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    settled in Philippolis with his people in 1826 and became the protector of the mission station. Kok II and some of his followers moved to Philippolis from Griquatown...
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    impregnation of a 14-year-old girl. Van der Post was born in the small town of Philippolis in the Orange River Colony, the post-Boer War British name for what had...
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    Kok II, he was born in Griqualand West. Kok III was educated at the Philippolis Mission School after his family and father's followers moved to the area...
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    numerous. Old Jail (Philippolis)|Old Jail in Philippolis Found in the heart of the oldest town in the Free-State, the old jail of Philippolis is said to be...
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    Bloemfontein: 300,150 Petrusburg: 11,071 Brandfort: 23,521 Botshabelo: 177,926 Philippolis: 7,056 Fauresmith: 8,916 Koffiefontein: 10,778 Jacobsdal: 9,748 Boshof:...
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  • Fauresmith Jacobsdal Jagersfontein Koffiefontein Luckhoff Petrusburg Philippolis Reddersburg Rouxville Smithfield Springfontein Blesberg (Thaba 'Nchu)...
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    (Griqua | South African History Online) In the first 15 years of Griqua Philippolis, Adam Kok II, and the most important of his successors, Adam Kok III...
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  • doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.12.003. ISSNĀ 0962-6298. The Griqua mission at Philippolis, 1822-1837. Schoeman, Karel. Pretoria, South Africa: Protea Book House...
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    The Laohu Valley Reserve (LVR) is a nature reserve located near Philippolis in the Free State and near Vanderkloof Dam in the Northern Cape of South Africa...
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    years. In 2000, Varty started a Bengal tiger re-wilding project near Philippolis in the Free State. Starting with captive bred tigers, the aim is to establish...
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