Janus: Anvil found on the site of the Van Rensburg massacre

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Y305W	Anvil found on the site of the Van Rensburg massacre
Y3061A	Views in Newfoundland, 1899-1911
Y3061B	Views in Newfoundland, circa 1880-1904
Y3061E	James Bell Newfoundland Collection
Y3062A	Sports, Pastimes and Pursuits of Canada: Cariboo Hunting
Y3062B	Canada, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Aden [Adan] and Galle
Y3062C	Photographs of Canada, c.1897-1904
Y3062D	Photographs of Canada circa 1912
Y3062E	Modern photographs of Canada
Y3062F	Portrait of Dr. Oronhyatekha. c.1890
Y3062G	Canadian Oil Production. c.1965
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Anvil found on the site of the Van Rensburg massacre

Title	Anvil found on the site of the Van Rensburg massacre
Reference	GBR/0115/Y305W
Creator	Unknown
Extent and Medium	1 image
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

250 x 185 mm. A photograph showing the anvil which is said to have been found circa 1850. Further details are to be found on the back of the photograph.

The massacre took place in July 1836 on the banks of the Limpopo, forty miles from its confluence with the Olifants River. Information on Johannes Jacobus Janse Van Rensburg (1779-1836) has only been co-ordinated in the 1950s and 1960s.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Anvil found on the site of the Van Rensburg massacre, Y305W

Further information

For information about J.J.J. Van Rensburg see:

Kock, W.J. de ed. (1968), 'Dictionary of South African Biography', Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, pp. 834-836.

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

No further on-line information.