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Title: Aerial shot of Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, City planning, Housing
Description: Arial view of the apartheid-era Coloured dormitory suburb of Atlantis, outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16706

Title: Sand-covered Atlantis street, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, City planning, Environment
Description: Built on sand: Sand-covered streets in Atlantis after a strong wind.
Identifier: islandora:16704

Title: Protest meeting, Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Civic organisations, Trade unions, State of Emergency (South Africa)
Description: Noel Williams, Chairperson of the Atlantis Residents Association (ARA), the leading organization for radical politics in Atlantis in the 1980s, addresses a protest meeting at Atlantis
Identifier: islandora:16708

Title: Queuing, Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Local government, Youth, Women
Description: Queuing at government offices in apartheid-era Atlantis, the dormitory suburb built for Coloured people outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16712

Title: Protest meeting, Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Youth, Trade unions, State of Emergency (South Africa)
Description: Frank Wewers of the Atlantis Youth Congress addresses a protest meeting in Atlantis
Identifier: islandora:16707

Title: Pensioner from Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Pensions, Poverty, Older people
Description: Against all odds - Mrs Audrey Aries, 65, with her "useless" pension book, electricity and other accounts. Her husband earns R245 a month and after her rent and other accounts have been paid she has very little money left.
Identifier: islandora:16702

Title: Houses in Atlantis , Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, City planning, Housing
Description: Apartheid-era housing development in Atlantis, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16705

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