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Oscar Norwich

  • Windybrow and Theodore Reunert
  • The History of Early Gaols in Johannesburg and the Development of The Johannesburg Fort
  • The Barnato Park Story
  • Researching, Recording and Restoration - The Origins of the Johannesburg Historical Society
  • The Rise and Fall of Barney Barnato
  • 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
  • A Rare View of Cape Town: The 1818 Choris Lithograph
  • The Historic Sites of Early Johannesburg
  • The Naming of Johannesburg
  • Johannesburg - A Goldfield Discovered
  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?
  • Norman House - Gone but not forgotten
  • One of Joburg's Oldest Mansions in a Plumber's Backyard

From our Archive

  • Historic sculptures at St Andrew’s School for Girls restored
  • The Achmat Dangor Legacy Project – celebrating the extraordinary life of a prolific writer and champion for truth, justice and equality
  • Twists and turns in the tale of a clock
  • The town that plague built
  • Memorial to President John F Kennedy in Sandton
  • Houghton was nearly a Mining Township
  • The Vergelegen Story Part Two - The Phillips and Barlow Years
  • Restoring one of Kimberley's grandest homes in 1976
  • The Laurels - A Piece of Mooi River History
  • Corrugated Irony - A Short History of the Tin Roof
  • Herman Charles Bosman, Joburg man
  • Buried Beneath the Presidential Estate: The Rediscovery of the Refugee Camp at Meintjieskop
  • Amazing Photographs of Historic Nedbank Branches
  • Travelling along our National Roads
  • Kathy Munro visits the Joburg Firsts Exhibition

From the Directory

  • Historic Building Consultants
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • Bibliophile
  • Roger Stewart Antiquarian
  • Mpumalanga Institute of Architects (MPIA)
  • Muizenberg - Then and Now
  • Heidelberg Heritage Association
  • Edwin Conroy - Genalogist
  • Parktown North Residents Association (PNRA)
  • Cape's Threatened Buildings
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