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Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At first called Roburnia, the name was changed on the 5 July 1882 to Amsterdam, after the Dutch city where the State Secratary, Eduard Bok was born and out of gratitude for Dutch sympathy, during the First Anglo Boer War (1880-1881).
References
New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper
Further Reading
https://www.safarinow.com/destinations/amsterdam-mpumalanga/hub.aspx
https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/mpumalanga/bysuburb/amsterdam/