1940's

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1940's

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  • Two Southern Islands added to Union of South Africa 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-08-25)
    An article that was published in The Cape Argus of January 3rd 1948 explaining the strategy behind the annexation.
  • South Africa's new possessions towards the South 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-08-22)
    Views of Marion and Prince Edward Islands published in The South African Shipping News and Fishing Industry Review,3(2):25, February 1948. South Africa's New Possesions Towards the South.
  • Remote islands of the Southern Indian Ocean 
    Gibbs, C. R. V. (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-08-19)
    Article that was published in The Scottish Geographical Magazine. Gibbs, C.R.V. 1945. Remote Islands of the Southern Indian Ocean.The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 61(1):9-16, April.
  • SAS Transvaal at Tristan da Cunha 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-07-25)
    Newspaper clipping that was published in the late 1940's.
  • Off to Marion Island 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-07-25)
    Picture and caption of an SA Navy Minesweeper,the Bloemfontein, with supplies for Marion Island.
  • Tristan volunteers cheerful 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-07-25)
    Article in Cape Times of the Tristan Islanders that were hired to help on Marion Island after the nnexation in 1948.
  • The Outspan 
    J. Marsh (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-07-25)
    Newspaper picture in the newspaper The Outspan about the officers and gentelmen who went to Marion Island.
  • Five South Africans made history 
    Staff reporter (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-07-22)
    Article that was placed in the Cape Times, regarding the annexation of Marion and Prince Edward Islands, 1948.