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Date: n.d. Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 24°52'46.02" S 31°45'53.70" E Alt: 303m

Transcription of English wording on plaque: South African NATIONAL PARKS TO HONOUR HER AND IN GRATITUDE TO MRS. EILEEN ORPEN FOR HER GENEROUS GIFT OF THE FOLLOWING SEVEN FARMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK THESE GIFTS WILL IN PERPETUITY BEAR TESTIMONY TO HER LOVE OF NATURE AND THE ANIMAL WORLD ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS BOARD OF TRUSTEES 4TH OCTOBER 1944 CHALONS, KINFISHERSPRUIT, HENGEL, REDGORTON, SIKKELTOUKLOOF, HOUTBOSRAND, BLACKBERRY GLEN, TOTAL AREA 28,633 MORGEN (24530 HACTARE) [See also Kruger National Park : Memorials and markers]. References: Hopkins, Ron. 2013. Field Guide to the Historical Sites of the Kruger National Park. Hoedspruit: Ron Hopkins. pg 94 ill, 95 Pienaar, UdeV. 2012. A cameo from the past : the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: Protea. pg 708, 709 ills