Dorsland Trek

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Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and better living conditions. The participants, Trekboers ("migrating farmers"; the singular is trekboer)^[1] from the Orange Free State and Transvaal, are called Dorslandtrekkers.