The Trekboers (/ ˈtrɛkbuːrs / Afrikaans: Trekboere) were nomadic pastoralists descended from mostly Dutch colonists on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.

…farmers of Dutch descent, called trekboers or Boers, began to settle the area. After 1836 came the Great Trek, a migratory movement in which larger numbers of Boer farmers seeking …

Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and …

The Trekboers were seminomadic pastoralists, subsistence farmers who began trekking both northwards and eastwards into the interior to find better pastures/farmlands for their livestock …

The trekboers were nomadic pastoralists, forerunners of the Voortrekkers, the Dutch pioneers who forsook the Cape Colony and trekked north in the 1830s.

These migratory free burghers became known as “trekboers”. The VOC established towns at Swellendam and Graaff Reinet in an attempt to hold the trekboers accountable, with limited …

The meaning of TREKBOER is a migratory grazier of southern Africa.

Hierdie verhandeling vorm die eerste deel van ’n voorgenome triologie oor die pioniersgeskiedenis van die Kaapkollonie, waarvan die derde deel — Die Noordwaartse …

Then, in the 1750s, the first trekboers started entering Namaqualand where they claimed vast farms for themselves. In practice, these European farmers were not very different from the …

Jun 29, 2011 · Between 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape Colony, crossed the Orange River and settled near a spring (fountain) in the …