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Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch
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- 30 Sep 2019
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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. 6, p. 396.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, November 7). Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069325
South African History Online (2011) 'Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch', South African History Online, 7 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069325 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
South African History Online, Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069325, (accessed 1 August 2026).
"Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch." South African History Online, 7 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069325. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Richard Philip (Dick) King, pioneer settler of Natal who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch." South African History Online. November 7, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069325.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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