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The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious
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South African History Online. (2012, April 13). The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081818
South African History Online (2012) 'The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious', South African History Online, 13 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081818 (Accessed: 11 August 2026).
South African History Online, The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081818, (accessed 11 August 2026).
"The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious." South African History Online, 13 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081818. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious." South African History Online. April 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081818.
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