Frontier Wars Collection
Item set
- Title
- Frontier Wars Collection
- Alternative Title
- The Frontier Wars
- Description
- The “The Frontier Wars” item set is a significant thematic collection within the Cory Library and Historical Archives’ digital holdings, documenting the series of conflicts along the Eastern Cape frontier between Indigenous Xhosa groups and colonial forces during the 18th and 19th centuries. These wars — often referred to as the Xhosa Wars in historical literature — were a defining feature of colonial expansion in southern Africa, significantly shaping the region's political, social, and geographic landscape. The collection brings together archival images, maps, and textual records that illuminate aspects of military engagements, frontier settlements, and the broader human experience of conflict on the Eastern Cape frontier.
- Date Issued
- Primarily 19th century (historical documentation dates)
- Language
- English
- Type
- Collection
- Subject
- See all item sets with this valueSouth Africa--History--Frontier Wars, 1811-1878
- Eastern Cape -- History
- Colonial military history
- See all item sets with this valueBritish--South Africa--History--19th century
- Xhosa People -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History
- Format
- Digital images
- Digital manuscripts
- Spatial Coverage
- Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Cape Colony
- Temporal Coverage
- Late 18th–19th century frontier conflicts
Items
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As a result of the annexation of the Province of Queen Adelaide in 1835, Governor D’Urban ordered the building of a series of new forts between the Keiskamma and Kei Rivers, Fort Murray being among them.,View showing one of two entrances (probably north east) and loopholes in wall. -
Fort Armstrong (originally known as Camp Adelaide) was built in 1836 to protect the Kat River Settlement. After suffering capture and bombardment in the 8th Frontier war (1851), it was never used again.,Fort Armstrong was built in 1836, on the Kat River. -
Fort Armstrong (originally known as Camp Adelaide) was built in 1836 to protect the Kat River Settlement. After suffering capture and bombardment in the 8th Frontier war (1851), it was never used again.,Fort Armstrong was built in 1836, on the Kat River. -
The note on the back reads: “Cory: The Rise of S Africa. Vol III. P.188. Fort Armstrong”. -
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3226 Fort Beaufort, South Africa 1:25000 topo-cadastral sheet, Suid Afrika 1 : 25000 topo-kadastrale vel, cadastral information supplied by the Surveyors General Office. TSO 404/970. Compiled and drawn in 1960 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. -
3226 Fort Beaufort, South Africa 1:25000 sheet. Compiled and drawn in 1960 by the Trigonometric Survey Office. Magisterial districts as at March 1965. T.S.O. 404/970. (Saamgestel en geteken in 1960 deur die Driehokesmatings Kantoor.) -
3226 Fort Beaufort, South Africa 1:50000 topo-cadastral sheet, Suid Afrika 1 : 50000 topo-kadastrale vel, Kadastrale informasie verskaf deur die Landmeter-Generaal, Kaap. TSO 200/1737. Air photography 1949. Surveyed in 1961 and drawn in 1962 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. Lugfotografie 1949. Opgemeet 1961 en geteken in 1962 deur die Driehoeksmeting Kantoor. First edition. -
Fort Brown, built by Andrew Geddes Bain in 1836 on a site previously known as Hermanus Kraal. -
Fort Brown, built by Andrew Geddes Bain in 1836 on a site previously known as Hermanus Kraal. -
Fort Brown, built by Andrew Geddes Bain in 1836 on a site previously known as Hermanus Kraal. -
Photographic copies of two drawings of Fort Cox in ca 1850 by C E A, one showing the encampment of a regiment with a Xhosa man, woman and baby and the other showing buildings, tents, Xhosa people and wagons. -
Photographic copies of two drawings of Fort Cox in ca 1850 by C E A, one showing the encampment of a regiment with a Xhosa man, woman and baby and the other showing buildings, tents, Xhosa people and wagons. -
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Fort Cox from painting by Colonel Grant -
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Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. -
Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. -
Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. -
Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. View showing entrance gate from the inside, with powder magazine to the left, and steps leading up to the sentries' walk. -
Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. -
Port Elizabeth: Fort Frederick, built 1798. View inside the Fort showing powder magazine and steps to the sentries' walk. -
The note on the back reads: “Fort Frederick. Port Elizabeth”.