Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318BD2
Site Name
Birthplace of General Smuts, Ongegund, Malmesbury District
Site Category
Structures ยป Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sandiswa.mkuba on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:54.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/060/0017
Recording date
Primary?
Yes
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.323611, 18.85
Western Cape
  • West Coast
  • Swartland
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 508
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 248904
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

Jan Christiaan Smuts was born in this house on 24 May 1870.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 218874
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

The house where Gen. Smuts was born situate on a certain piece of land, partly abolished quitrent land and partly freehold land, in the Division of Malmesbury, being the farm Ongegund A, and measuring six hundred and seventy-four (674) morgen.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
4667
Notice Date
Notice Number
726
Archive Status
National monument
4667-726.pdf (126.39 KB)
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