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The Restoration of Tulbagh As Cultural Signifier
BETWEEN MEMORY AND HISTORY: THE RESTORATION OF TULBAGH AS CULTURAL SIGNIFIER Town Cape of A 60-creditUniversity dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Philosophy in the Conservation of the Built Environment. Jayson Augustyn-Clark (CLRJAS001) University of Cape Town / June 2017 Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town ‘A measure of civilization’ Let us always remember that our historical buildings are not only big tourist attractions… more than just tradition…these buildings are a visible, tangible history. These buildings are an important indication of our level of civilisation and a convincing proof for a judgmental critical world - that for more than 300 years a structured and proper Western civilisation has flourished and exist here at the southern point of Africa. The visible tracks of our cultural heritage are our historic buildings…they are undoubtedly the deeds to the land we love and which God in his mercy gave to us. 1 2 Fig.1. Front cover – The reconstructed splendour of Church Street boasts seven gabled houses in a row along its western side. The author’s house (House 24, Tulbagh Country Guest House) is behind the tree (photo by Norman Collins). -
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ISSN: 1562-5257 VASSA Journal Number 10 December 2003 VASSA Journal Number 10 December 2003 Editor: Antonia Malan Contents Kalbaskraal, Malmesbury: André van Graan 2 Anatomy of the Cape Townhouse [reprint]: Dirk Visser 16 Crossing the Doorn (Doring) River: Nigel Amschwand 26 Cover Photograph and drawing of double doors at Kalbaskraal. 1 Figure 1. Versions of maps showing Kalbaskraal, farm no. 890 Malmesbury Top: 1980 (1:50 000 Trig. Survey map 3318DA Philadelphia), Bottom: c1880/90 (CA M3/1823 & M4/1376). 2 KALBASKRAAL, MALMESBURY André van Graan Kalbaskraal farm lies on a ridge of high ground to the south of Malmesbury and was originally accessed off the old road running from Durbanville northwards to Malmesbury; the access road winding its way between the farms of the Grootedrooge Valley, past Welgegund opstal and moving on past Kalbaskraal to the old outspan of Kalabas Kraal (Fig. 1). Today, all that marks the site of the opstal of Kalbaskraal are a couple of large blue-gum trees and some old sheds, the original werf being largely destroyed. The homestead of the farm consisted of a T-shaped building with a wing added on the tail to the one side and a series of outbuildings linking the house to the barn on the west. Further outbuildings formed a large rectangular werf in front and to the west of the house, but are no longer discernable. The Swartland The area has been used since the eighteenth century for the growing of corn. Many farmers were wealthy as a result of the high price obtained for their crop on the Cape Town market. -
The South African Architectural Record
THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHITECTURAL RECORD THE JOURNAL OF THE TRANSVAAL, NATAL AND ORANGE FREE STATE PROVINCIAL INSTITUTES OF SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHITECTS AND THE CHAPTER OF SOUTH AFRICAN QUANTITY SURVEYORS. Vol. X I11. No. 49. MARCH, 1928 CONTENTS. The Old Domestic Architecture of Cape Town. By Charles H. N. Merrifield page 3 11 11 — 12 Herhert Meyerowitz. By G. E. Pearse 13 New Church at Kensington Professional News : The Institute of South African Architects. Transvaal Provincial Institute ... 11— 17 The Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors 18— 20 Notes and News 20 Carnegie Gift to the W itw ate^a^l I. ni ,-orsity School of Architecture 20—21 T he Temples of the Gods. By G. E. Pearse 22—24 Dengue F ever and Defective Gutterings. By F. G. Cawston, M.D., Cantab. ••• 21— 25 The Editor will be glad to consider any MSS., Photographs or Sketches submitted to him, but they should be accom panied by stamped addressed envelopes for return if unsuitable. In case of loss or injury he cannot hold himself respon sible for MSS., Photographs or Sketches, and publication in the Journal can alone be taken as- evidence o f acceptance. The name and address o f the owner should be placed on the back of all Pictures and MSS. The Association does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by individual contributors. Annual Subscribtion per post 5s., direct from the Business Manager. Hon. Editor—A. Stanley Furner. Business Manager—Murray K. Carpenter. 67, Exploration Buildings, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg. P.O. Box 2266. ’Phone 5821. -
Meeting Brochure
