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South West Africa SWA-Namibia in the 1980's
Beluister 'Ver van die ou Kalahari' (Volksliedjies 2, nr15)
'South West Africa' by William Eveleigh, 1915
the early history SWA - South West Africa - Namibia (pdf, 1MB)
a short history of Boer settlement in Angola/SWA
a 1915 write-up of South West Africa, by William Eveleigh, on Climate, Flora, Fauna, People
South West Africa Maps
South-West Africa Stamps
more online reading about SWA-Namibia
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SWA, Jose and Teresa, early 80's
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Jose and Teresa at Hoba Meteorite, good acoustics, early 80's
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Hoba Meteorite, old picture
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1980, SWA Jose and Teresa at Walvisbaai, early 80's
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SWA Jose and Teresa to Swakopmund, early 80's
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Schiphol to Windhoek
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1896, lake in arid Southern Africa
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Joburg by air
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1986, Jan Smuts airport
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1986, KLM via Nairobi to Jan Smuts airport
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Windhoek SWA suburb
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downtown Windhoek, 1986
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Windhoek Kudu statue
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Windhoek, left hand drive
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1986, Windhoek shopping center
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VW from air cooling to heating up
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Windhoek Lutheran Church
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Windhoek, Kaiser Bill (defeated by the South Africans in 1915)
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Windhoek, Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Windhoek, Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Windhoek
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Windhoek Parliament buildings 1986
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Windhoek Kalahari Sands hotel
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Windhoek, house Manuel
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700 km due north
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Aloe in flower
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fine roads and landscapes
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1987, S. von Bach dam & lake
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promising skies
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dry hills
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golden grasses
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flatlands
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Otjivarongo
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Otjivarongo
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Otjivarongo
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Otjivarongo
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94 to Grootfontein
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distant rains
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Magadadi palms of SWA
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Windhoek road, 62 from Otavi
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Farm land
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Omataku mountains
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the elusive rains of Africa
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a short walk or a long one
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Grootfontein entrance
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African flame trees
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Grootfontein Stadtverwaltung
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1986, Checkpoint to stop Swapo terrorists
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termite hill
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bottomless lake Ochikoto
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looking for sunken WW1 material
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guardians of the deep
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Welkom in Tsumeb
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Tsumeb church
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Tsumeb mining facility
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Tsumeb Herero's at Co-op
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Tsumeb greened with mining water
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looking for Swapo: those on the left please stop
read about the Soviet insurgency from Angola
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land mine, or asleep at the wheel?
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Kavango native villages
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Kavango weaver nests
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weaver bird
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Grandpa's tree
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Sunflowers near Grootfontein
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even here (1987)
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roadside village
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creative colors
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African craftmanship
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an Ovambo 747, ready for takeoff
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1987, Hoba meteorite, dropped on or by a mining town?
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Hoba contains 97% iron
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Jose and Teresa's abode in Grootfontein
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Grootfontein early 80's
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Portuguese church Grootfontein early 80's
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Portuguese church Grootfontein early 80's
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Kavango river, looking at Calai in Angola
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Rundu, home on the Wildebeestlaan
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Christmas 1986 in Rundu
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African church
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African church, early 1980s
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SWA Rundu Waterwese 1980's
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Rundu sportsday 1980s
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Rundu Rugby match 1980's
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beluister "Uit die blou van onse hemel"
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1987: the 'besoekers' are losing in SWA
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Banking on Toyota
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a tall order
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Namibia 1986/87, land of plenty
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Kavango Pharmacy 1980's
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SWA Rundu Hospital
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 1987, Well designed Koevoet
read about the Soviet insurgency from Angola
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Grandma baking cakes
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Brunido, retired Benguela railway engineer from Angola
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Brunido family with Ozzie
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African hunters Orlando, Osvaldo & Jeannette
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Grandpa's Christmas day birthday
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fine dining in the bush
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Orlando Roque and family
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Christmas piglet staying warm
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Christmas piglet joining the table
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A man and his dog
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Vungu-Vungu Melkerij
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white man's diary cattle
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African beef cattle
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have bow & arrows, will travel
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African village
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African goats
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African mealies
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Kavango Kaisosie church
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Kaisosie church
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Kaisosie church
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Kavango river baptism
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Kavango river baptism
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1986, Kavango river life
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Kavango river bands of color
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Kavango river laundry day
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more colors
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teak trees at nightfall
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Kavango Kingfisher
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South Aricans boating on the Kavango
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Angola beloved
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Christmas in Rundu
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Caprivi immer gerade aus nach Osten
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Caprivi trip, 500km east to Katima
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east to Katima, south to Botswana
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Caprivi fuel station
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Caprivi 1980's dirt roads
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Caprivi road to progress
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251km to Katima
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1987, Caprivi, wild elephant
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Caprivi, Quando river
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Caprivi at 45'C in the shade
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stop following us
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Road to nowhere (Katima)
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Egrets
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Caprivi snake bird
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another kind of fuel
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the great Zambezi
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Caprivi, Katima house
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Caprivi, Katima golf club
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trying to drown out the hippo belches
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wailing all night across the Zambezi: a child eaten by crocs
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unaware of lurking dangers
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1987, border patrol between SWA/Zambia/Zimbabwe
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pet crocodiles
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Katima, at cousin Esmeralda's house
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modern amenities in the heart of Africa
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SAAF city
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1987, Katima, cousin Esmeralda
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Bagani Falls, before the delta
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Bagani falls, Okavango river's last stand
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Caprivi, Chingue village
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1987, Caprivi, at Umbukushu, Erasmus family
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Caprivi, steenbok
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Caprivi, Baobab 'upside-down' tree
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1987 Etosha Wildtuin, one of the oldest nature parks in the world
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Ostrich
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Trap
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Etosha bull elephant
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a certain curve of horn
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the famed unicorn
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Namibia identity: Black with white stripes, or white with black?
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gazelles
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jackal finishing off a bully elephant
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giraffe in Etosha salt pan
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wildebeest
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hartebeest
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juffer cranes
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Nein, nein, I say 'all togezzer'!
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Lion' in wait
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the desert bites, sticks, or stings
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Dankie
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More online background reading on South West Africa
Report: 'Expedition to Ovampoland', Ch7, P79, 1850, Francis Galton
Report: 'Narrative of an Explorer in South Africa' (includes 'visit to Damaraland in 1851'), 1890, by Francis Galton
Article - Germans in northern SWA - Kooperation und Konfrontation am Kavango 1891-1921 Andreas Eckl (auf Deutch, in German, pdf, 1.5MB)
a 1915 write-up of South West Africa, by William Eveleigh, on Climate, Flora, Fauna, People
The Native Tribes of South West Africa' by CHL Hahn, L. Foure, H. Vedder (English, 1928)
South West Africa tribal history - 'die BergDama' - Heinrich Vedder (German, 1923)
Article - South-West Africa -The Factual Background (English) 1946 pdf, 1.6MB)
the Dorsland Trek and Grootfontein
South West Africa first-issue Stamps

the Dorsland Trek shown on a SWA stamp

South-West Africa - 1989 Stamps 4.1 Mines & Minerals

South-West Africa - 1980 Stamps Animals

South-West Africa Stamps- History - Towns

South-West Africa Stamps - Flora & Fauna

South-West Africa Stamps - Native and European Cultures

South-West Africa Stamps - Tourism & Exports

South-West Africa Stamps- Windhoek Luderitz Hentiesbaai
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