Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At first called Roburnia, the name was changed on the 5 July 1882 to Amsterdam, after the Dutch city where the State Secratary, Eduard Bok was born and out of gratitude for Dutch sympathy, during the First Anglo Boer War (1880-1881).
placeREF P-0121984Revised
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Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
- Coordinates
- -26.6180, 30.6774
- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026
A Rocky Outcrop in the Terrain of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
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- 01New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper
Last updated · 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2016, September 22). Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121984
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