The Role of Cotton in Economic Development and Ensuring Food Security During a CAPE TOWN Period of Global Economic Crisis SOUTH AFRICA 7 to 11 September 2009 www.icac.org agriculture Department: Agriculture REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA International Cotton Advisory Committee 68th Plenary Meeting ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Organising committee of the 68th ICAC Plenary Meeting 1. Billy Morokolo - Project Leader 2. Maliga Moodley - Project Manager 3. Dr Terry Townsend – ICAC secretariat 4. Carmen S. Leon - ICAC secretariat Committees Members Hennie Bruwer Nic Greyling Tom Mabesa Danie Olivier Fanie Friie Dr Graham Thompson Dr Gert van der Linde Cotton industry Stan Rudman Hansie Willemse L. Venter Brian Brink Technical and Sub- Phineas Gumede stance Subcommittee Simon Molope Maliga Moodley Thabo Ramashala Japie Smit Linda Sifumba Esther Kujane Jo-Anna Lanecki Department of Agriculture Martha Manoto Walter Mokgobu Maserame Mcucwa Wellington Muzondo- Project Management Support Offi ce Thapsana Molepo Eric Govuza Security and Health Fanta Venter and Wellness subcom- Department of Agriculture M. Steffen mittee Nomiso Mashalaba Maria Sekgobela Rudolf Abercrombie Budget subcommittee Department of Agriculture/Cotton Hennie Bruwer South Africa D. Henrico Steve Galane Communication Gugu Gumede subcommittee Portia Mabuse Department of Agriculture Rebecca Tlhabane Hennie Bruwer Pauline Skhosana Eugenie Parker Victor Mncube Logistics subcommit- Trevor Colyn Department of Agriculture/ tee Thandeka Mafu Travel with Flair - Events manage- Doreen Sedibe – contact -
The Swiss in Southern Africa 1652-1970
ADOLPHE LINDER THE SWISS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 1652-1970 PART I ARRIVALS AT THE CAPE 1652-1819 IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE Originally published 1997 by Baselr Afrika Bibliographien, Basel Revised for Website 2011 © Adolphe Linder 146 Woodside Village 21 Norton Way Rondebosch 7700 South Africa Paper size 215x298 mm Face 125x238 Font Times New Roman, 10 Margins Left and right 45 mm, top and bottom 30 mm Face tailored to show full page width at 150% enlargement 1 CONTENTS 1. Prologue ………………………………………………………………………………2 2. Chronology 1652-1819 ……………………………………………………………….6 3. Introduction 3.1 The spelling of Swiss names ………………………………………………….6 3.2 Swiss origine of arrivals………………………………………………………..7 3.3 Location of Swiss at the Cape…………………………………………………..8 3.4 Local currency …………………………………………………………………8 3.5 Glossary ………………………………………………………………………..8 4. Short history of arrivals during Company rule 1652-1795 4.1 Establishment of the settlement at the Cape…………………………………….10 4.2 The voyage to the Cape …………………………………………………………10 4.3 Company servants……………………………………………………………….12 4.4 Swiss labour migration to the Netherlands ……………………………………..12 4.5 Recruitment for the Company …………………………………………………..17 4.6 In Company service …………………………………………………………….17 4.7 Freemen………………………………………………………………………….22 4.8 Crime and punishment ………………………………………….…………….. 25 4.9 The Swiss Regiment Meuron at the Cape 1783-1795 …………………………..26 4.10 The end of the Dutch East India Company ……………………………………..29 4.11 Their names live on …………………………………………………………….29 5. Summary of Swiss arrivals during First British Occupation 1695-1803…………….29 6. Summary of Swiss arrivals during Batavian rule 1803-1806 ………………………30 7. Summary of Swiss arrivals during first fourteen years of British colonial rule, 1806-1819……………………………………………………………………………30 8. Personalia 1652-1819 ……………………………………………………………….31 9. -
Thesis Sci 1992 Brink Yvonne.Pdf
PLACES OF DISCOURSE AND DIALOGUE: A STUDY IN THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CAPE DURING THE RULE OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1652 - 1795. YVONNE BRINK August 1992. University of Cape Town Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town. The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town "Toon mij uw huis, en ik zal zeggen wie u bent". (Show me your house and I will tell you who you are - Old Dutch proverb). Dwelling: Vrymansfontein, Paarl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I need to thank a number of people who, by means of a variety of gifts - film, photographs, various forms of work and expertise, time, and encou ragement - have made it possible for me to produce this thesis. They are: My husband, Bredell, and my children and their spouses - Hilde and Raymond, Andre and Lynnette, Bredell Jr. and Salome. My family has sup ported me consistently and understood my need to complete this research project. Bredell Jr.'s contribution was special: not only has he been my main pillar of support through all the hard work, but he taught me to use a word processor with great patience, and undertook the important job of printing the manuscript. -
Company's Garden and Precinct Walk
