The Frontier Collections
Item set
- Title
- The Frontier Collections
- Description
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The Frontier Collections are a curated collection of archival materials that document the turbulent and formative era of the Eastern Cape frontier. Spanning the late 18th to the early 20th century, these collections provide a multi-perspective view of the Frontier Wars (Xhosa Wars), the establishment of colonial administration, and the subsequent growth of settler infrastructure.
The collection is particularly noted for its focus on the "Frontier Country"—the region surrounding Makhanda (Grahamstown)—detailing the interplay between British settlers, Boer trekkers, and the Xhosa kingdoms. - Language
- English
- isiXhosa
- Type
- Collection
- Subject
- Frontier Wars
- 1820 Settlers
- Military History
- Colonial Architecture
- Xhosa History
- Urban Development
- Spatial Coverage
- Eastern Cape, South Africa (formerly the Cape Colony frontier)
- Temporal Coverage
- c. 1779 – 1910
- Format
- Manuscripts
- Lantern slides
- Cartographic materials
Items
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Cruikshank’s cartoon showing the 1820 Emigration scheme ridiculed. -
Cruikshank’s cartoon showing the 1820 Emigration scheme ridiculed.,Transcription reads: "All among the Hottentots Capering ashore!! or the Blessings of Emigration to the Cape of Forlorn Good Hope (ie) To be half roasted by the Sun & Devoured by the Natives!! recommend to the Serious consideration of all those who are about to Emigrate" -
Photograph of an abandoned fort, possibly in the Eastern Cape, with a boy in the foreground -
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Photograph of a painting of the "Chapman", The original frame has an inscription: Trasport (sic) Chapman. John Milbank Master _ 558 Tons. -
3126 Queenstown, South Africa 1:25000 sheet. Compiled and drawn in 1960 by the Trigonometric Survey Office. Magisterial districts as at March 1966. T.S.O. 404/964. (Saamgestel in 1960 en geteken in 1960 deur die Driehokesmatings Kantoor.) -
3226CA Bedford, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1949 and 1950. Surveyed in 1965 and drawn in 1966 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. -
3226DD Alice, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1949. Surveyed in 1956 and drawn in 1960 by the Trigonometric Survey Office. T.S.O. 200/1471. (Lugfotogafie 1949, Opgemeet in 1956 en geteken in 1960 deur die Driehokesmatings Kantoor.) First edition. -
3227AC Cathcart, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1956. Surveyed and drawn in 1963 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. T.S.O. 200/2021. -
3227CD King William's Town, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1964. Surveyed in 1971 and drawn in 1972 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. -
3226AC Alicedale South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1957. Field survey 1962. Drawn by the Trigonometric Survey in 1963. T.S.O. 200/1893. (Lugfotografie 1957. Veldopmeting 1962. Saamgestel en geteken in 1963 deur die Driehokesmatings Kantoor.) First edition -
An iconic engraving by Charles Michell of an ox-wagon ascending Cradock Pass, Outeniqua Mountains, Cape. 1840. Michell, a Surveyor and Road Builder used this image to illustrate the dangerous ascent. This image has captured the imagination of South Africans for many generations -
A general plan of Cradock taken from the plans of surveyors Aling, Chiappini and Rorders by F.H. Hopley, 1851? Manuscript copy of original. -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a group of young and older boys, Pathfinders, wearing uniform and performing a folk dance -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph shows a group of young and older boys, Pathfinders, wearing uniform and performing a folk dance -
Gravestone with the words “Hottentot victim of the [drawing of an axe] war 1846” engraved on it. Note on the back: “A Hottentot victim of the war of the axe 1846 45". -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a woman wearing a veil, her face is smeared with clay -
There is an inscription showing that it was awarded at the 1870 Jubilee in Grahamstown. The Jubille was celebrating the 1820 Settlers. -
In P E Raper's "New Dictionary of South African Place Names", ISBN 1868421902, is this entry, on page 105: *Fort Willshire - Former fort at the confluence of the Keiskamma and Rhwantsana Rivers, 23km south-south-east of Alice, at 32 59S, 26 55E. It was named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Willshire, veteran of the Peninsular War, who took command in 1819. -
Aerial view of Bathurst suurveld, the old Zuure Veldt, looking north to Kap River Hills with the dome of Round Hill centrally. -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a Mrs E.C. (Alice Eyre) Butler with Wayfarer officers and Rev. James Arthur Calata -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing Mrs E.C. (Alice Eyre) Butler with Wayfarer officers and Rev. James Arthur Calata -
A photograph album compiled by Mary Butler, containing photographs of Wayfarers, Sunbeams and Pathfinders, mostly in Cradock. Two newspaper clippings and a handwritten concert programme included. There are three photographs of Rev. James Arthur Calata's young daughters, and he himself is included in two photographs. This photograph showing a Mrs E.C. (Alice Eyre) Butler with Wayfarer officers and Rev. James Arthur Calata -
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Glass negative : View of the aftermath of the Victoria Hotel fire, Cradock, July 1904.