The area which is now Paarden Eiland is located at the mouth of the
Salt River and
Black River and was originally inhabited by the indigenous
ǃUriǁʼaekua people ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling).
It was the approximate location of the
Battle of Salt River in 1510, the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become
South Africa.[1]
Jan van Riebeeck referred to game hunting game in the area, and the rivers were inhabited by hippopotamus.
In 1773, the Dutch ship De
Jonge Thomas dragged anchor and sank on a sandbank in the area, and event made famous by the heroic rescue of 14 sailors by
Wolraad Woltemade, who drowned along with his horse in the rescue.[2]
Paarden Eiland was declared an industrial area in 1935 and was heavily developed after World War II.[3]
The area which is now Paarden Eiland is located at the mouth of the
Salt River and
Black River and was originally inhabited by the indigenous
ǃUriǁʼaekua people ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling).
It was the approximate location of the
Battle of Salt River in 1510, the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become
South Africa.[1]
Jan van Riebeeck referred to game hunting game in the area, and the rivers were inhabited by hippopotamus.
In 1773, the Dutch ship De
Jonge Thomas dragged anchor and sank on a sandbank in the area, and event made famous by the heroic rescue of 14 sailors by
Wolraad Woltemade, who drowned along with his horse in the rescue.[2]
Paarden Eiland was declared an industrial area in 1935 and was heavily developed after World War II.[3]