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Title: Elderly woman knitting, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: An elderly woman sits and knits at a table in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18517

Title: District Six resident, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: 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."
Identifier: islandora:17992

Title: Cathedral of District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Top: St Mark's Anglican Church stands steadfast on the hill in District Six. A symbol of tradition for some, the church was once called the "Cathedral of District Six" and the "small Vatican", and still holds High Mass three times a month. Here, the congregation streams down the hill after a Sunday morning service. Many once lived in the now bare land of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17989

Title: Young girl posing on the pavement, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A young girl poses on the pavement against a tall building in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18548

Title: Moravian Chapel in District Six, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The battered 101 year old Moravian Chapel in what was District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17320

Title: Aerial view, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Urban development, Apartheid
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town after the demolition of District Six (foreground), showing the Castle, railways and freeways into Cape Town, and Woodstock.
Identifier: islandora:17024

Title: Girl standing in corridor, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, Girls--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A young woman stands and poses for the camera in the corridor of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18507

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
Description: Demolition in progress, District Six, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:12525

Title: Boy drawing in a doorway, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A young boy kneels and draws on a piece of scrap paper in the doorway of his home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18515

Title: District Six museum, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Post-apartheid era
Description: District Six Museum, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18013

Title: Man sitting on wall with his young son, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A man sits on a low wall outside his home and pats the head of his young son who is eating an ice-cream, District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18537

Title: Commercial district, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Commerce, Economy, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Shopping centre in Athlone, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16715

Title: St Mark's Church, and its rector, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Above: The rector of St Mark's, The Rev. Stanley Gray, stands before his church in this, the brick-strewn landscape of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:18000

Title: Crowd outside St Mark's Church in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Unveiling: Part of the crowd outside St Mark's Church in District Six before the unveiling of the plaque.
Identifier: islandora:17997

Title: Map of the eastern border districts of the Cape Colony comprising the divisions of East London, King William's Town, Queenstown, Wodehouse, Stockenstrom, Fort Beaufort, Peddie, Victoria East, and a portion of Kaffraria proper
Subject: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows portions of Natal, Basutoland and the Free State as well as the administrative areas of East London, Peddie, Bathurst, King William's Town, Alexandria, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Humansdorp, Graaff Reinet, Middelburg, Cradock, Colesberg, Albert, Herschel, Aliwal North, Queenstown, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Fort Beaufort, Bedford and Albany. Also featured are cities, towns and mission stations., Relief shown by hachures., Projection not given. Bar scale in Cape roods and English miles., Publishing date from the website of the National Archives, Great Britain., This set is missing the first sheet.
Identifier: islandora:19616

Title: Buildings being demolished in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Through a glassless window, the demolition of adjacent buildings is seen. District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's during the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18531

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Rubble--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01
Description: Demolition in progress, District Six, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:280

Title: A bicycle and a beetle parked on the roadside, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A bicycle and a beetle are parked on the roadside in front of apartment buildings in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18541

Title: Children in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Children
Description: District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17981

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01
Description: District Six partly demolished, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:279

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