This land tenure, architectural history and conservation record of the property erf 608, Bonnievale, Western Cape, located at 25 Church Street, Bonnievale, is written with the particular intention of ensuring a historical record and the ongoing conservation of a materially modest but valuable fragment of our cultural heritage. By Thys Hattingh and Keith Loynes PRINTED […]
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 […]
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 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
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
