Boswell-Wilkies Circus in South Africa

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Boswell-Wilkies Circus

Type	circus
Founded	1963
Closed down	2005
Address	Circus Farm, Daleside
Place	Randvaal, Gauteng
Country	South Africa
Website	Website
Related persons
Owner	1972-2001: W. H. Wilkie


Directors	-2001: Karen Wilkie 1981-2001: Robert Wilkie


Assistant Directors	: Suzanne Wilkie

Performers & Artists
-: Rosita Belli-Meatchem -: Lew Meatchem

Zoological department
Animal trainers
: Gilbert Houcke

Equestrians
1964-1965: Nadia Houcke

Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-22xx

Latest document update	2022-04-22 13:38:28

Description

Boswell-Wilkies Circus, located at Circus Farm, Daleside, in Randvaal, Gauteng, South Africa , was founded in 1963. Boswell-Wilkies Circus closed down in 2005.

Comments / picturesBoswell and Wilkie operated during the second half of the twentieth century touring around Africa and the UK with increasingly declining success. They stopped travelling in 2001 but continued to operate for corporate and private functions until 2015 when the business folded permanently.

1972: W. H. Wilkie bought the shares in Boswells Circus. Merge with Boswells Circus, as Boswell Wilkie\\'s Great Combined Circus
1982: 3 elephants sold to Brian Boswells Circus.

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Boswell-Wilkies Circus in South Africa South+Africa

Boswell-Wilkie elephants, Knysna, 1996

1998: W. H. Wilkie died.
2002: The circus is not touring anymore, but the big-top is setup permanently on on the Wilkie farm in Daleside.

References for records about Boswell-Wilkies Circus

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Boswell-Wilkies Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1549. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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