- The
Trekboers (/ˈtrɛkbuːrs/ Afrikaans: Trekboere) were
nomadic pastoralists descended from
mostly Dutch colonists on the
frontiers of the
Dutch Cape Colony...
- into the
British Empire in 1806. The name of the
group is
derived from
Trekboer then
later "boer",
which means "farmer" in
Dutch and Afrikaans. In addition...
- the
Gamtoos River as the
eastern frontier of the Cape, only to see the
Trekboers cross it soon afterwards. In
order to keep out Cape
native pastoralists...
- as Boers, with some
adopting semi-nomadic
lifestyles being denoted as
trekboers. The
Boers formed loose militias,
which they
termed commandos, and forged...
- "
Trekboers of the Richtersveld". "The
Forgotten Highway –
Ancestral Journeys –
First with the News". 4
October 2024. https://acearchive.org/
trekboers "Griqualand...
- Indonesia.
Similar to the
other Afrikaans-speaking
group at the time, the
Trekboers,
Oorlam originally po****ted the
frontiers of the
infant Cape Colony,...
- and
better living conditions. The parti****nts,
Trekboers ("migrating farmers"; the
singular is
trekboer) from the
Orange Free
State and Transvaal, are...
- "
Trekboers of the Richtersveld". "The
Forgotten Highway –
Ancestral Journeys –
First with the News". 4
October 2024. https://acearchive.org/
trekboers "Griqualand...
- the Cape
Colony and
their descendants. The
founders –
variously named Trekboers, Boers, and
Voortrekkers –
settled mainly in the middle, northern, north-eastern...
- ****istance.
Although wagon trains are ****ociated with the Old West, the
Trekboers of
South Africa also
traveled in
caravans of
covered wagons.
Wagon trains...
