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HOW TO GET THERE (GPS: 30 44S 25 06E) From Cape Town, follow the N1 northward. Colesberg is about halfway between Cape Town and Pretoria. HISTORY The area was first inhabited by San Bushmen. Later trekboere arrived and they in turn were followed in 1814 by missionaries. The farmers feared for their safety with about 1700 bushman gathered at 2 mission stations and appealed to the Cape Government to guarantee their safety. By 1818 the mission work was stopped by Government decree. The Cape Government granted land to the Dutch Reformed church in 1830 and so a town was born. Colesberg was the center of a lot of action during the Boer War. A number of monuments and graves of both Boer and British soldiers can be seen. ORIGINS OF THE NAME First known as Toverberg after a nearby hill but renamed after Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (1772-1842), the Governer of the Cape from 1828 to 1833. POPULATION PLACES OF INTEREST Museum Number of Historic Buildings War graves/monuments WHAT TO DO AND SEE Town walking tours (arranged by museum) War relics Doornkloof Nature Reserve Walking Trails Mountain Biking Birding Watersport on Orange River, Vanderkloof Dam and nearby Gariep Dam ACCOMMODATION TOURISM OFFICE Tel: 051 753 0678 Fax: 051 753 7574 NEIGHBOURING TOWNS Hanover 74km Philipstown 77km Noupoort 53km 
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