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Voortrekker Centenary Monument
Montagu, Western Cape

Date:1938
Type:Monument
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°47'07.35" S 20°07'39.54" E

Transcription of plaque:

16 DES. 1938
OPGERIG TER GEDAGTENIS
AAN DIE
VOORTREKKER EEUFEES
DIE KLIPPE WAARMEE DIE
TORING GEBOU IS, IS OP
BOGENOEMDE DAG DEUR
DIE INWONERS VAN
MONTAGU BYEEN GEBRING

Translation:
16 DEC. 1938
ERECTED IN MEMORY
OF THE
VOORTREKKER CENTENARY
THE ROCKS USED TO BUILD
THE TOWER WERE COLLECTED
ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED DATE
BY THE INHABITANTS
OF MONTAGU