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01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
02Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 1, p. 253.

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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). David Draper, prospector and geologist is born in Cape Town. He discovered underground water at Zuurbekom in 1898, whereby freq. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073181

South African History Online (2012) 'David Draper, prospector and geologist is born in Cape Town. He discovered underground water at Zuurbekom in 1898, whereby freq', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073181 (Accessed: 24 August 2026).

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"David Draper, prospector and geologist is born in Cape Town. He discovered underground water at Zuurbekom in 1898, whereby freq." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073181. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "David Draper, prospector and geologist is born in Cape Town. He discovered underground water at Zuurbekom in 1898, whereby freq." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073181.