Event
Dorsland Trek
The Dorsland Trek ('Thirstland Trek') was a series of migrations by Boer families from the Transvaal across the Kalahari region between 1874 and 1881, seeking land and freedom from British influence. Many people and cattle died of thirst and disease on the way through present-day Botswana and Namibia. The survivors settled at Humpata in southern Angola, and some later founded the short-lived Republic of Upingtonia near Grootfontein in 1885.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dorsland Trek. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dorsland-trek
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- “Dorsland Trek.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dorsland-trek. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Dorsland Trek.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dorsland-trek.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Dorsland Trek’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dorsland-trek (Accessed: ).
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