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Graham Ross

  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • Richard Thomas Hall - Railwayman in a Remote Part of the Colony
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work
  • Thomas Charles John Bain - One of South Africa's greatest engineers
  • Murrell Robinson Robinson - Dedicated Public Servant
  • Charles Jasper Selwyn - Military Engineer who left his mark on the Eastern Cape
  • William Cuthbert Holloway - The Soldier who Built a Splendid Mountain Road

From our Archive

  • Is it heritage? Graffiti wall art and Pinki’s Inn, Jeppestown
  • Brixton's First Blue Plaque
  • Joburg's Khoisan ancestors
  • Visiting the oldest extant cemetery in South Africa
  • Century old photographs reveal the story of James Gribble, Paarl based photographer
  • The Eccentric Engineer
  • William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff
  • Passionate about tennis - A South African photo album of historical significance (1909 - 1913)
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture
  • A few memories of Indian Elephants at the Joburg Zoo
  • The man behind one of South Africa's largest private photographic collections - Q&A with Carol Hardijzer
  • Art Deco Durban
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • A Dutch Accolade from a Field Ambulance volunteer praising a Boer war officer
  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel

From the Directory

  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Models n Maps
  • Kommetjie Heritage Society
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Parnell Bruce and Classique Edge Racing
  • StudioJoy + Architects and Heritage Practitioners
  • African Pictures
  • FCTEC
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
  • Archival Platform
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