Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2528CC213
Site Name
The Centenary Trek, Irene Concentration Camp, Pretoria
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 09:32
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 09:32.
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Monument Type
Description
The purpose of this Memorial is to re-enact the Great Trek .Ox wagons were built to re-enact the Great Trek. These wagons passed through towns, they were pulled across a wet cement slab to preserve the tracks. This slab is one of these, but with one difference: some of the women who survived the Irene Concentration Camp insisted on pulling the wagon across the cement slab rather than letting the oxen do so. The women's footprints are clearly visible on the slab.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Metal
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Event Commemorated
Great Trek
Inscriptions
/The symbolic Centenary Trek of 1938 commemorated the Great Trek a hundred years after the event. Ox wagons were built to re-enact the Great Trek. When These wagons passed through towns, they were pulled across a wet cement slab to preserve the tracks. This slab is one of these, but with one difference: some of the women who survived the Irene Concentration Camp insisted on pulling the wagon across the cement slab rather than letting the oxen do so. The women's footprints are clearly visible on the slab/
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.87229, 28.220614
Gauteng
- City of Tshwane
Directions to Site
Use the R71 road from Tzaneen to Polokwane.
You will proceed straight on the Polokwane road and on your left you will find Magoebaskloof.
You will proceed straight on the Polokwane road and on your left you will find Magoebaskloof.
Access details
Accessible to the public
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