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- ↑ SANParks. "Brief History". San Parks. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ Fleminger, David. "1921 Becoming the Kruger Park". South Africa. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ De Ridder, Josephus Marthinus. "DE RIDDER, JOHAN". Artefacts. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ PUNT, WILLEM J. (May 2002). "Cecile de Ridder" (PDF). Journal of the Pretoria Historical Association. 115: 32–33. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ "About us". Heritage Association of South Africa. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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