Great Trek
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The Great Trek (Template:Lang-af; Template:Lang-nl) was an eastward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers (called Voortrekkers) who travelled by wagon from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration.
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English
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Literature
- H. Rider Haggard, Marie, novel, 1912.
- Stuart Cloete, Turning Wheels, novel, 1937.
- Helga Moray, Untamed, novel, 1950 - a 1955 movie of the same name is based on this book
- James A. Michener, The Covenant (1980)
- Robin Binckes, Canvas under the Sky, novel, 2011, Template:ISBN
- Controversial novel about a promiscuous drug using Voortrekker set during the Great Trek.
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Film
- The Fiercest Heart (1961), movie
- Adventure/love story about two British soldiers who desert the military and join a group of Boers heading north on the Great Trek.
- Untamed (1955), movie
- Adventure/love story set in the later part of the trek about an Irish woman seeking a new life in South Africa after the Irish Potato famine. Based on a 1950 novel of the same name by Helga Moray.
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Afrikaans
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Literature
- Geknelde land (Template:Lang-en) (1960)
- Offerland (Template:Lang-en) (1963)
- Gelofteland (Template:Lang-en) (1966)
- Bedoelde land (Template:Lang-en) (1968)
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