Other Interesting Facts

JG Strijdom Arch Bust : by JH Labuschagne.Unveiled on 16 December 1966 by Mrs.Susan Strijdom.It stands on gold bearing rock.Arch designed by T.Pitout.

Cenotaph : First stone laid on 20 May 1922 : Unveiled by Sir Abe Bailey on 15 July 1922. The names of those who died in action were added in 1975.

Queens Battery : Here the troops of Transvaal captured Jameson.

Concentration Camp Cemetery : Here 809 women and children were laid to rest during the Anglo Boer War.

Memorial Avenue : Avenue from Paardekraal to the hospital to commemorate those who died during the First World War.Trees were taken out for the new k13 road.


Some street names and their origin

Percy Stewart Street : Superintendant of hospital and Town Councillor.

Frederick Cooper Drive : First Town Clerk.

Blommenstein Street : Public Prosecutor around 1902.

Boshoff Street : Claims Inspector and grandson of President Boshoff of the Free State.

Click here to see pictures of the Anglo Boer War.

Click here for info on the Battle of Dwarsvlei