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Dorslandtrek-Monument
Names: Thirstland Trek Monument Other Site Details
Classification  | A.08.6. Historical and Military Sites, Other
Proclamation No  | 118/2006
Place  | Chimhaka
Region  | Kunene
Instangible Aspects  | The site is important from the perspectives of afrikaner history and of the people whose ancestors where part of the trek.
Previous Use  | Temporary camp.
Current Use  | Memorial, also for sporadic (intended every five years) week-long celebrations connected to the installations of a new memorial stones into the structure or pillars errected with collected stones from the area as part of a future protective fence.
Refences  | Government Gazette No 3714. Map 1712 Swartbooisdrift. For a list of source material, a scetch map of the area and a picture see file.
Legal Status  | National Heritage Act, No. 27 of 2004, proclaimed 02.10.2006.
     

Brief History

Only monument that commemorates the return of 2000 afrikaners from Angola to Namibia in 1928 that had left South Africa in the last two decades of the 19th century because of the british policy that made them fear the imperialism of the Empire. It marks the spot where the afrikaners crossed the Kunene river: Swartbooisdrift that was an important port between Angola and SWA. Here, they where accomodated in the temporary camp Chimhaka, before being transported inland to Outjo.
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