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Dorsland Trekker Cottage
Names: Cottage of the Thirstland Trekkers Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.3.1. (Complexes of) Buildings, Private, Residences
Proclamation No  | 009/1951
Place  | Otjitunduwa
Region  | Kunene
Site Environment  | Small stone pyramid next to the ruins with a bronze plaque, installed 1950. Its inscription commemorates the stay of the trekkers at this place from 1879-80. Formerly known as "Rusplaas" in Kaokefeld.
Previous Use  | Home base.
Current Use  | None.
Refences  | Official Gazette 1581, No. 166, 1951. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.193-195.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.03.1951 by the Historical Monuments Commission for South West Africa (HMC).
     

Description

Ruins of a two-roomed house with an encircling wall (80 x 100 m).

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Brief History

Built near a spring in 1878 by Mr van der Merve: a Dorsland Trekker, farmer and church elder. It served as a provisional base for two years for the Boers.

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