James Rorke
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title:
James Rorke
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James "Jem" Rourke was a settler and trader of Irish-descent in southern Africa. He served as a civilian in the British Army commissariat in 1846 during the Seventh Xhosa War. In 1849, Rorke purchased a farmstead in the Colony of Natal, on the border with Zululand near a river crossing that became known as Rorke's Drift. He established a trading post that led to good relations with the Zulu. Rorke committed suicide in 1875. His homestead played a key role in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and was the s
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Irish settler and trader in southern Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rorke
date created:
2021-08-03T11:56:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:30:37Z
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