John Clark
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A.T. Spies (1800-89) Famous Voortrkker commandant and Natal leader. During the Great Trek, he showed leadership qualities in the battles against Dingane. When Weenen was surveyed in 1840 he became its first commandant. |
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Andries Pretorius (1798-1853) An artist's impression of this military hero of the Voortrekkers. Pretorius's spiritual home was always NAtal, although he left for the Transvaal, later becoming its first president. |
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Blood River. Sketch by H. Egersdorfer of the breakout from the laager of the mounted Boers. |
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Johann David Marquard (1819-80) First public teacher or headmaster of the Government school at the corner of Longmarket and Chapel Streets, Pietermaritzburg. It was opened on 16th July 1849. Marquard was a cultured man, highly regarded by the Dutch community. |
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Rev. William Nisbett (1799-1885) First Government teacher in Durban in 1850 and was notorious as a flogging master. He had no love for teaching - it merely helped to eke out his income as a military chaplain. |
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Dr. Robert James Mann. The first superintendent of Natal education. President of Natal Society 1859-1862 and 1864-1868. |
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Divers working on wrecked "Royal George" |
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Robert Russell (1843-1910) Third superintendent of Natal Education. A general conscientious Scotsman who in his travels as inspector and superintendent gained a grassroots acquaintance with the small schools of Natal. |
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This building housed the first Government Hospital in Durban. It was later used for the Boys' Model School on the Esplanade. |
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A sketch of the murder of Piet Retief and his men. |
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Brig on the waters. A very early photograph (1856) of the type of ship used for the transport of settlers to the U.S.A., Australia, and Natal.- |
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Lusitania -torpedoed off old Kinsale Head, Ireland, World War I |
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Tinker camp Tarbert Argyll |
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The main building, Maritzburg College, was photographed on a hot day in December 1888. The picture, taken with a plate camera, shows 15 boys and two masters all standing in petrified positions. This high school was founded in 1863 and is now (1979) 116 years old. |
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Pearl Divers of Ceylon The pearl fishery of Ceylon was a lucrative source of pearls as well as a theatre of colonial power. |
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This mural in the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, is an impression of the signing of the treaty between Dingane and Piet Retief. The two youths on the right may represent Thomas Halstead and one of the 14-year-old Voortrekker boys. |
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New London Bridge, opened August 1st, 1831. |
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This picture portrays the handing over of a bible to the Uys family prior to their departure. It was a gift from 1820 settlers and is preserved to this day in the Voortrekker Museum, Pretoria. |
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J.C. Klopper. Friend of Spies and a founder inhabitant of Utrecht. |
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Sarel Cilliers (1801-71) was an important Voortrekker leader who brought his own party of emigrant farmers on the Trek. He had a distinguished military career and in October 1836 fought a successful action at Vegkop against overwhelming numbers of the Matabele. |