John Clark
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Jean-Baptiste Sabon (1819-85) was Durban's first parish priest who arrived in 1852. His ministry embraced care for Indian and Mauritian workers as well as Europeans and he also set up a small school. He was responsible for the building of a fine church in Durban, completed in 1881. |
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Nils Astrup (1843-1919) A Norwegian missionary, he succeeded the famous Bishop H.P.S. Schreuder as head of the Church of Norway Zulu Mission in 1882 and was one of the first missionaries to settle permanently in Zululand. Of a strong physique, he carried out all his visitation on foot. |
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Various types of tobacco pipes and boxes are used by Voortrekkers. On the left is a leather tobacco pouch. |
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William Kenneth Macrorie (1831-1905) The Anglican bishop of PIetermaritzburg's Church of the Province. |
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The children of trekkers in Natal were very poorly off for playthings. The young boys had to be content to play with ready-to-hand wood and 'dolosse' (small animal bones) but the girls were sometimes fortunate enough to possess wooden dolls such as this one, made about the year 1800. |
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G. M. Sutton |
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A.H. Hime |
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Edward Ryly first Minister of Agriculture. Natal 20/03/1903 |
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Sir Henry Bale |
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J Scott |
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A. Musgrave |
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F. R. Moor |
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Wolseley |
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J. J. Bisset |
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R. I Finnemore |
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British war cycle. A brilliant but impractical idea- the British war cycle, used on rail lines for scouting, dispatch riding and ambulance work. Soldiers riding this vehicle were at hazard from Boer sharpshooters. |
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British troops at Durban docks preparing to leave for the front line in open trucks. Durban docks. |
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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 Farm destroyed by British |
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J.P. Hoffman (1807-79) |
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H.E.G Bulwer |