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Mining History

  • The Hostels and Compounds of Cullinan
  • The Mining Link Connecting Simon van der Stel to Herbert Hoover
  • Cullinan Mine - Open Pit and Haulage
  • Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
  • The Cullinan Diamond and other remarkable stones from the Premier / Cullinan Mine
  • Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days
  • The Cemetery at Winkelhaak Mine
  • Prospecting for gold in the 21st century
  • The 1960 Coalbrook Disaster
  • A paper on the origins of the original Witwatersrand Gold Fields with special reference to the Witwatersrand Ridge
  • Old stamp mills finally go home
  • Deep-level mining photography: The Elusive Neilson Brothers demystified - with additional information on James Wilbur Read
  • The elusive Neilson brothers - Early 20th century deep-level mining photographers
  • Where have all the mine dumps gone?
  • The Pyrites Panic - When one in three citizens left Johannesburg
  • Finding the missing link in the Gold Fields Collection
  • One of the Cape’s most remarkable early mining ventures
  • Hidden Treasures of the Riemland
  • Vogelstruisbult Tragedy - An abandoned Springs Gold Mine
  • End of an era for historic mining firm

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From our Archive

  • Remembering the First Trans-Africa Flight
  • East London's Father of Photography - Osborne Morley (1850-1926)
  • Parktown's oldest house continues to decay
  • Take a drive and see the sites associated with the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • Endangered Heritage Sites Update - April 2017
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture
  • The History of Early Gaols in Johannesburg and the Development of The Johannesburg Fort
  • Keeping Gandhi out of the Heidelberg Gaol
  • Some ordinary and extraordinary events from Johannesburg in 1904
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • 2017 Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in South Africa Announced 
  • What happened to the Van Wouw House?
  • Surgeon in Trouble - Protesting for Biko and Woods
  • Stony Point Whaling Station - 100 Years Later
  • Lessons from my mentor, Steffen Ahrends

From the Directory

  • ICOM-SA
  • Greater Vredehoek Heritage Action Group
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Joint Plans Committee West
  • Cape Institute for Architecture
  • Johannesburg Urban Forest Alliance (JUFA)
  • Strandlopers
  • Barry Pringle Photography
  • Soweto History and Archives Project
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