1885 in South Africa

	1885 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

February

• 26 – The Berlin Conference ends and the Scramble for Africa begins.

September

• 30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.

November

• 28 – The railway line from Cape Town to Kimberley is completed.^[1]

Births

• 31 January – Marthinus Johannes de Jong, landscape painter, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 2 September – Cape Eastern – Molteno to Aliwal North, 69 miles 35 chains (111.7 kilometres).^[2]
• 28 November – Cape Western – Oranjerivier to Kimberley, 76 miles 70 chains (123.7 kilometres).<^[2]
• 21 December – Natal – Merrivale to Estcourt, 61 miles 50 chains (99.2 kilometres).^[3]

References

1. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 13.
2. Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
3. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13