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Date	Original Topic
9th May 2001	Rorke's Drift name By Alan Spencer A simple one, hopefully. A history newsgroup is asking the source of the name 'Rorke'. Presumably a settler who set up by the drift? Any real details available?
Date	Replies
9th May 2001	James Wilson It was named after an Irishman, Jim Rorke, who set up a trading post at the drift. I will try to find you a link to the history of it.
9th May 2001	James Wilson This wasn't the one I was looking for but it will do. http://www.battlefields.co.za/history/anglo-zulu_war/rorkes_drift/rorkeskzn.htm?clkd=iwm
10th May 2001	Alan Spencer Many thanks, just right.