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A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 18). A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083509
South African History Online (2012) 'A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083509 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083509, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083509. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083509.
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