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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Glass negative : View of Dundas Street, Cradock, with an ox- team, September 1901. -
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This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. -
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Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock. -
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock. -
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock. -
Glass negative : Five views of speeches and festivities on the Coronation day of George VI, 12 May 1937, Cradock. -
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage. -
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage. -
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage. -
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage. -
Glass negative : Fourteen views of storm damage in Bree Street, Cradock, 5 March 1937, showing uprooted trees, buldozers clearing debris, and onlookers surveying the damage. -
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F G Butler (donor) -
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The Karel Landman Monument in the Sundays River Valley Rural, Eastern Cape, was designed by Gerard Moerdyk and built by the Lupini Brothers. It was unveiled on 16 December 1939 by W A L Landman. It honours Karel Landman who farmed in this area until 1837 when he became a leader in the Great Trek. He led a party of 180 Trekkers and their servants on a trek of 885 kilometres into Natal where he was prominent in several battles with the Zulus and he was second in command of the Boer forces at the pivotal battle of Blood River. The commemoration of Karel Landman and his trek, in this 3m globe with an ox wagon traversing it, was an initiative of the National Party and the councils of the Dutch Reformed Church in two neighbouring villages, Alexandria and Paterson. Legend has it that the councils could not agree which village should 'host’ the monument, so it was placed on this remote koppie overlooking the surrounding countryside, between the two villages.,F G Butler (donor)