Vyf jaar ná Jan Van Riebeeck se aankoms, tussen 1657 en 1661, het die Verenigde Oos-Indiese Kompanjie (VOC) verskeie verkenningstogte in die Durbanville-omgewing en verder noord onderneem.

 Op hierdie terrein het die uitspan ontstaan. Hier kon reisigers op hulle lang reise tussen Kaapstad en gebiede verder noord en noordoos, en die Wamakersvallei (Wellington) en Roodezand (Tulbagh) hulle osse uitspan. 

 By die uitspan was ʼn dam wat uit ʼn standhoudende fontein van water voorsien is. Teen 1725 was die uitspan ʼn gewilde rusplek, maar dit is waarskynlik reeds vanaf 1660 gebruik.

 Die grond langs die fontein, die stroom en die dam het gesamentlik as Pampoenkraal begin bekend staan namate die padstelsel gekonsolideer is en die landboubedryf ontwikkel het.

 In 1836 word Pampoenkraal amptelik herdoop tot D’Urban ter nagedagtenis aan die destydse  goewerneur, Sir Benjamin D’Urban. In 1886 verander die naam na Durbanville.

ive years following Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival, between 1657 and 1661, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) undertook several expeditions in the Durbanville area and further north.

 On this site the outspan originated. Here travellers were able to unyoke their oxen on the long journey between Cape Town and areas lying further north and northeast, and the Wamakersvallei (Wellington) and Roodezand (Tulbagh).

 The outspan had a dam, which was fed by a constant spring. By 1725 the outspan was a frequented halting place, but had probably already been in use from 1660.

 Together the land adjacent to the fountain, the stream and the dam started to be known as Pampoenkraal as the road network was consolidated and the agricultural industry developed. 

In 1836 Pampoenkraal was officially renamed D’Urban in memory of the then governor, Sir Benjamin D’Urban. In 1886 the name changed to Durbanville.

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