It was otherwise with the emigrants who lived to the south-west, between the Vaal River and the frontier of Cape Colony, which was then at the village of Colesberg, between what is now De aar Junction and the upper course of the Orange River.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
A great trunk-line runs north-eastward from Cape Town to a place called De aar Junction, in the eastern part of the Colony.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
At De aar Junction, five hundred miles from Cape Town, the line to Bloemfontein and the Transvaal branches off to the right.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce