Historic Journeys

From our Archive

The King James Bible - Thanks a Billion
South Africa's Oldest Windmill
A Century of Pretoria's Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Bygone fortune seeker and rail restauranteur Theodor Fiebiger
George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work
Ladies Mile, the result of a bitter fight
Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
Goodbye Johannesburg, Hello..... (A poem by Mike Alfred)
Scott Brebnor House Midrand - A remarkable reunion between architect and client
Dean Goods: The Little Engine That Went To War
No other building materials have advanced the built environment as much as steel and concrete
The Origins of Kensington
A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
Huntington Hall destroyed by fire
Oscar Wilhelm Alric Forssman - Wealthy man who suffered devastating losses

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Where to for the Groote Schuur Collection? Absence, Inheritance, and Possibility in Heritage Collections
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Peter Rich, Architect in Search of African Place-Making
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Does anyone recognise the woman in this painting?
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Esselenpark - The Railways University in the Veld
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Vincent Carruthers in conversation with Kathy Munro
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