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The [[Diggers' Aurora]] was a Dutch-language oratory club,  in the mold of the Cape-based [[Aurora]].
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The [[Diggers' Aurora]] was a [[Rederijkerskamer]] ([[Dutch]]-language oratory club),  in the mold of the Cape-based [[Aurora]], established in Kimberley in 1872 by former members of the Cape Town association. It remained active until 1883.  
 
 
==History==
 
 
 
The [[Diggers' Aurora]] was founded in Kimberley in 1872 and remained active until 1883.  
 
 
 
One of the members was [[L. van Hogezand]], who wrote a comedy called ''[[De Kater, of De Verdronken Minnaar]]''
 
 
 
  
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The President of the association was [[H. Koster]] and [[L. van Hogezand]] the Vice President. Hogezand also th eauthor of the comedy ''[[De Kater, of De Verdronken Minnaar]]'' which was first produced by [[Aurora]] in Cape Town .
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 06:06, 26 August 2019

The Diggers' Aurora was a Rederijkerskamer (Dutch-language oratory club), in the mold of the Cape-based Aurora, established in Kimberley in 1872 by former members of the Cape Town association. It remained active until 1883.

The President of the association was H. Koster and L. van Hogezand the Vice President. Hogezand also th eauthor of the comedy De Kater, of De Verdronken Minnaar which was first produced by Aurora in Cape Town .

Sources

Du Toit, 1988)

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