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Kruger National Park : Paul Kruger Bust
Skukuza, Kruger National Park district, Mpumalanga

Date:1976
Type:Monument
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
24°58'51.46" S 31°29'01.08" E Alt: 298m

Transcription of carved wording on stone:

PRESIDENT S J P KRUGER
STIGTER VAN DIE
NATIONALE KRUGERWILDTUIN
FOUNDER OF THE
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
ONTHUL DEUR SY EDELE
UNVEILED BY THE HON.
HENDRIK SCHOEMAN
MINISTER VAN LANDBOU
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
OP/ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1976
BEELDHOUER/SCULPTOR: COERT STEYNBERG

[See also Kruger National Park : Memorials and markers].


References:

Hopkins, Ron. 2013. Field Guide to the Historical Sites of the Kruger National Park. Hoedspruit: Ron Hopkins. pg 96-101
Pienaar, UdeV. 2012. A cameo from the past : the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: Protea. pg 712 item 45
van Tonder, JJ. 1977. Fotobeeld van 300 Monumente, Standbeelde en Gedenktekens langs die pad van Suid-Afrika. Krugersdorp: JJ van Tonder. pg 152