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1820 Settlers

  • A short history of Barville Park - One of the largest settler properties in the Eastern Cape
  • Joseph Kirkman's Missing Manuscript - Can the mystery now be put to rest?
  • A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst
  • 150 Year Old Settler Church Restored!
  • The English Language in South Africa
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile

From our Archive

  • Blockhouses of the South African War
  • Recording Memories – Camera in hand A Philosophical Reflection
  • The Smallest Church in the Southern Hemisphere
  • Digitising Kingswood College's Heritage
  • The Eiffel Tower - Denounced, Accepted, Revered
  • Berg River Water Supply to the West Coast - The Importance of Jantjiesfontein
  • Government Avenue Cape Town - South Africa's oldest pedestrian thoroughfare
  • Somerset House - A Preservationist's Dilemma
  • Robben Island Garrison Church - The 2004 Restoration
  • On tour with judge Albie Sachs
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • The story of the largest elephant tusks to ever come out of Kenya
  • Editing Our Past
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • The conservation of The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront as an historic precinct

From the Directory

  • Magaliesberg Association for Cultural Heritage (MACH)
  • Joint Plans Committee West
  • Surfing Heritage South Africa
  • Bosele Tours Alexandra
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
  • Lepogo La Thaba Adventures
  • Roger Stewart Antiquarian
  • Cape Dutch Quarters
  • Docomomo South Africa
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