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Aliwal North (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Aliwal North, corner of the Market Place, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/29
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190 x 144 mm. Showing the market square at Aliwal North with a bullock team and wagon in the foregrond. Founded in 1849, the town is situated on the Orange River and takes its name from the Battle of Aliwal, fought in India in January 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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