The Swartberg Pass opens
10 January 1888 · local · Prince Albert
Built 1881-1888 under Thomas Bain, largely with convict labour; about 150 convicts died. Bain was made the colony's geological surveyor the same year.
Who is on record here
Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.