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Astor Mansions

  • Johannesburg in a lithograph circa 1937 - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 1)
  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time

From our Archive

  • The Royal Navy in Hermanus in 1961
  • A Short History of Cullinan School
  • Kippies, the club that wasn't there
  • Racing in the shadows of mine dumps: Black African cycle sport on South Africa's gold mines in the apartheid era
  • Historical Conservation in South Africa - An Unmitigated Disaster?
  • Use of vintage photographs in narrating visual history - Beitbridge under construction (1928 – 1930)
  • The Klass Brothers - seven storeys of cultural history
  • The story behind the South African Scottish Memorial
  • SA removes sites from the UNESCO world heritage tentative list
  • Visiting the Historic Harrismith Cemetery
  • Joburg’s castles
  • Celebrating Flo Bird - 80 Years of a Remarkable Life
  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel
  • Remembering the days when my family owned the Three Castles Building
  • Remarkable Photographs Emerge from Joburg Family Archive

From the Directory

  • Boksburg and East Rand Historical Association
  • Ursula Rigby Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • Western Cape Museum Educator Group
  • Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA)
  • Charles Thomas - Antique Furniture Restorers
  • South African Military History Society
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • Asha Consulting
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  • Volksrust (Llanwarne/Langwane) - A Transvaal Border Town Through the Eyes of a Deltiologist
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