Upington Jewish Community

Books

Through the Kalahari Desert, by G. A. Farini (1886)

Includes descriptions of Upington and the "Lost City" of the Kalahari.

The Conquest of the Desert, by William MacDonald (1913)

Includes descriptions of Upington and vicinity and interview with Mr. Harris of Zwartmodder.

To The River's End, by Lawrence Green (1948)

Descriptions of Upington and vicinity and local personalities.

Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990, by Martin Legassick (2016)

Includes the description below of Upington in the 1950s, transcribed from an oral history provided by Alfred Gubula in 1993-4. Annotations are corrections of errors in spelling of names.

Journal articles

The !Kora Wars on the Orange River, 1830-1880, by Robert Ross

The Will of Abraham and Elizabeth September: The Struggle for Land in Gordonia, 1898-1995, by Martin Legassick

The Racial Division of Gordonia, 1921-1930, by Martin Legassick

Mentions some Jewish landowners (Upington residents).

History of Renier van Rooyen and Pep Stores, by Anton Ehlers (2007)

Includes roles of several Jewish residents of Upington.

Newspaper articles

Various articles from the early 20th century from the Jewish Chronicle, London

Occasional brief mentions of Upington, including the apparent beginnings of building a synagogue in 1906-7 (see 1904-5 application for land transfer as well as minutes of general meetings for 1915 planning and eventual 1921-2 construction).

Article on Upington Jewish community from Zionist Record, October 1949

Annotated with some corrections.

Article on the pont from Gordonia News, May 1958

Includes role of Nurick brothers.

Article on Jewish rugby players from Upington, from SA Jewish Times, April 1978

Focuses on role of Clarence Robinson in establishing the Upington Rugby Club.