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Parktown

  • The Henry Charles Hull Story: Law, Politics and Mining in Early Johannesburg
  • Hohenheim - The Life and Death of one of Johannesburg's Great Historic Homes
  • The Randlords
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • The Gates of Friedaura: A Portal to Parktown's Past
  • Parktown's Forgotten Model Railway
  • The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
  • Celebrating Flo Bird - 80 Years of a Remarkable Life
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Freemasons Hall, Parktown
  • Herbert Baker’s Stonehouse captures his spirit
  • More Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge
  • Remembering the launch of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
  • Flo Bird - house by house, street by street
  • The Heritage Community says farewell to a courageous and eccentric Johannesburg character
  • She took no prisoners and let no grass grow beneath her feet - Franco Frescura pays tribute to Helen Aron
  • Flo Bird - Joburg’s diminutive dynamite
  • Ten Majestic Joburg Staircases
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found

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From our Archive

  • Jan Christian Smuts 1870 - 1950
  • Montagu Pass - The Final Link
  • Rosendal - A townhouse complex in the Highveld vernacular
  • The man who never spoke about the war
  • The Thesen Homes of Knysna
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • The Destruction of the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial
  • Health Care workers who died from Spanish Flu
  • South Africa's World Record Breaking Train!
  • Early Potchefstroom-based photographers (1850s to 1920s)
  • Rand Club - A Grand Past with an Uncertain Future
  • Dolobran mansion sits smugly among Baker's Joburg icons
  • Beyond the Narrative of Decay: The Real Story of Young Avenue, Upper Houghton
  • Recording Memories – Camera in hand A Philosophical Reflection
  • The Hill Sign at Little Falls turns 100

From the Directory

  • Joburg Places
  • WIEW Architects
  • The Heritage Foundation (Die Erfenisstigting)
  • Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association (SAPRA)
  • Rietondale Homeowners and Residents Association (RHOARA)
  • African Centre for Heritage Activities (ACHA)
  • Africa Media Online
  • Arcadia Residents and Ratepayers Association (ARRA)
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Collectors Treasury
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