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Title: Mostert's Mill to be restored to its former glory, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, , ,
Description: Old Landmark will not remain "shabby". In new of the Royal Visit, the old Mostert's Mill at Mowbray, a relic of the days of the Dutch East India Company, is undergoing a thorough renovation by the Public Works Department. This historic monument will soon be resplendent with posh plaster and brightly coloured woodwork.
Identifier: islandora:15365

Title: Freed prisoners disembark from the boat, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Prisoners.
Identifier: islandora:16494

Title: Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historic monuments, ,
Description: The construction of a building next to Mostert's Mill, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15370

Title: Cemetery, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Cemeteries
Description: The old cemetery on Robben Island - only personnel are buried here.
Identifier: islandora:16520

Title: Table Mountain, Cape Town, from the City Bowl
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Environment, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Before Table Mountain can be declared a national monument as urged by public bodies, the area, about 180 morgen, between the dotted line and the white line (municipal boundary) [not visible on image] will first have to be expropriated. There is a similar large tract of land on the Camps Bay side of the mountain.
Identifier: islandora:17042

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Building
Description: "Ons Huisie," one of the oldest houses in the Blouberg - Milnerton area, has recently been restored to its former graceful simplicity. This Blouberg-strand landmark has now been opened as a restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:16885

Title: Historic building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: Cape Town historic building
Identifier: islandora:17014

Title: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Historical monuments, Architecture, Entertainment
Description: Ons Huisie, Blouberg, prior to its restoration
Identifier: islandora:16886

Title: Rondebosch fountain, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Suburbs, Landmarks, Monuments, Historic buildings
Description: The fountain, Rondebosch.
Identifier: islandora:16625

Title: Old Slave Tree, Church Square, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Slaves, Colonialism, Historical monuments, Architecture
Description: You've read the column: now see the picture. It's that long-vanished Church Square landmark, the old slave tree.
Identifier: islandora:17482

Title: Original St George's Grammar School, Central Cape Town, 1986
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historical monuments, Schools
Description: St. George's Grammar School Building designed by Sir Herbert Baker in 1904 and declared a National Monument on Friday 27th June.
Identifier: islandora:17468

Title: Church memorial, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Church buildings, Death and remembrance
Description: Robben Island church - memorial. Plaque unveiled. A couple are pictured inspecting the memorial dedicated to those who died in World War 2, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16532

Title: Plantation on Lion's Head, Cape Town,
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Forestry, Environment, Religion, Historical monuments
Description: Gum tree plantation on Lion's Head is being continued along the Lion's Rump, the ridge of Signal Hill. Soon the grave in the foreground where Malay priests and their followers pray in the sunshine will be in the shadow of alien trees.
Identifier: islandora:17112

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Buildings, Roads
Description: Robben Island: a scene in the main street.
Identifier: islandora:16552

Title: Rhodes Day Memorial service held at Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Historical monuments, ,
Description: Mr Rex Pennington, a Rhodes Scholar, and a master at Bishops, delivering the address at the annual Rhodes Day memorial service held at the Rhodes Memorial, Groote Schuur.
Identifier: islandora:15267

Title: Palm Tree Mosque, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Islam, Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: The Palm Tree mosque and the two remaining in Long Street from which it derives its name. It was not built as a mosque but is a converted house serving as a mosque upstairs and the Imam's house below. It is believed to have been built around 1787 by Carel Lodewijk Schot.
Identifier: islandora:17445

Title: Brothers born and bred on Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Youth, Education
Description: Fourth generation of the Luden family, born and bred on Robben Island, is represented by the Luden twins, Clive and Graham, aged five and a half. Here they are on their way along the village main street to the post office to deliver a packet of sandwiches to their father, Mr Ian Luden, the postmaster. Mr Luden will be sorry to leave the island - he is an authority on its history. But he will be glad about the change for other reasons - there is no high school on the island. Children must go to boarding school or travel to and from school on the ferry.
Identifier: islandora:16530

Title: Abandoned buildings, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Urban areas, Development
Description: Abandoned buildings on Robben Island, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16506

Title: Blue Lodge, Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Hotels, Historical monuments
Description: 206-208 Long Street, Cape Town: a late Victorian building erected at the turn of the 19th century and declared a national monument in 1983.
Identifier: islandora:17462

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