BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Browse Persons in Springfontein RCBrowse Persons who died in Springfontein RC

Camp Details
Name:Springfontein RC
Type:white
Location:Orange River Colony
Date open:18/02/1901
Date open (general):About February 1901
Date closed:12/02/1903
Rations:15/2/1901: For native refugees: Natives over 12 years of age: Daily: 1½ lbs either mealies, K/corn, unsifted meal or mealie meal; ¼ oz salt; Weekly: 1 lb fresh or tinned meat; ½ coffee; 2 oz sugar - all but the corn to cost 4½d per ration. See Asam
Notes:Dewetsdorp people may have been sent there
Unique ID:122


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.