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Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 165.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, June 8). Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085728
South African History Online (2012) 'Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung', South African History Online, 8 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085728 (Accessed: 3 October 2026).
South African History Online, Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085728, (accessed 3 October 2026).
"Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung." South African History Online, 8 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085728. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Voortrekker leader Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter obtains the territory between the Vet and Vaal rivers from the Bataung." South African History Online. June 8, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085728.
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