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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Pretoria News, 29 September 2003. Today in History
- 03Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 156
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 23). An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091715
South African History Online (2012) 'An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091715 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091715, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091715. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091715.
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