Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2931CC652
Site Name
John Ross Memorial, Old Fort, Durban
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 09:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
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Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 09:50.
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Description
The purpose is to commemorate John Ross for walking a distances of 600 miles in order to obtain sorely needed medicines and other necessities for the handful of pioneers at the bay of natal.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Tiles
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Inscriptions
/This tablet commemorates John Ross ( Lieuts. J.S. kings apprentice) A lad of 15 years of age. Who in 1827,braving the perils of an unexpected land inhabited by an unknown people and abounding in wild animals, walked with great courage from port natal to Delagoa bay and back( a distance of 600 miles) in order to obtain sorely needed medicine and other necessities for the handful of pioneers at the bay of Natal/
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.850792, 31.02573
KwaZulu-Natal
- eThekwini
Directions to Site
44 Sol Plaatjie street, Potchefstroom
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