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Description Green Point - Cape Town - Boer War - Transit Camp.jpg |
English:
Old photograph of Green Point Common, Cape Town, during the
Second Boer War
. The area was being used as a transit camp for prisoners of war to be shipped to remote islands. The
Mouille Point Lighthouse
can be seen in the background and the beginnings of the old
Green Point Stadium
are visible on the lower righthand side.
Afrikaans:
’n Ou foto van die Groenpunt-meent tydens die
Tweede Vryheidsoorlog
. Die gebied is gebruik as ’n oorgangskamp vir oorlogsgevangenes wat per skip na verafgeleë eilande gestuur is. Die ou
Mouillepunt-vuurtoring
kan op die agtergrond gesien word, asook die begin van bouwerk aan die ou
Groenpunt-stadion
regs onder.
|
Date | 1899–1902 (dates of the war) |
Source | Unknown internet site containing Boer War records. |
Author | Unknown author Unknown author |
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
Public domain, photograph taken more than 100 years ago. |
Licensing
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This work was first published in
South Africa
and is now in the
public domain
because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the
Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978
, amended 2002. The work meets one of the following criteria:
A South African work that is in the public domain in South Africa according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in South Africa in 1996, e.g. if it was published before 1946 and no copyright was registered in the U.S. (This is the effect of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.) |