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Atherstone, who was originally a cattle farmer, became the first game farmer in this area and did much to re-introduce some game on his farmland, which was to become Atherstone Game Reserve. He never had a wife nor children and, in his last will, he donated his farms to the former
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137:are some of the highlights of Atherstone.
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16:Reserve in Limpopo province, South Africa
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648:Pied barbet
549:Grey loerie
517:Rock pigeon
441:Melba finch
377:Tawny eagle
330:Hadeda ibis
255:Rhino-white
250:Rhino-black
218:Hyena–brown
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741:References
675:Titbabbler
663:Pied crow
282:Waterbuck
46:Dwaalboom
911:Category
724:See also
680:Puffback
569:Barn owl
404:Bateleur
325:Hamerkop
272:Tsessebe
267:Steenbok
198:Gemsbuck
191:Elephant
34:Location
320:Ostrich
277:Warthog
240:Leopard
208:Giraffe
176:Cheetah
171:Caracal
166:Buffalo
150:Animals
141:History
123:Limpopo
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626:Hoopoe
223:Impala
792:(1).
294:Zebra
203:Genet
186:Eland
882:ISBN
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