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From: Patricia Frykberg <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Gold Diggers in Natal
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:30:15 +1200
References: <709igHPO71152S03.1089301258@uwdvg003.cms.usa.net><001601c46513$3cef0d60$315827c4@sharon>


For what it's worth my grandfather went from Natal to Barberton via Delagoa
Bay. So did a cousin of his. They certainly went for the Barberton gold that
way. So maybe these guys jumped off in Durban and took (probably a slow
boat) to Delagoa bay then trekked inland to Barberton.
My boys did have 'passports' of a sort to give them entry to the
Mozambique.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Warr" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, 9 July 2004 05:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Gold Diggers in Natal


> Hi Keith
> Thanks for the info - the ship definitely called only at Cape Town from
> Melbourne and was on its way to England.
> Wonder what they were going to dig in Natal then.
> Regards
> Sharon Warr
>
> View 1800s SOUTH AFRICAN PASSENGER LISTS at
> http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/DataArchive.htm
> SCRIBES PUBLISHING for Colonial Books on CD - visit
> http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Scribes.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Meintjes" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [ZA] Gold Diggers in Natal
>
>
> > Sharon,
> >
> > The ship likely called at Durban (Port Natal) before Cape Town.
> >
> > The main Witwatersrand reef was not discovered until 1886. Gold was
found
> in
> > the eastern Transvaal (Lydenburg - Pilgrim's Rest) by 1870. Later
> discoveries
> > were at Barberton (1882).
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > =================================
> >
> > "Sharon Warr" <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi to All on the List
> > I came across a passenger list from the SS Northumberland which brought
> many
> > 'gold diggers' to Cape Town from Melbourne Australia in June 1880. They
> were
> > headed for Natal. Can anyone please shed any light on these people.
The
> list
> > is at http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Ships%20&%20Passengers.htm
> > Thanks
> > Sharon Warr
> >
> > View 1800s SOUTH AFRICAN PASSENGER LISTS at
> > http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/DataArchive.htm
> > SCRIBES PUBLISHING for Colonial Books on CD - visit
> > http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Scribes.htm
> >
> >
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