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The migration, known as the Great Trek, led to the establishment of independent Boer republics in the Transvaal,
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To this movement, known as the Great Trek, the occupation by the Dutch Boers (i.e. farmers) of the territories, since known as the
Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The Great Trek memorial stone, which was in front of the municipal offices in Standerton, was destroyed at the instruction of mayor Queen Radebe-Khumalo.
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That was when Miss North was talking about the Boer pioneers, the Voortrekkers, who in 1835 undertook the Great Trek, a mass migration to escape the rule of the British-controlled Cape Colony.
Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007
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That was when Miss North was talking about the Boer pioneers, the Voortrekkers, who in 1835 undertook the Great Trek, a mass migration to escape the rule of the British-controlled Cape Colony.
Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007
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Court in November over a damaged Great Trek memorial.
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Trek (Great Trek) is one of the iconic episodes in their history along with the 1899-1902 Boer War.
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Centennial of the Great Trek used to galvanize Afrikaner nationalism.
1936, April 7 2001
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Those MPs who voted in favour of the transitional constitution had done just this, and had embarked on a new Great Trek into the future.
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My people embarked on the Great Trek, choosing to embrace the dangers and uncertainties of pioneer life and the freedom it promised, rather than submit to imperial domination.
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