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Road through Swartwaterspoort in the Swartwatersberg, 50km west of Grahamstown, Albany

Item

Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John), “Road through Swartwaterspoort in the Swartwatersberg, 50km west of Grahamstown, Albany”, 1995-08-18, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 31 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/791

Title

Road through Swartwaterspoort in the Swartwatersberg, 50km west of Grahamstown, Albany

Creator

Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John)

Description

Site of original Assegaaibosch outspan used from early 1770's by elephant-hunters heading to ciskei etc., also by later early travellers. Farmhouse in valley on extreme right of middle-picture. Highlands Mountain (on Carl's Rust farm), the former Rietberg, in far distance with Kariega Road forming the line of horizon in front.

Subject

Plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape

Date Copyrighted

1995-08-18

Type

still image

Extent

1 photograph

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013745

Location - Physical Location

Cory Library for Humanities Research

Rights

Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Date

1995-08-18

Item sets

C.J. Skead Photograph Collection

Media

vital_12345+SOURCEJPG+SOURCEJPG.0.jpeg

Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John), “Road through Swartwaterspoort in the Swartwatersberg, 50km west of Grahamstown, Albany”, 1995-08-18, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 31 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/791