Talk:1820 Settlers

Settlers Monument

I would argue that the 1820 Settlers Monument is different to Gettysburg because that is civil war battlefield. It is different to the Voortrekker Monument, because that is a monument in the traditional sense, i.e. simply an edifice, whereas the Settlers Monument is as much a venue for events as anything else.Paulgush 02:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Dead link

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• http://www.shelaghspencer.org/overview.php
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--JeffGBot (talk) 22:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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• http://www.foundation.org.za/monument/index.php
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--JeffGBot (talk) 22:40, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Significance needs to be added

There is nothing in the article that mentions its current or recent history significance. Do people still today identify as a descendant of these settlers? Do they form a kind of elite group, or a downtrodden one? Do politicians or writers regularly refer to the group? What about movies, novels, etc.? Maybe a section called "Depiction in art" or "movies" should be added. --120.28.243.49 (talk) 11:02, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Jeremiah Goldswain

I have added an entry for Jeremiah Goldswain. Most people familiar with the 1820s will be aware of him as his lifelong jounral 'The Chronicles of Jeremiah Goldswain' is an important primary source. More important however is his idiosyncratic, highly phonetic spelling which is linguistically interesting as it reflects his dialect as it spoken, at that time and place. Please do correct my edit if I've misrepresented his work here, but that's what I've taken away from the literature about him. I do apologise for the clunky wording; I'm a relative newcomer to editing so I'm still getting my head around the encyclopedic tone, and what to include. Please update if you feel it's appropriate.

He should really have his own page as he's fairly notable (multitude of secondary sources) but I don't havre the will to do it myself. One for another day maybe.

Adam Friedland's Soiled White Pants (talk) 14:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)