Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2629CD1
Site Name
Standerton Concentration Camp Cemetery, Prinses Street, Standerton
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 15:56
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:49
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 17:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The history of what happened of these tombs is not fully reflected ,but the names of other people who died are written. Other tombs are cleaned and rebuilt which means they were identified by family members.Purpose:Date Unveiled: 10 April 2018Designer: Sakkie Zwarts NelsonBuilder: UnkownPerson/Institution Commemorated: Ouma Swart and 8 of her children who died with many others at the Standerton Boer Konsentrasie KampRecorder Name: Rachel N.Ntuli
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To preserve historical value of the after effects of the wars that took over the land and the neglect of the young ,the old , the vulnerable people who suffered to death. It also kept to provide comfort for generations of the deceased who made history in the land.
Original Position
Original
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Hard Plastic, very strong.
Pedestal Material
Plastic
Event Commemorated
Boere & English War
Inscriptions
Memorial of people who died in
1899- 1902
1899- 1902
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.949899, 29.25105
Mpumalanga
- Gert Sibande
- Lekwa
Directions to Site
Along Park Road, near Pinetown Library, the cannon is at the library park along Park Road
Media
Media
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