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Jul 14, 2011

Milnerton

The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm, Janbiesjeskraal, and was named in...

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Maitland

The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862.

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Kommetjie, Cape Town

Kommetje was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetje from its owner, ...

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Gardens, Cape Town

Gardens is a residential suburb of Cape Town, and was probably so named because it incorporated part of Van Riebeeck's o...

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Durbanville

The site currently known as Durbanville was originally called: Pampoen Kraal. On 2 September 1836 it was renamed D'Urban...

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Elsie’s River

The village of Elsie's River, also known as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaard...

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Diep River

Johann Georg Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the c...

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Athlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town

The Cape Flats comprises the areas East of the Northern and Southern suburbs of Cape Town and is made up of Black Townsh...

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Bo-Kaap, Cape Town

Slaves of Muslim descent and faith who had been brought to the Cape by the Dutch settlers originally inhabited this area...

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Camp’s Bay, Cape Town

Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. safe beach.

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Brackenfell, Cape Town

In 1901 Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm Kruispad to George Henry Walton, a Scottish immigrant, who named his pu...

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Bellville, a Suburb of Cape Town

 It lies east of Cape Town City, within the Cape Peninsula urban Area.   This Area was originally...

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Wooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town

The Bridge was Built in 1901 using Jarrah Wood by the Royal Engineers to provide an Entrance to a Cannon Trench. Since i...

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Wave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay

The Residence was Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having be...

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Municipal Hall, Jansen Street, Milnerton

This unique building dates from 1904 and was originally erected as a concert and dance hall. One of its surviving featur...

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