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Brink, James S., Andy I.R. Herries, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, John A.J. Gowlett, C. Britt
Bousman, John Hancox, Rainer Grün, Vera Eisenmann, and Lloyd Rossouw (2012) First hominine remains from a 1.07-0.99 Ma hyaena accumulation at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa. Journal of Human
449:. One of the previous pastors of the Afrikaans Baptist Church of Cornelia (1959 or 1960) was Jurgens Lambrechts, later well known for appearing in numerous quiz programmes on radio and television from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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such as handaxes and cleavers have also been found here. Recent research document excavations of a fossil bone bed, possibly resulting from the accumulation by hyaenas and redeposition by dongas (i.e., gullies).
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Ntswanatsatsi township east of the town is home to several Early
Childhood Development Centres (ECD Centres) and a primary and secondary schools serving children from the town and neighbouring farms.
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In 1886 the two farmers and other people formed the
Afrikaans Baptist Church and J.D. Odendaal was the first preacher. The Odendaal family made an important contribution to the church.
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DJ Steyn donated a piece of land to the church to erect a church building. There was a need for an educational institution and the church founded the school of
Cornelia in 1889.
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Cooke, H. B. S. (1974) The fossil mammals of
Cornelia, O.F.S, South Africa. Mem. Nas. Mus., Bloemfontein 9, pp. 63-84.
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Clark, J. D. (1974) The stone artifacts from
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201:8.0 km (3.1 sq mi)
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894:Categories
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636:References
473:Skoonriver
434:wildebeest
422:Harrismith
410:Free State
206:Population
167:Free State
128:28°51′03″E
125:27°14′03″S
869:Frankfort
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738:Kroonstad
721:Sasolburg
551:Education
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406:R103 road
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320:Afrikaans
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874:Tweeling
864:Cornelia
831:Kragbron
788:Heilbron
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458:Tweeling
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418:Tafelkop
402:Cornelia
368:(street)
245:Coloured
173:District
163:Province
102:Cornelia
72:Cornelia
46:Cornelia
34:Cornelia
793:Koppies
775:Ngwathe
730:Moqhaka
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408:in the
331:English
153:Country
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379:PO box
291:(2011)
256:Indian
187:Mafube
798:Parys
567:Notes
354:UTC+2
313:33.7%
302:57.8%
298:Sotho
271:White
260:Asian
238:97.3%
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343:4.2%
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324:2.7%
309:Zulu
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193:Area
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