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Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 599.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 30). Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082486
South African History Online (2012) 'Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.', South African History Online, 30 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082486 (Accessed: 1 November 2026).
South African History Online, Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082486, (accessed 1 November 2026).
"Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.." South African History Online, 30 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082486. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.." South African History Online. April 30, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082486.
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