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unusual facts about Graaff Reinet



CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883

At the time the Four-coupled Joy locomotives entered service in 1883, the Eastern System mainline from East London was open as far as Queenstown, the two Midland System mainlines from Port Elizabeth were open to Graaff Reinet and approaching Rosmead via Cradock, while the Western System mainline from Beaufort West was approaching De Aar.


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Andries Stockenström

Following the takeover of the Cape by the Batavian Republic, Anders was appointed landdrost of Graaff-Reinet by both Governor Jan Willem Janssens and Commissioner-General Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist.

Homodontosaurus

Broom based his description on a small skull found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone near Graaff-Reinet.

Landdrost

Graaff-Reinet had only one "national" Landdrost, 6 February 1795 – 22 August 1796: Friedrich Carl David Gerotz (1739–1828)

Metropolitan routes in Port Elizabeth

It then veers north skirting the town centre and continuing on towards Graaff-Reinet.

Midlands Provincial Hospital

Midlands Provincial Hospital is a Provincial government funded hospital in the Camdeboo Local Municipality area in Graaff-Reinet in South Africa.