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Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)
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South African History Online. (2012, February 17). Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.). South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074190
South African History Online (2012) 'Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074190 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).
South African History Online, Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.) [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074190, (accessed 4 August 2026).
"Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074190. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074190.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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