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A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy
- Date
- 7 Jan 1848
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 685.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973
South African History Online (2011) 'A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973 (Accessed: 31 July 2026).
South African History Online, A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973, (accessed 31 July 2026).
"A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973. Accessed 31 July 2026.
South African History Online. "A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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