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Parktown

  • The Henry Charles Hull Story: Law, Politics and Mining in Early Johannesburg
  • Hohenheim - The Life and Death of one of Johannesburg's Great Historic Homes
  • The Randlords
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • The Gates of Friedaura: A Portal to Parktown's Past
  • Parktown's Forgotten Model Railway
  • The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
  • Celebrating Flo Bird - 80 Years of a Remarkable Life
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Freemasons Hall, Parktown
  • Herbert Baker’s Stonehouse captures his spirit
  • More Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge
  • Remembering the launch of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
  • Flo Bird - house by house, street by street
  • The Heritage Community says farewell to a courageous and eccentric Johannesburg character
  • She took no prisoners and let no grass grow beneath her feet - Franco Frescura pays tribute to Helen Aron
  • Flo Bird - Joburg’s diminutive dynamite
  • Ten Majestic Joburg Staircases
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found

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From our Archive

  • The McHardy Family of Cullinan
  • Stony Point Whaling Station - 100 Years Later
  • Two gum trees, firemen and horse races
  • Passionate about tennis - A South African photo album of historical significance (1909 - 1913)
  • Some early Piquetberg farms illustrated by Johannes Cornelius Poortermans
  • Languedoc, the workers’ village built by Cecil Rhodes
  • Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve - One of Joburg's best kept secrets
  • An intriguing century old pamphlet of the 1913 Mineworkers Strike
  • Beyers Naudé - From Pariah to National Hero
  • Mourning the loss of a Lower Houghton landmark
  • A short history of the Siege of Elands River Post
  • Tracey’s Folly still stands proud
  • A critical look at Cape Town's developer-friendly policies
  • A remarkable Johannesburg-based female portrait artist: Sara Buijskes (1886 - 1970)
  • A Brief History of Knysna from 1770 to 1890

From the Directory

  • Dannhauser Chronicle
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • Daveyton Heritage Society
  • Archival Platform
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Franco Frescura Heritage Consultants
  • Historic Pig and Whistle Inn
  • Historical Time Lines
  • South African Museum Association (SAMA)
  • James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps
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