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Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied

Andries Pretorius

Date
31 May 1891
Updated
31 May 2020
Andries Pretorius

Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius after whom Pretoria was named, died in 1853 at his Magaliesburg home. His body was later exhumed and reburied at Heroes' Acre in Pretoria after General P.J. Joubert's requested the burial of famous Afrikaner leaders in the same cemetery.

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  1. 01Manfred, N. (1937), The Voortrekkers Of South Africa. From The Earliest Times To The Foundation Of The Republics, (London: Gordon and Gotch) pg 349.
  2. 02SAHO, 'Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius', from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za

Last updated · 31 May 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143

South African History Online (2011) 'Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143 (Accessed: 11 August 2026).

South African History Online, Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143, (accessed 11 August 2026).

"Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143.

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