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An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River.
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073732
South African History Online (2012) 'An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River.', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073732 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).
South African History Online, An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073732, (accessed 10 August 2026).
"An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River.." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073732. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "An edict is issued in the Cape Colony forbidding any White person from settling beyond the Gamtoos River.." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073732.
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