Leliefontein,_Northern_Cape

Leliefontein, South Africa

Leliefontein, South Africa

Place in Northern Cape, South Africa

Leliefontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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A village in the Kamiesberg Mountains, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Kamieskroon, Leliefontein was established in 1816 by Reverend Barnabas Shaw, an English Wesleyan missionary.[2][3][unreliable source?] The mission was established on a farm awarded to the Namaquas by the Dutch governor Rijk Tulbagh.[4] It is probably named after the many white lilies found in the area.[2]

It was the site of the 1902 Leliefontein massacre, during the final stages of the Second Boer War.

From 1966 till 2016, it was the site of a major helicopter base of the SADF from where two squadrons of attack helicopters and transport helicopters operated, co-located with an Armoured Corps/Tank Battalion base and headquarters. It came under the operational responsibility of the 4th Integrated Division headquartered at Springbok.[5]

References

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    "Main Place Leliefontein". Census 2011.
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    "Leliefontein". Tracks4Africa Padkos. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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    "ancestry.com".
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    Sandra Olivier (2005). Touring in South Africa. Struik. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-77007-142-1.
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    "Leliefontein". Karoo Space. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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