Gonggong
Located on the Vaal River west of Barkly West, now farm H.V.48 G.W. 27-82. Earlier, an important digger area along the Vaal River.
About this item
Identifier
982_SKCPN
Title
Gonggong
Alternative Title
Gonggong
Georeference Sources
K 2824 AD/CB
Is Part Of
longitude
24.375
latitude
-28.375
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Source
eng
Pettman 1931 SAPN 15 'Gong-gong is said to be an Anglicised form of a Bushman onomatopoetib name — Gon-gon, which is explained as being an imitation of the sound of the water as it falls upon the rocks...There is also the possibility...of the name being derived from the Hottentot expression — Gon-gons, which means to make a noise or an uproar'. Krenz FK 1974 Boer Aantekening hierby 'Gun-gun = make haste, hurry on', en Haacke WHG 1974 Aantekening 'laat beweeg?'
afr
Pettman 1931 SAPN 15 'Gong-gong is said to be an Anglicised form of a Bushman onomatopoetib name — Gon-gon, which is explained as being an imitation of the sound of the water as it falls upon the rocks...There is also the possibility...of the name being derived from the Hottentot expression — Gon-gons, which means to make a noise or an uproar'. Krenz FK 1974 Boer Aantekening hierby 'Gun-gun = make haste, hurry on', en Haacke WHG 1974 Aantekening 'laat beweeg?'
Description
eng
Located on the Vaal River west of Barkly West, now farm H.V.48 G.W. 27-82. Earlier, an important digger area along the Vaal River.
afr
geleë aan die Vaalrivier wes van Barkly-Wes, nou plaas H.V.48 G.W. 27-82. vroeër ’n belangrike delwersgebied langs die Vaalrivier.
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