The Trek Monument, Pretoria, South Africa
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S 25° 46.635 E 028° 11.040
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A Scale Replica of the Trek monument in Tanzania
Waymark Code: WM1VJ6
Location: Gauteng, South Africa
Date Posted: 07/14/2007
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The Original Monument in Tanganyika |
This is a scale model replica of the Trek Monument that was inaugurated on 16
December 1954 in Tanzania (formerly known as Tanganyika). The Trek Monument
(1904-1954) was erected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first
Afrikaners who settled in the then Tanganyika after the Anglo Boer War
(1899-1902). The first group of 41 pioneers left Delagoa Bay in 1904 and reached
their destination on 4 December 1904; an area between the Ngorongora Crater and
Kilimanjaro.
A delegation of the Tanganyika Saamtrek Society approached the management of
the Voortrekker Monument with the request that a replica of the monument be
erected on the site to commemorate the centenary of the trek to German East
Africa.
The Society collected all the funds and the Projects team at the Voortrekker
Monument was responsible for the design and construction of the Monument. The
Engraved stones, which form part of the Seating, represent some of the different
families who lived in Tanganyika.