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Activity 7
Voortrekker Monument
This building was built to commemorate the Voortrekkers who took part in the Great Trek to the Transvaal. The monument features paintings and displays that portray the story of their travels. The Great Trek was a mass migration of the Boer (Dutch/Afrikaans) people from the Cape Colony, inland. On the way they fought with Zulus and later had to defend their territory from the British.
Activity 7
Read the information above about the historical figures/buildings and answer these questions.
1. Why is Paul Kruger’s statue important to Pretoria? 2. What does the Pioneer Museum remind the residents of Pretoria of? 3. What is the Pioneer Museum used for nowadays? 4. The Voortrekker Monument is unique to Pretoria. What does it remind us of?