HERITAGE SERIES: PLACES AND WALKS COMPANY'S GARDEN AND PRECINCT WALK THE COMPANY’S GARDEN This precious parcel of green and shade, hunter-gatherers had inhabited this area in the middle of a busy postcolonial for thousands of years. city, is the remaining half of a garden The Gorinhaiqua and the Gorinchacqua planted in the 1650s by the Dutch (clans of the Khoekhoen) were cattle and East India Company (Verenigde sheep farmers who travelled between Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC). the area now known as Saldanha Bay The garden was superimposed upon and the Cape Peninsula for hundreds of a landscape occupied occasionally by years before the arrival of the Dutch in hunter-gatherers (San) and modified by the 17th century. They had a distinctive pastoralists (Khoekhoen), who migrated social and economic system based on seasonally for hundreds of years. It led nomadism and the ownership of cattle to the dispossession of the people who and sheep. The size of their social groups had first used this landscape around the A WALK IN THE COMPANY’S GARDEN and cattle ownership was considerable. base of the mountain, the establishment TIME: This guided trail takes you through Cape Town’s On 24 November 1655, Jan van of the historic city, the introduction of historic Company’s Garden precinct and can be walked Riebeeck noted in his diary: ‘Near agriculture into the region, and the in three (3) hours or less if short cuts are taken. Add and beyond the Redoubt Duynhoop beginnings of scientific investigation time to visit the museums and other places of interest of [Black River area] we found the country into the flora of the Cape Floral Kingdom. -
The Castle of Good Hope
FREE Please support our advertisers who make this free guide possible PLEASE TIP Cape Town EMPOWERMENT VENDORS GATEWAYGUIDES The Castle of Good Hope Castle of Good Hope Over the centuries six different flags have flown over The Castle yet in all that time not a single shot has ever been fired in anger at it or from it. Muizenberg 1 False Bay To advertise here contact Hayley Burger: Cape Town • South Africa 021 487 1200 • [email protected] One of his first tasks was to The style of this new castle was Peak. The present day site of the Castle is 1 The reason for a fort at the 4 5 Cape of Good Hope build a fort as the interests associated with the renowned French probably the best of a bad situation. This Cape Point With the expansion of world trade by of the Dutch East India fortress engineer, Sebastien Vauban. position is about 230 metres south east the European powers in the 1500s, Companies latest assets had Menno, Baron van Coehoorn, a Dutch of the old fort. The site is close enough 6 trade routes were vital to economic to be protected at all costs. artillerist and military engineer, was to anchorage, within firing range of the also associated with the outcome of the town and close enough to fresh water. History and facts power. The main trade route to the The first fort built at Castle’s design. The defensive system at the Cape was East used to be overland; but in 1453 the Cape of Good Hope Constantinople was captured by the This design was based on the fact that slowly rectified over time by means of of the Castle including Two days after setting foot Turks which effectively closed off this firepower due to technology had greatly many defensive structures placed around on the shores of Table Bay, 3D illustrations, trade passage. -
10 Years Netherlands Funds-In-Trust Report
NIO M O UN IM D R T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E TA IN G O E • PATRIM United Nations World From Astronomy to Zanzibar – 10 Years of Dutch Support to World Heritage World Supportof Dutch to Years – 10 Zanzibar to Astronomy From Educational, Scientific and Heritage Cultural Organization Convention From stronomy Ato Zanzibar 10 Years of Dutch Support to World Heritage United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization NIO M O UN IM D R T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E TA IN G O E • PATRIM United Nations World Educational, Scientific and Heritage Cultural Organization Convention From stronomy Ato Zanzibar 10 Years of Dutch Support to World Heritage Cover Photos: © UNESCO/ R. Van Oers Supervision, editing and coordination: Ron van Oers and Sachiko Haraguchi, UNESCO World Heritage Centre Photos and images presented in the texts are the copyrights of the authors unless otherwise indicated. Published in 2012 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP France © UNESCO 2012 All rights reserved Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. -
