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Railway Heritage

  • Moving migrant men to build the gold mining industry - a cruel system
  • Empire, War and Cricket - An immensely readable book that is an impressive addition to South African history
  • The NZASM Footsteps along the Tracks report identifies, documents, records and rescues the heritage of the NZASM

From our Archive

  • Ten Majestic Joburg Staircases
  • Winston’s War – The Valiant Years
  • Rediscovering a Herbert Baker House in the heart of Yeoville
  • The Mystery of the Missing Major General
  • Sammy Marks Museum - The Survival of a Grand Century Old Estate
  • Richard Thomas Hall - Railwayman in a Remote Part of the Colony
  • Mariendahl Brewery - One of South Africa's finest industrial monuments
  • Rhodes Court Room, Lock-up and Post Office
  • Enigmatic Johannesburg-based Female Photographer, Jane Plotz
  • Old photographs of the massive Braamfontein Coal Stage
  • The remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke
  • Twists and turns in the tale of a clock
  • South Africa's First Multiracial Restaurant during Apartheid
  • Art Deco Durban
  • Heroic Efforts to Save the Kimberley City Hall

From the Directory

  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
  • University of Cape Town - Conservation and the Built Environment
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
  • Benoni - History Now & Then
  • Christison Rare Books
  • Heritage Potchefstroom Erfenis
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • formula D_ - Museum Planners and Heritage Consultants
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
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