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… and missionary David Livingstone. The Presbyterian mission station was founded in 1873. Missionary activities, the …

… was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on …

… Rev Robert Niven. He chose it as the site for his mission station, Uniondale, his aim being to preach the gospel among …

… Prime Minister John Molteno in 1875, to build a Railway Station for the expanding Cape Government Railways . The Line … Touws River). The Town would later develop around the Station. This is a Valley of Vineyards and snow-capped …

… Klerksdorp Mines, Ou Dorp Hiking Trail. The Railway Station and Old Flag Room which was opened by President Paul …

… in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the Dutch East India …

… Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Cape in 1806, they …

… was important as an outlet for ivory and slaves, as a way station for Indian Ocean trade, and as an avenue of approach …

… , 21km South-West of Maclear . It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg , established in 1863 by William Murray. … of his birthplace. He then decided to name his Missionary Station, 'Ugie'. (This was after the Ugie River in Scotland , …

… after the death of his father. "Mqhekezweni was a mission station of the Methodist Church and far more up to date and …

… Bay, where the Khoi-San offered them food, as a Halfway Station to the Far East. A small Stream was used for …

… the missionaries, the lay workers who had worked at the station settled as independent farmers nearby. The settlement …

… Elphinstone to secure the Cape as a refreshment station and as their gateway to the East. That fleet arrived …

… 1806 it began to flourish as a fishing Village and Whaling Station. During the 1860s it became popular as Seaside Resort …

… Mozambique and South Africa. There is also a smaller power station at Victoria Falls. Hippo, Nile crocodiles and monitor … development of a dam at Kariba and hydro-electric power station. In June 1954 the Hydro-Electric Power Act was passed …

… missions built by the Mariannhill monks. The Mission Station, built in the 1890's had the original wood from the …

… In 1849 Reverend Posselt established the mission station of Christiannenburg, named after his wife …

… time he had moved to a house in Hillbrow near the Fire Station and in 1914 he had left for Europe. Gordon Leith, …

… for horse-drawn trams initially connected the railway station with Market, Church, du Toit and Esselen streets to …

… , Western Cape. The museum is located where the police station and old magistrate’s court was based. It opened on 21 …

… and Schmidt from Germany. In time a thriving Mission Station became established and all of the buildings dating … https://www.westcoastway.co.za/mamre-mission-station/ https://www.places.co.za/html/mamre.html …

… Riebeeck arrived in Table Bay to establish a provisioning station for the VOC ships a gathering of the first 'Council … introduced to the port at Table Bay. Its value as a supply station for VOC ships to and fro from the East Indies … The Cape became strategically important as a supply station, as it was breaking the British blockade of the …

… 1902 the post office building, located at the Railway Station, was destroyed by fire, probably in an act of …

… date to the sixth Century C.E., when Marea served as a way station, for Christian Pilgrims traveling to Abu Mena , the …

… of the Umvoti River where he eventually built the mission station. This was where he settled and it later became known …

… The town's history dates back to 1875, when a mission station was built and named, 'Pofadder'. Today, it runs a … this part of the country their home back when a mission station was set up here in, 1875.  A few fresh water springs, …

… the time and is still in use! There was a Boer War remount Station at Weston and most traffic at the time would have …