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Stories from a Diamond Mine

  • The Hostels and Compounds of Cullinan
  • Cullinan - The War Years
  • A Short History of Cullinan School
  • Cullinan Between the Wars
  • The Village and Buildings of Cullinan
  • Cullinan Mine - Open Pit and Haulage
  • Sport and People of Cullinan
  • Wilge River - Supplying water to the Premier Mine
  • The McHardy Family of Cullinan
  • The Cullinan Diamond and other remarkable stones from the Premier / Cullinan Mine
  • Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days

From our Archive

  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • The Smallest Church in the Southern Hemisphere
  • Kalk Bay Historical Association at 30 Years
  • The Great Observatories of the Magaliesberg
  • New Year’s Eve murder in Potchefstroom
  • The Poswohl Synagogue - A Memorial to a Community that No Longer Exists
  • The Addington Children’s Hospital - A Durban Landmark
  • Confessions of a Collector of Heritage Maps
  • Researching, Recording and Restoration - The Origins of the Johannesburg Historical Society
  • She took no prisoners and let no grass grow beneath her feet - Franco Frescura pays tribute to Helen Aron
  • The Significance of Beacons and Boundaries
  • “Presumably a criminal is not always a criminal” - Wakkerstroom’s photographic artist Maximillian Alfred Daubert (1865-1951)
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture
  • The German Monarchy, Merino Sheep and a Wool Merchant
  • Union Buildings Gardens Vandalised and Neglected

From the Directory

  • Historical Time Lines
  • DK Conservators
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • Roodt Architects
  • Horst Müller - Rural & Urban Exploration
  • Kalk Bay Historical Association
  • Cape Town Heritage Foundation (CTHF)
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Fort Beaufort Heritage Revive
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
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