Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3325CB1
Site Name
Site of Anglo-Boer War Concentration Camp, Uitenhage
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:24
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.726395, 25.423544
Eastern Cape
- Nelson Mandela Bay
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 11216
Uitenhage
Uitenhage
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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
The concentration camp site at Uitenhage was in use from April to October 1902, and was one of the last of about 50 concentration camps that were established during the Anglo-Boer War. Mainly women and children from the Orange Free State were housed here in corrugated iron houses. The reputed house of the Camp Superintendent and other material remains, as well as the graveyard, still exist today.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
A piece of land with the historic concentration camp site thereon, situate in the Municipality and Administrative District of Uitenhage, being a portion of Erf 1, Uitenhage, and now known as Erf 11216, measuring 4,2335 hectares.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
3701
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2022
Archive Status
National monument
3701-2022.pdf (6.23 KB)
Media
Media
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