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Thorn tree of Jock of the Bushveld

Newspaper article: "This thorn tree, standing in the heart of Lourenco Marques business district, is reputed to be over 100 years old. Legend says it is the tree under which transport riders from the Transvaal used to outspan after the long trek to Delgoa Bay. It is also claimed as the tree under which Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his immortal Jock camped before leaving for the interior.”

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:29990
Date22 May 1959
CreatorsEastern Province Herald
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, clippings, ephemera
Format1 page, jpg
Rights© Eastern Province Herald, This item is made accessible via Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) - see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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