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Closeup view of the Karel Landman Monument

Item

Reynolds, Rex, “Closeup view of the Karel Landman Monument”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/9686

Title

Closeup view of the Karel Landman Monument

Description

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)

Subject

Karel Landman Monument -- Alexandria District -- Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape Frontier

Karel Landman

Voortrekker Monument (South Africa)

Butler, Guy, 1918-2001

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/14568

Creator

Reynolds, Rex

Rights Holder

Reynolds, Rex

Provenance

Butler Family Photograph Collection

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 5276

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Item sets

The Frontier Wars

Butler Family Collection

Media

vital_21939+SOURCE1+SOURCE1.0.jpeg

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Reynolds, Rex, “Closeup view of the Karel Landman Monument”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/9686