Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092644

South African History Online (2012) 'Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092644 (Accessed: 23 August 2026).

South African History Online, Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092644, (accessed 23 August 2026).

"Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092644. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Andrew Geddes Bain, a pioneer SA geologist, road engineer, explorer and writer, dies in Cape Town. He constructed Bain’s Kloof." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092644.