Information and notes relating to the March 2019 VASSA outing to the ruins of the VOC post of Paradise, Newlands Forest. Paradise (or t’ Paradijs) was originally a military outpost, which became home to woodcutters, soldiers and slaves. It was occupied from c.1720 to 1820, and was in ruins by the 1830s, when Sir John Herschel […]
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Report on the farm Avontuur, also known as Grasberg, Onder-Bokkeveld: Nigel Amschwand
The farm Avontuur, also known as Grasberg, Onder-Bokkeveld. When Maureen Archer interviewed Johannes Paulus Kotze during the VASSA survey of Klipperivier/Willemsrivier, he mentioned other vierkantplaase including the farm Grasberg (Avontuur). The farm Avontuur, also known as Grasberg, Onder-Bokkeveld, is sandwiched between Klipperivier/Willemsrivier and Bokkefontein to the north. Distinguished mainly for the beautiful two-storey flat-roofed […]
Report – The farm Klipperivier, also known as Willemsrivier, in the Onder-Bokkeveld
The Historical Survey Group, a pretentious name for the loose grouping of interested individuals otherwise known as the “Bokkeveld Bunch”, initially set out to survey five farmsteads in the area known as the Onder-Bokkeveld that surrounds the present day town of Nieuwoudtville. These were: Bokkefontein, Groenrivier, Klipperivier, Matjesfontein and Papkuilsfontein. The surveys were carried out […]
Report – The Farm Matjesfontein in the Bokkeveld
Report on the farm Matjesfontein in the Bokkeveld, a project centered on the town of Nieuwoudtville that covers individual buildings, styles, raw materials and how these differ from the vernacular of other areas, & the people of the land by Nigel Amschwand
Survey – Coenradenberg
A valuable record of material gathered on Coenradenburg, an old Cape farm near Hopefield in 1975/6 by members Margaret Cairns, Willem Malherbe, John Rennie, Phillip Erskine, Maureen Archer, Gwen Vaughan-Williams, with photo’s by Sue Henderson & Helen Binckes and illustration & design by Mickey Munro