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Title: Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay: shewing position of 3 proposed batteries & 2 martello towers; also of usual anchorage for shipping
Subject: Algoa Bay (South Africa) -- Maps., Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Maps., Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- History, Military -- 19th century. -- Maps., Fortification -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Maps.
Description: Manuscript map showing Port Elizabeth, Betheldorp [Bethelsdorp], Salt Lake, Cradock Town Mill, Chelsea Point, Cape Recife and Thunderbolt Reef. The map also indicates the sites of beacons, the powder magazine, the cemetry, the old fishery and topographical features from the Zwartkops River in the north to Cape Recife in the south., "Traced by George Simmons ... 25/4/62.", Scale in cables and sea miles., Map marked C 40 No 4.
Identifier: islandora:19687

Title: A site report and letter on the rock paintings and archaeological material found on three sites (indicated as sites 1, 2 and 3 on report): De Tronk (Winter Hoek) , Worcester.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, , , ,
Description: Handwritten site report on the rock paintings found on sites 1, 2 and 3, and on the archaeological material, only found on site 3, at: De Tronk, Winterhoek, Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. The archaeological material found on site 3 includes Wilton flakes , ochre (red) and coarse black pottery. In site 1, a cave, the rock paintings consist of the following: elephants and human figures. In site 2, a cave site, the rock paintings consist of the following: crude animals and hands. In site 3, a rock face, the rock paintings consist of : a female figure and what appears to be a buck.
Identifier: islandora:21759

Title: Heidi Villa-Vincencio interviews Tom Hanmer [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 32:04 min. ; interview 4 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19402

Title: 1. Plan of James Island in the Gambia, 1732 -- 2. N E Prospect of James Fort -- 3. N N W Prospect of James Fort
Subject: Africa - Gambia
Description: Pl. 151, No. 88, vol.2, p.358
Identifier: islandora:25483

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