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Map of Cape Town central and neighbouring suburbs
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
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Description
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Map shows tramways, railways, principal buildings, bathing places (including the "New Swimming Baths" at Woodstock), the foreshore area and harbour area, marking Victoria Dock, Alfred Dock and the position of the New Basin. Map gives the distances from Adderley Street to various suburbs and other centres as well as available means of transport. There is additional tourist information on the verso of the map., South African Railways and Harbours.
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Identifier
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islandora:19894
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Title
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Fires, Cape Town
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Subject
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Western Cape (South Africa), Devil's Peak (Cape Town, South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Fire departments
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Description
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Firemen work under a rain of glowing debris on Tafelberg Road, Devil's Peak, Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:14963
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Title
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Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br. subsp. calculus
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Subject
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South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
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Description
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Botanical illustration - coloured - Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br. subsp. calculus. Plate 32, Mesemb. Notes, Part 3, H.M.L. Bolus 1936-58. A. Drawn from a collection made 17 miles north of Van Rhynsdorp along the main road to Nieuwerust by N.S. Pillans (6037), January 1928.
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Identifier
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islandora:23199
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Title
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Epping, Cape Town
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Subject
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Western Cape (South Africa), Epping (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
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Description
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Newly built bus and taxi station, Epping.
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Identifier
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islandora:18127
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Title
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Cheiridopsis derenbergiana Schwantes
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Subject
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South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
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Description
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Botanical illustration - coloured - Cheiridopsis derenbergiana. Drawn from a collection made by F.R.R. Schlechter, Richtersveld. National Botanical Garden 523/34? This material dried.
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Identifier
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islandora:23115
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Title
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Cape Town City
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Subject
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Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
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Description
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Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
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Identifier
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islandora:15077
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Title
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Gibbaeum sp.
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Subject
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South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
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Description
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Botanical illustration - coloured - Gibbaeum sp. Drawn from a collection made by Stellenbosch University Gardens from Bellair near Bonnie Vale [Bonnievale?].
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Identifier
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islandora:23856
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Title
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Oral history interview with Mrs Dollie [ Part 1 of 1]
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Subject
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Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town,
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Description
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District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.49a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 25:11 min. ; interview 49 of 208
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Identifier
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islandora:18831
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Title
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Lino print
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, art, craft, artist, San, indigenous, skill, work, print, studio, lino, ink, Linoleum block-printing, Artists--Botswana, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
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Artist pulling a print off an inked linoleum plate. D'Kar, Botswana.
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Identifier
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islandora:11882
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|Una Rooi and Piet Rooi connect with an unidentified member of the San Community
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Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
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|Una Rooi and Piet Rooi with an unidentified male standing near a road between Andriesvale and Welkom, Northern Cape, South Africa. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012. Piet Rooi married |Una Rooi In 1948 and in 1967 they were employed in the then-Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. He died a few years before her.
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Identifier
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islandora:27072
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Title
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Gibbaeum sp.
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Subject
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South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
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Description
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Botanical illustration - coloured - Gibbaeum sp. Drawn from a collection made 10 miles from Laingsburg, on the farm Jakhalsfontein [Jakkalsfontein, Laingsburg District], on the road to Laingsburg by J.D. Logan, 18 May 1934.
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Identifier
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islandora:23850
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Title
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Road from Smutskraal to Patensie
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Subject
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Loxostylis alata--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Anacardiaceae--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Roadside plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), ,
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Description
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District: Unknown, Location: Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve., Ecology: Loxostylis alata.
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Identifier
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islandora:4517
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Title
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District Six resident, Cape Town
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Subject
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
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Description
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Doris Kavanagh ... "I don't know why they should pull the building down. It's so solid you can't knock a nail in the walls."
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Identifier
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islandora:17992