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Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared
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- 03Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8
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South African History Online. (2012, July 6). Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087764
South African History Online (2012) 'Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087764 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087764, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087764. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Opening of Delagoa Bay Railway. According to SESA, the regular railway service between Pretoria and Lourenço Marques stared." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087764.
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