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The Norvalspont concentration camp was established during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) near the railway bridge over the Orange River at Norvalspont, Northern Cape. It was one of the British-run camps for Boer civilians, primarily women and children, forcibly removed from their farms under the British scorched-earth policy. The camp was located on the southern bank of the Orange River, adjacent to the Norvalspont railway station, which served as a key logistical point for the British military. The site now contains a cemetery with graves of those who died in the camp, mostly from disease and malnutrition. The camp's death toll is recorded as 384, including 278 children, according to the War Museum of the Boer Republics. The cemetery is maintained as a heritage site, with a memorial erected in 1913 by the Women's Memorial Committee.

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