- Title
- Thorn tree of Jock of the Bushveld
- Creator
- Eastern Province Herald
- Subject
- South Africa -- Folklore
- Subject
- Trees -- Mozambique -- Photographs
- Date
- 1959-05-22
- Type
- text
- Type
- clippings
- Type
- ephemera
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72038
- Identifier
- vital:29990
- Description
- Newspaper article: "This thorn tree, standing in the heart of Lourenco Marques business district, is reputed to be over 100 years old. Legend says it is the tree under which transport riders from the Transvaal used to outspan after the long trek to Delgoa Bay. It is also claimed as the tree under which Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his immortal Jock camped before leaving for the interior.”
- Format
- 1 page, jpg
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Eastern Province Herald
- Rights
- © Eastern Province Herald
- Rights
- This item is made accessible via Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) - see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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