Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder

Coordinates: 30.1800, -25.1800
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Railway station between Sycamore and Hemlock, on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16 km east of Waterval Onder. At first called Nooitgedaght, it was renamed Airlie, after a British officer, the Earl of Airlie, who was killed in the Battle of Diamond Hill during the Second Anglo-Boer War, on 11 June 1900.

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Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder

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Last updated · 21 Jul 2026

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South African History Online. (2016, September 19). Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121891

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South African History Online. "Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder." South African History Online. September 19, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121891.