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Raying Slave Heritage a rea First ~rprzvatE Walks house~ of CapeTown Wage aer'S',-ese • • , . Fresh River mouth and first jetty'- I ..• ---.. - Table Bay ~ City of Cape Town Heritage Groote Kerk of the settlement. With the possibility of a second war with England looming in 1665, pamphlet no. 17 0 the VOC ordered the construction of a more substantia l fortification in January 1666. IITY Of CAPE TOWII IISIIDIOSAS EWA I SIADW PSIAO The Groote Kerk of the Dutch Reformed Ch urch overlooks Church Square . The This became the Castle of Good Hope 0 about 200 metres to the east. Walk to the THIS CITY WORKS FORYOU above 1830 water colour by H.C. De Meillon, shows the original church built on this trees in the middle of the Grand Parade in front of the City Hall. site (1700-1704) of wh ich only the clock tower remains today. Churchgoers wou ld outspanthe ir wagons and carriages on the square while attending services. This gave e Grand Parade the slaves who accompanied th em an opportunity to socialise while awaiting their owners. Ever fearful of opportunities such as this where disgruntled slaves might The Gra nd Parade evolved out of a 'roying' plot unrest, the Company issued a placaator edict, forbidding slaves from gath ering area of 50 Rh ineland roods (approximately 190 near the entrance of a ch urch during services. metres) that the VOC insisted be kept clear of ~~~=<t=~ any obstructions that could provide protection tt•fl' [ to possible attackers - around first the Fort ..~ . _- ~ Slave Auction Tree and later the Castle. -
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Briefwisseling oor Kaapse sake 1778-1792 Hendrik Swellengrebel jr. editie G.J. Schutte bron Hendrik Swellengrebel jr., Briefwisseling oor Kaapse sake 1778-1792 (ed. G.J. Schutte). Van Riebeeck-Vereniging, Kaapstad 1982 Zie voor verantwoording: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/swel004brie01_01/colofon.htm © 2010 dbnl / G.J. Schutte II Hendrik Cloete, omstreeks 1788. Die randskrif lui: ‘Het is van U Tobak daar ik zoo smaakelijk van zit te rooke aan de ommer Tafel.’ Anonieme potloodtekening, 33 × 21 cm, Swellengrebel-versameling. Hendrik Cloete, about 1788. The circumscription reads: ‘It is your tobacco I am smoking with such enjoyment at the card table.’ Anonymous pencil sketch, 33 × 21 cm, Swellengrebel Collection. Lys van illustrasies - list of illustrations Titelplaat/Frontispiece 1. Anonieme potloodtekening van Hendrik Cloete/Anonymous pencil sketch of Hendrik Cloete Bladsy ii/Page ii 2. Portret van Heinrich Swellengrebel/Portrait of Heinrich Swellengrebel Bladsy 148/Page 148 3. Die kraal van Kaptein Ruyter/The village of Chief Ruyter Bladsy 149/Page 149 4. Die renosterjag by die Klein Visrivier/The rhinoceros hunt at the Little Fish River Bladsy 180/Page 180 5. Detail van die renosterjag by die Klein Visrivier/Detail of the rhinoceros hunt at the Little Fish River Bladsy 181/Page 181 Hendrik Swellengrebel jr., Briefwisseling oor Kaapse sake 1778-1792 IX Voorwoord Hoewel die verskillende komitees van die Van Riebeeck-Vereniging altyd uitgeblink het deur die hoeveelheid koöperatiewe inspanning wat aan die Vereniging se uitgawes gewy word, meen ek dat die huidige boekdeel selfs in daardie opsig uitsonderlik mag heet. Nadat dr. Schutte, wat 'n senior dosent in die subfakulteit Geskiedenis van die Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam is, sy klaargemaakte manuskrip voorgelê het, was daar nog heelwat te doen. -
Groot Constantia Guides
Please support our advertisers who make this free guide possible. FREE Cape Town GATEWAY EDITION 10 GUIDES 'Only the lips of a lover surpassed it in heavenly sweetness' Groot Constantia Nineteenth century poet, Charles Pierre Baudelaire, on visiting Constantia and tasting its wine. Muizenberg False Bay Cape Town • South Africa A good excuse for making wine had obtained the results, he put forward the request for his chosen area, The legacy of Groot Constantia has its roots in one man who needed later to be called Constantia. Cape Point to have a very good excuse to make wine. His mandate was to start a Here Van der Stel created his pride and joy, which became the showcase permanent replenishment station at the Cape, supplying fruit, vegetables of wine farms. Most of the layout of the farm we see today is Van der 2 and meat to passing ships en route to the Far East – all this under the Stel’s but the buildings have changed in appearance, from ones of red orders of the Dutch East India Company (DEIC or VOC). This man was face bricks and clinker bricks to beautiful neoclassical buildings under Jan van Riebeeck, who landed at Hendrik Cloete’s watch. 1 the Cape in 1652. The making of The story of Groot Constantia wine was never on the company's During Van der Stel’s time at Constantia (without his wife, who had including historical agenda, but any man of high remained in Holland) it is recorded that he held lavish parties, with standing knew that producing many well-known guests.