Original Research
Fasette van die landelike vestiging van blankes in Suidwes-Afrika
New Contree | Vol 21 | a725 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v21i0.725
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Submitted: 04 July 2024 | Published:
Submitted: 04 July 2024 | Published:
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E.R. Coetzee, Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, South AfricaFull Text:
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This contribution identifies four phases of land settlement by Whites in South-West Africa between 1915 and 1931. First there was the period of military government from 1915 to 1920 when large numbers of White stock farmers from the Union entered the territory. These settlers were established on uninhabited, but surveyed, government ground. During the second phase (1920 - 1925) approximately 1200 farms were granted to new White farmers in accordance with the land Settlement Act (1920) of the Union of South Africa. Thereafter a period of consolidation followed (1925 - 1928) as the Land Board attempted to settle keen, new farmers in the rural areas. The arrival of the Angolan farmers forms the fourth phase of White settlement and by 1939 all available government farms in South-West Africa had been granted.
Keywords
South-West Africa; white people; settlement by Whites; 1915; 1931
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