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 Some 300 years ago a certain Corporal Muller and eight soldiers of the Dutch East India Company crossed the Lourens River and set foot on the now famous white sand of the Milk Bay Beach at Strand . Coloured and Malay fisherman settled on the coast and the fishing village of Mostert’s Bay was developed. In about 1850 the place was named Van Reyneveld’s town. After that the name changed frequently, first to Hottentots-Holland Strand, then Somerset Strand and in 1918, The Strand. Finally in 1937 it became just Strand. Gordon’s Bay is named after Robert Jacob Gordon, a Dutch military officer who commanded the Cape garrison in the latter part of the 18trh century. Today it is home to the South African Naval College. |
