Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
ETH/NAMM/0081
Inventory Number
2931AD95
Site Name
1860 Indian Indentured Settlers Memorial, Balcombe Street, KwaDukuza
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 22:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 22:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Monument located in the premises of the Library, the public can only view the monument during Library operating hoursPurpose:(Moderator comment: direction is not clear)
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To commemorate the courage and foresight and courage of the Indian Indentured Labourers brought to Natal in 1860 to work in the cane fields.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Bronze
Pedestal Material
Granite
Event Commemorated
Arrival of Indian Indentured Labourers
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Mr Pat Bodasing (President of the Natal Cane Growers Association)
Inscriptions
The 1860 Indian Indentured Settlers This monument by Natal Cane Growers Association is to honour and commemorate the arrival of Indian Indentured Labourers in 1860 to work in the cane fields of Natal as cane cutters. They were brought into the colony due to the shortage of labour and the unwillingness of the local inhabitants to work regularly.
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.340832, 31.288682
KwaZulu-Natal
- iLembe
- KwaDukuza
Directions to Site
On the corner of Walnut Road and AB Xuma street. Opposite the National Youth Development Agency Youth Organization.
Access details
Accessible to the public through the KwaDukuza library
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