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SWELLENDAM , a See also:town of See also:South See also:Africa, Cape See also:province, in the valley of the Breede See also:River, 192 M. by See also:rail E. by S. of Cape Town. Pop. (1904), 2406, of whom_1139 were See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. Swellendam is one of the older Dutch settlements in the Cape, dating from 1745, and was named after Hendrik Swellengrebel (then See also:governor of the Cape) and his wife, whose See also:maiden name was See also:Damme. See also:Early in 1795 the burghers of the town and See also:district See also:rose in revolt against the Dutch See also:East See also:India See also:Company, See also:pro-claimed a " See also:free See also:republic," and elected a so-styled See also:national See also:assembly. At the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the burghers of Graaff Reinet also rebelled against the Cape authorities, who were powerless to suppress the insurrectionary See also:movement. One of the claims of the " free republic " was " the See also:absolute and unconditional See also:slavery of all See also:Hottentots and See also:Bushmen." In See also:September of that See also:year Cape Town surrendered to the See also:British and the " National " party at Swellendam quietly accepted British See also:rule.
The town is a trading centre of some importance, and in the surrounding district are large See also:sheep and See also:ostrich farms. The neighbourhood is noted for its abundance of See also:everlasting See also:flowers.
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