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Barend van der Merwe

  • Review of 'Cradle of Life - The story of the Magaliesberg and the Cradle of Humankind’

From our Archive

  • George Harrison Park - A Battle Lost?
  • Reflections on the end of World War I and the impact of war
  • A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst
  • Anglo-Boer War Stereo Photographs - Produced by Keystone View Company
  • Homage to Zoo Lake, Johannesburg
  • Separated by a Common Language
  • A Rare View of Cape Town: The 1818 Choris Lithograph
  • Looking Out Over the Highest Yew Hedge in the World
  • History of Parkmore 1904-1960s
  • British 'heroes' commemorated in Kensington street names
  • The World Famous Engineer buried in Simon's Town
  • Carruthers and Frescura receive highest honour in the heritage community
  • Is it heritage? Graffiti wall art and Pinki’s Inn, Jeppestown
  • Enigmatic pre-1875 South African Carte de Visite Hand-Colourists
  • The Big Fiery Giant - The Story of the Beyer-Garratt Locomotive

From the Directory

  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
  • Franco Frescura Heritage Consultants
  • Dr Dean Allen - Author Lecturer Historian
  • South African Athletics Heritage Group
  • Pinelands History
  • Edwin Conroy - Genalogist
  • Border Historical Society
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • PGS Heritage
  • Ship Society
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