Meeting at Klipgat on the fencing act

August 1913 · local · Prince Albert

Farmers of the Zeekoegat district met on Klipgat to discuss the proposed fencing law. After a warm debate 19 voted for and 8 against. De Prince Albert Vriend, 27 Aug 1913. Within a generation the open Karoo was camps.

Ground it happened on

• Klipgat No. 114

Sources

• 'n Tak van die Swanepoel-familie in Suid-Afrika, 1699 tot 1999: 'n genealogiese en kultuurhistoriese studie MA thesis, Departement Geskiedenis; studieleier Dr M Burden; April 2003; handle 10019.1/53526