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Title
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1820--Settlers
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Alternative Title
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1820 Settlers Collection
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Creator
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Cory Library and Historical Archives, Rhodes University (compiler)
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Description
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The 1820-Settlers collection is a digitized thematic grouping within the Frontier Collection of the Cory Library and Historical Archives, documenting the arrival, settlement, and early lives of British settlers who landed at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth) and established communities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa beginning in 1820. The collection includes maps, portraits, printed programmes, topographical plans, and photographs that reflect key aspects of settler experience, town development, military engagements, family histories, and settlement patterns in Albany and surrounding regions. Representative materials include images of settler arrival, early town plans and surveys, portraits of individuals, and printed material relating to centenary celebrations of the settlement. This collection supports research into colonial frontier history, contact with Indigenous communities, town formation, and the legacy of settler societies in South African history.
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Date Issued
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Early 19th century – present
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Type
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Collection
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Archival collection
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Digital collection
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Subject
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1820 British Settlers — South Africa
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Colonial settlement — Eastern Cape
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Frontier history — South Africa
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Albany (South Africa) — History
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Settler families — Genealogy
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Port Elizabeth (South Africa) — History
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Extent
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Various digitised items (sub-collections and objects)
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Format
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Various digital formats
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Source
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Cory Library and Historical Archives, Rhodes University digital repository
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Has Part
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The Frontier Wars
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The Development of Settler Towns
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Coverage
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Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Albany district
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Contributor
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Various donors and historical sources preserved by Cory Library
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Rights
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Digital access via Cory Library. For reproduction or licensing, contact Cory Library for Humanities Research at cory@ru.ac.za