City of Grahamstown proclaimed, June 1812

Title: City of Grahamstown proclaimed, June 1812
Creator: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Subject: Monuments -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Photographs
Subject: Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
Date: 19uu
Type: mixed material
Type: photographs
Type: landscape photographs
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72236
Identifier: vital:30020
Description: Elisabeth Salt Monument or the Settlers Women’s Monument, High Street, Grahamstown, South Africa, commemorating the Xhosa-British battle of 22 April 1819. The monument also marks the spot where, under a tree, Lieutenant Colonel Graham and Captain Stockenstrom decided on the site for Grahamstown. They camped on the land where the cathedral stands today. The town was proclaimed in August 1811 and was named after Colonel John Graham.
Format: Photograph (black and white) ; 9 x 7 cm (accompanied by text), jpg
Language: English
Rights: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Rights: This item is made freely accessible via Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

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