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Description
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The 1820-Settlers collection is a digitized thematic grouping within the Frontier Collection of the Cory Library and Historical Archives, documenting the arrival, settlement, and early lives of British settlers who landed at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth) and established communities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa beginning in 1820. The collection includes maps, portraits, printed programmes, topographical plans, and photographs that reflect key aspects of settler experience, town development, military engagements, family histories, and settlement patterns in Albany and surrounding regions. Representative materials include images of settler arrival, early town plans and surveys, portraits of individuals, and printed material relating to centenary celebrations of the settlement. This collection supports research into colonial frontier history, contact with Indigenous communities, town formation, and the legacy of settler societies in South African history.
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Type
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Collection
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Archival collection
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Digital collection
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Extent
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Various digitised items (sub-collections and objects)
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Format
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Various digital formats
Settlers on shore being greeted by Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin 
Sir Rufane Donkin Portrait of Sir Rufane Donkin, governor of the Cape Colony from 1820-1921.
The district of Albany, formerly t'Zuureveld "Fine pasture country uninhabited and considered neutral ground".
Thomas Baines Church Parade in 1846 
Tombstone of Joseph Trollip: sixth and youngest son of the late Joseph Trollip, one of the British Settlers of 1820 
Topographical map of the division of Albany Topographical map of the division of Albany shewing the area covered by the 1st section of the triangulation. Surveyed for the Colonial [Office] by me Ernest ...
Transport ship named "Chapman" The note on the bottom reads: “Transport Chapman John Milbemli Master – 558 Tont.” The note at the back reads: “The Settlers’ Ship ‘Chapman’