Overview
    Identifiers
    Alternate Site Codes
    ETH/NAMM/0053
    Inventory Number
    3030CB57
    Site Name
    Dick King's Ride Marker, Renolds Street, Port Shepstone
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    Boitumelo.Mokgosi
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
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    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Description

    To commemorate the historical event of Dick King traveling from northern KZN along the coast, through Port Natal to Grahamstown.

    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Concrete
    Pedestal Material
    Sandstone bricks
    Person/Institution Commemorated
    Event Commemorated
    An illegal trip that he made during colonial times in the history of KwaZulu-Natal
    Date Unveiled
    Unveiled Comment
    Honourable C.Heaton Nicholls
    Inscriptions
    This monument commemorate Dick King, for traveling through Port Natal to Grahamstown between May 26 to June 4 1842
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -30.736489, 30.448714
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Ugu
      • Ray Nkonyeni
      Directions to Site
      At the corner of a cross road street. At the back of the plaque its the farwall square park. And in the front its opposite CCMA building on its left on Anton Lembedestreet, on its right Richfield which is on Dorothy Nyembe street. Institution on the far front you can see Absa building.
      Access details
      Public Accessible
      Media
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