Graaff Reinet Area History
- More InfoUpdated: August 2019Anglo Boer War - Mount Camdeboo Private Game ReserveHistoric Anglo Boer War site where the pivotal "Battle of Paardefontein" was fought. It is here that the famous Boer Commander Johannes Lötter was finally captured. (The story is related on one of the game drives; further...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Historical Guest FarmsThe Camdeboo and Graaff-Reinet area is home to a number of farms which are associated with major events in South African history. Come and visit the places where great figures lived.
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- More InfoUpdated: 5 months agoGraaff-Reinet ClubThe Graaff-Reinet Club is the second oldest social club in South Africa. The land and building was purchased in 1875, when several leading townsmen and farmers decided that a social club was needed. In 1880 a new club house was...
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019Anglo-Boer War Military Museum Graaff-ReinetThe museum provides an overview of the military history of Graaff-Reinet from the 1800`s until 30 June 2007.
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- More InfoUpdated: June 2022Robert Sobukwe 1924 - 1978M R Sobukwe, founder of the Pan African Congress was one of the towering pillars of black nationalism in South Africa. A gentle, humble, deeply religious man with a brilliant intellect, he could be described as one of the main...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Aberdeen Bed GraveNear the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the veld, lies an old cast iron bedstead. This according to legend is the grave of a woman who took ill and died while the family were trekking by ox-wagon...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Die stook van WithondOor die stook van withond (brandewyn) op Graaff-Reinet in vervloë dae word wyd bespiegel en geromantiseer. Oor min plaaslike aktiwiteite van weleer word soveel aannames gemaak. Dat dit ‘n betekenisvolle tydperk in die bestaan...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Royal Block MasizahkeThe Royal Block was constructed during the early 20th century, quite possibly as housing for the labour force during the construction of the Van Ryneveld’s Pass Irrigation Dam in the 1920’s.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015GraaffrikaansVisitors to our little dorp always ask me what the predominant language is, but here in Graaff-Reinet we have an efficient way of mixing our languages to give expression to emotion and sommer just because it sounds lekker.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Story of WithondGraaff-Reinet grapes have a high sugar content and are thus ideal for the making of brandy. During the Great Depression and illicit trade in illegal distillation grew up in the town. Withond is still made at Reinet House for...
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- More InfoUpdated: November 2022Aberdeen CemeteryAberdeen's cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by Cypress trees, the area is a veritable walk through the history of the town. Looking at the many gravestones and memorials, one can see the periods of illness...
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019History of Graaff ReinetNamed after Cornelis Jacob van de Graaf and his wife Cornelia Reynet, “de Wiljdgelegen Colonie van Graaff-Reinet" was established in 1786 and is one of several towns in South Africa named after Dutch governors. This was the...
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- More InfoUpdated: February 2020History of the Drostdy HotelWhat is a drostdy? It is the office or residence of a landdrost, a Boer magistrate in a rural district of South Africa prior to the establishment of British administration. The Old Drostdy in Graaff-Reinet has undergone many...
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