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BERG Mountain BILTONG Strips of sundried meat BOER Farmer - during the Boer war it implied anyone who fought the British BURG Town BURGHER A man of one of the Boer Republics with full citizen rights BUSHVELDT A plain covered with bush or scrub COMMANDANT Senior officer of a Boer commando COMMANDO Irregular unit of mounted Boers DONGA Dry bed of a river or creek, or an eroded gully DORP Village or small township DRIFT Ford FIELD-CORNET Boer lieutenant FONTEIN Spring KLOOF Ravine or valley Kopje Small hill KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
BILTONG Strips of sundried meat
BOER Farmer - during the Boer war it implied anyone who fought the British
BURG Town
BURGHER A man of one of the Boer Republics with full citizen rights
BUSHVELDT A plain covered with bush or scrub
COMMANDANT Senior officer of a Boer commando COMMANDO Irregular unit of mounted Boers DONGA Dry bed of a river or creek, or an eroded gully DORP Village or small township DRIFT Ford FIELD-CORNET Boer lieutenant FONTEIN Spring KLOOF Ravine or valley Kopje Small hill KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
COMMANDO Irregular unit of mounted Boers
DONGA Dry bed of a river or creek, or an eroded gully DORP Village or small township DRIFT Ford FIELD-CORNET Boer lieutenant FONTEIN Spring KLOOF Ravine or valley Kopje Small hill KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
DORP Village or small township
DRIFT Ford
FIELD-CORNET Boer lieutenant FONTEIN Spring KLOOF Ravine or valley Kopje Small hill KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
FONTEIN Spring
KLOOF Ravine or valley Kopje Small hill KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
Kopje Small hill
KRALL Native settlement enclosed by a fence; or an enclosure for cattle or sheep
LAAGER Boer camp - the vehicles were usually lashed together in a circle to form a protective barricade LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
LAAGTE A hollow in the veldt
LANDDROST Boer magistrate and revenue collector
MAUSER German rifle used by the Boers MEALIE Maize on the cob NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
MEALIE Maize on the cob
NEK Saddle or junction point between two hills POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
POM-POM One-pounder automatic Maxim gun with 25 shells on a belt POORT Pass through a mountain range RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
POORT Pass through a mountain range
RAND Ridge RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand RIVIER Dutch for 'river' ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
RAND, The District around Johannesburg; or a short name for the Witwatersrand
RIVIER Dutch for 'river'
ROOINEK Derogatory expression for European settlers; also applied to British soldiers
SANGAR Low stone breastwork or rifle pit for several men SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse STAD Town UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
SJAMBOK Rhinoceros-hide whip
SPRUIT Rivulet or watercourse
STAD Town
UITLANDER Foreigner or British settler in the Boer Republics VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
VELDT Open country bearing grass, bushes or shrubs or thinly forested VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament 'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
VLEI Hollow in which water collects in the rainy season
VOLKSRAAD People's council or parliament
'ZARP' Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (South African Republic Police) [Derived from a number of sources including "The Australians at the Boer War" - R.L. Wallace] [ Go To Top | Home ]
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