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South African History Online. (2012, March 19). Eugene Marais, SA poet, naturalist, lawyer and journalist, shoots himself on the farm of Gustav Preller, near Pelindaba. Joyc. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079770

South African History Online (2012) 'Eugene Marais, SA poet, naturalist, lawyer and journalist, shoots himself on the farm of Gustav Preller, near Pelindaba. Joyc', South African History Online, 19 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079770 (Accessed: 19 August 2026).

South African History Online, Eugene Marais, SA poet, naturalist, lawyer and journalist, shoots himself on the farm of Gustav Preller, near Pelindaba. Joyc [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079770, (accessed 19 August 2026).

"Eugene Marais, SA poet, naturalist, lawyer and journalist, shoots himself on the farm of Gustav Preller, near Pelindaba. Joyc." South African History Online, 19 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079770. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Eugene Marais, SA poet, naturalist, lawyer and journalist, shoots himself on the farm of Gustav Preller, near Pelindaba. Joyc." South African History Online. March 19, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079770.