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Title: Mosterts Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historical monuments, ,
Description: Holiday visitors to the Peninsula will see Mosterts's Mill, Mowbray, in operation this season. Sails have been rigged and the Public Works Department plans to operate the mill, wind permitting, on Tuesdays until the end of January.
Identifier: islandora:15269

Title: Deserted village, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Urban areas, Development, Roads
Description: The deserted village - a street scene in Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16539

Title: Municipal incinerator, Cape Town, 1971
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historical monuments
Description: The old municipal incinerator chimney near the Castle. It has been bound with steel bands and supported with girders and ropes to keep it upright.
Identifier: islandora:17470

Title: Josephine Mill, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historical monuments, ,
Description: The wheel of the Josephine Mill in Newlands which is being restored. Yesterday the wheel worked for the first time since the beginning of the century.
Identifier: islandora:15555

Title: Memorial in Adderley Street to temporarily move to the Grand Parade, Cape Town
Subject: Statues, Historical monuments, ,
Description: Memorial to move - The War Memorial in Adderly Street, Cape Town, which is to be removed soon to a temporary site on the Grand Parade.
Identifier: islandora:15259

Title: Armed warder, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Weapons
Description: Armed warder in launch off Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16522

Title: Aerial view, Signal Hill, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Tourism, Environment, Urban development
Description: Aerial view of the Lion Battery and Noon Gun on Signal Hill above Green Point, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17028

Title: Old Town Hall, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Landmarks, Monuments, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: The old Town Hall at Rondebosch: do not move the public library from this ideal spot, says a reader.
Identifier: islandora:16628

Title: Teacher reading to students, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Probably the only school in the Union with a six-inch naval gun in a classroom is Robben Island's Primary School - it used to be an artillery training school. Mr J.J. Havenga, principal, is seen here with a group of pupils. Mr Havenga, who has been on Robben Island since the beginning of the year, said: "My wife and I have grown to love the island." The school has 70 pupils. Many of those in the picture will be at school on the mainland next year.
Identifier: islandora:16519

Title: Teacher reading to students, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Miss Poppie Liebenberg, youngest teacher (20) on Robben Island, takes a class of young islanders. She shares teaching duties with Miss Hermine Rens and Miss Retha van Niekerk. Mr Pierre le Roux is principal of the primary school on the island.
Identifier: islandora:16516

Title: Robben Island Primary School, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Education
Description: Headmaster: Robben Island Primary School principal, Mr Jors de Ridder, and his three teachers, Mrs Christa de Lange, left, Mrs Marina Kitshoff and Mrs Maggie Viviers, and the school's 65 pupils.
Identifier: islandora:16508

Title: Grindstone for Josephine Mill being rolled into place, Cape Town
Subject: Windmills, Historical monuments, ,
Description: Rolling a new one-ton grindstone to its placing in the renovated Josephine Mill are, from left, Mr Jim Ndudula, Mr Elijah Gxenya, supervisor Mr D.J. Smit, Mr Jameson Manziwa (obscured), Mr Hendrik Mathuphi and carpenter Mr Tony Michaels.
Identifier: islandora:15556

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: 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

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