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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 8062650, member: 44615&quot;]Quote &quot;On board the <i>Dromedaris</i> Van Riebeeck conducted meetings with his officials – minutes of the meetings of the Council of Policy, dated from December 1651, have been carefully archived.</p><p><br /></p><p>Land was sighted on 5 April 1652 and the ships docked the next day. Within a week of the arrival of the three ships, work had begun on the Fort of Good Hope. The aim was to establish a refreshment station to supply the crew of the Company&#039;s passing trading ships with fresh water, vegetables and fruit, meat and medical assistance. However, the first winter experienced by Van Riebeeck and his crew was extremely harsh, as they lived in wooden huts and their gardens were washed away by the heavy rains. As a result their food dwindled and at the end of the winter approximately 19 men had died.&quot; Closed quote[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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