TO Werf layout and circumstances: Babylonstoren and the network of farms in the De Villiers family holdings & Solms Delta in the Groot Drakenstein valley
DATE 26 May 2012
TIME 10AM
May 2012 Outing
May 2012 Talk
TOPIC: What two farm werfs can tell us about the Cape economy and family dynasties in the C18th & 19th – Babylonstoren and Solms Delta
SPEAKER: Katie Smuts
DATE: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
TIME: 19h45 for 20h00
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, Newlands
April 2012 Talk
APRIL 2012 TALK
TOPIC: Town Layout in the Cape: The Grid versus the River-strip
SPEAKER: Dr Hans Fransen
DATE: Tuesday, 17 April 2012
TIME: 19h45 for 20h00
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Newlands
April 2012 Outing
TO: Darling and Mamre
DATE : 28 April 2012
TIME: Meet at 10 am in Darling
March 2012 – Outing
DATE: Saturday 24 March 2012
TIME: 10h00
TOPIC: Liesbeeck outing, lead by Jim Hislop and Kathy Dumbrell
An informative talk and discussion tracking the Liesbeeck will follow Malta Park fields – Observatory, old Uitwijk site (Van Riebeeck’s grain farm), Nieuwe Molen, Varsche Drift farmhouse & Valkenburg Manor.
March 2012 Talk & AGM
TOPIC: AGM & Celebration party
SPEAKER: Pieter Jolly / AGM
DATE: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
TIME: 19h45 for 20h00
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, Newlands
February 2012 Talk
TOPIC: Living along the Liesbeeck River
SPEAKER: Dr Helen Robinson
DATE: Tuesday, 21 February 2012
TIME: 19h45 for 20h00
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, Newlands
February 2012 Outing
Dr Helen Robinson leads a walk through historical places along the Liesbeeck which begins at Josephine Mill. She’ll attempt to illustrate what remains of the early days in the former villages of Newlands and Rondebosch and give some idea of the farms which were established along the River and of their owners over time.
November 2011 Talk
TOPIC: Cave & Cliff Structures in Southern Africa
SPEAKER: Pieter Jolly
DATE: Tuesday, 15th November 2011
TIME: 7 pm (not the usual 8pm)
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, Newlands.
November 2011 Outing
SAT 26th NOVEMBER 2011
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE FIRST URBAN CONSERVATION AREA IN CAPE TOWN:
THE PARKS IN THE UPPER TABLE VALLEY
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- May 2012 Outing May 1, 2012
- May 2012 Talk May 1, 2012
- April 2012 Talk April 1, 2012
- April 2012 Outing April 1, 2012
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Excursion – October 2005: The Koue Bokkeveld
October 1, 2005
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Excursion – October 2008: Matjesfontein & Tierhoek
October 1, 2008
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Excursion – September 2003: The Sandveld &Clanwilliam
September 1, 2003
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VASSA Journal Vol. 1
July 1, 1999