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Beaufort WestFarms for sale in Beaufort West Beaufort West was the first town to be established in the central Karoo. The town was founded in 1818 and initially named Beaufort after Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, who was the father of Lord Charles Henry Somerset, then governor of the Cape Colony. The town was renamed Beaufort West in 1869 to avoid confusion with Port Beaufort in the Western Cape as well as Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. The town became prosperous with the introduction of Saxon Merino sheep by one of its early citizens, John Molteno. Molteno, a young Anglo-Italian immigrant (later nicknamed "the Lion of Beaufort"), founded the first bank in 1854 and went on to become the first Prime Minister of the Cape and the champion of the responsible government movement. Beaufort West became the first municipality in South Africa on 3 February 1837 and had the country's first town hall. When the railroad reached the town in 1880 it became a marshalling yard and locomotive depot and today it is the largest town in the Karoo. Professor Christiaan Barnard, the town’s most famous son, performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant. He is honoured in the local museum, which houses a display of awards presented to him and a replica of the original heart transplant theatre. Beaufort West is the site of one of the largest migrations of mammals on record. In 1849, Sir John Fraser (son of the local Dutch Reformed Church minister) observed and famously documented a herd of Springbok that took three days to pass the town Below are some of the farms for sale in Beaufort West
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Sheep and cattle farm situated 55 km North East of Beaufort West. Flat area with koppies and 2 prominent rivers with weirs.
12 400 000.00
Sheep and cattle farm.
BFW10
Game farm for nature lovers and break a ways. Very secluded on the Nuweveld Mountains.
3 200 000.00
Game farm
BFW6
Lifestyle/recreational farm that borders on Karoo National Park. Beautiful with spectacular surroundings. Situated 60 km South West of Beaufort West. Farm consists of flat areas, slopes & includes a loose standing mountain.
3 500 000.00
Lifestyle/recreational farm.
BFW9
Sheep and irrigation farm situated North of Beaufort West, 80 km from town.
4 200 000.00
Sheep and irrigation farm
BFW12
Ideal game farm situated 86 km from Beaufort West and ± 30 km from 'Drie Susters'.
5 300 000.00
Ideal Game Farm
BFW5
Sheep farm situated ± 80 km South West. Beautiful surroundings with great potential to develop. The farm consists of slopes, river beds & flat areas with good ground cover.
5 850 000.00
Sheep farm.
BFW8
Sheep and cattle farm situated ± 90 km South West of Beaufort West with mountains, slopes and a number of riverbeds running through the property.
6 850 000.00
Sheep and cattle farm.
BFW7
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