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Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 6). Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071886
South African History Online (2012) 'Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.', South African History Online, 6 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071886 (Accessed: 27 September 2026).
South African History Online, Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071886, (accessed 27 September 2026).
"Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.." South African History Online, 6 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071886. Accessed 27 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Harvesting of the first wheat planted at the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck.." South African History Online. January 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071886.
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