage literature.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.