THE SECOND WAVE

Rodney Grosskopff will tell us stories of the British Settlers who established Plettenberg Bay.

He will tell us how after the British captured the Cape from the Dutch in 1806, they set about populating the bottom of the continent of Africa.

The British government raised vast funds and actively promoted the “Cape Emigration Scheme”.

This scheme provided free passage to South Africa for successful applicants plus supplies for land. It was primarily aimed at strengthening the eastern frontier and providing a boost to the English speaking population of South Africa .

The people whose applications were successful became known as The 1820 Settlers .

A few years later in A SECOND WAVE of the Emigration Scheme, attention was turned to populating the smaller coastal villages like Plettenberg Bay.

By 1830 Plettenberg Bay was in full swing and these wonderful people and their families brought life, culture and prosperity to our town.

These families are still with us today ..

You may know them or even be their descendants.

Names like Newdigate, Derbyshire, Toplis, Harker and Sewell spring to mind.

Please join us at Formosa Garden Village on Thursday 14^th Mayto hear Rodney tell their stories.