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The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 465.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, February 17). The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074266
South African History Online (2012) 'The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074266 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’ [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074266, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074266. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Neptune returns to England from Simons Bay, where it lay anchored from September 1849. Aboard are 288 prisoners who couldn’." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074266.
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