Cornelia, Free State

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Cornelia is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa. In 1894 it was named after the wife of former Free State President Francis William Reitz.

The town is situated near the Skoonriver (Clean River).

[edit] Fossil Discoveries

On the Uitzoek farm 10km north of Cornelia, fossils where discovered, including a donkey-sized pig and the horse-like chalicothere (Eurygnathohippus cornelianus) only previously found in Tanzania.[citation needed] Stone Age tools have also been found here.

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