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Arcadian Archive

  • Embellishing an icon - Artists and the Union Buildings
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Heritage Battles in Tshwane 2016
  • The Birth of the Union Buildings

From our Archive

  • Was there life before Metrication?
  • Who was the Douglas in Douglasdale?
  • The Power of Rust
  • The Pyrites Panic - When one in three citizens left Johannesburg
  • The student’s guide to studying heritage in South Africa
  • A short history of Mamre's Moravian Mission Station
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • Helpmekaar and the Making of an Urban Afrikaner World
  • Dr Willem Henri Jacobus Punt: South African Heritage Pioneer (26/04/1900 - 22/05/1981)
  • A walking tour of historic Calvinia
  • William Brounger and the Cape Railways
  • What was Bloemfontein like in 1906?
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • Separated by a Common Language
  • Val - A tiny place with big history

From the Directory

  • Graeme Addison
  • Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Erica Davison THL
  • City of Johannesburg Directorate Arts Culture and Heritage
  • Lareman Architects
  • Friends of the General Smuts Foundation
  • Village Timber
  • Kensington Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA)
  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
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Recent Posts

  • Framing the Frontier : Timber Trusses at Eastern Cape Heritage Sites
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  • Discover the Regiments Room at the Ditsong South African National Museum of Military History
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  • Where to for the Groote Schuur Collection? Absence, Inheritance, and Possibility in Heritage Collections
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  • Volksrust (Llanwarne/Langwane) - A Transvaal Border Town Through the Eyes of a Deltiologist
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  • Peter Rich, Architect in Search of African Place-Making
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