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| 1 | 1870 | - 1870—1884:
SA - |Xam prisoners at Cape Town interviewed by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd
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| 2 | 1873 | - 1873—1873:
SA - Griqualand West proclaimed Crown Colony
- 1873—1873:
SA - Griqualand West established as a British colony. Gold discovered in Lydenburg district of Transvaal.
- 1873—1875:
SA - Approximately 3300 men, women and children arrive as agricultural settlers or labourers for public works.
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| 3 | 1874 | - 1874—1874:
SA - College founded at Stellenbosch (later Victoria College, today University of Stellenbosch). Railway line opened from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage.
- 1874—1874:
Factory Act introduces 56-hour week
- 5 Apr 1874—5 Apr 1874:
Birkenhead Park opened, said to be the first civic public park in the world - features of it later copied in Central Park, New York
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