Thorn tree of Jock of the Bushveld
- Authors: Eastern Province Herald
- Date: 1959-05-22
- Subjects: South Africa -- Folklore , Trees -- Mozambique -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72038 , vital:29990
- Description: Newspaper article: "This thorn tree, standing in the heart of Lourenco Marques business district, is reputed to be over 100 years old. Legend says it is the tree under which transport riders from the Transvaal used to outspan after the long trek to Delgoa Bay. It is also claimed as the tree under which Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his immortal Jock camped before leaving for the interior.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-05-22
Mr. Orpen's tree: a landmark that is older than E.L. Municipality
- Authors: Driffield, H H
- Date: 1959-04-15
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa , East London (South Africa) , Araucariaceae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65584 , vital:28815
- Description: Newspaper article extract: "One of the best-known landmarks in East London is the Norfolk Island pine growing beside the West Bank post office in Bank Street, opposite Prince Alfred's Park. To almost every person travelling southward down Oxford Street on any clear day the tree has the appearance of the mast and yards of an old-time sailing vessel making for Buffalo Harbour under bare poles. In the days long ago, when East London consisted of the West Bank and very little else, the building now used as a post office on that side of the Buffalo River served as the Court-house, Customs and Revenue Office.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-04-15
Fearless woman remembered
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1958-08-15
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71911 , vital:29974
- Description: Newspaper article: "Fearless woman remembered. A beautiful monument in Grahamstown, shown in this picture above, was erected to commemorate an act of outstanding bravery by a woman during the battle of Grahamstown in 1819. She was Elizabeth Margaret Salt who, with her husband Sergeant Salt, was among those besieged in Fort England, which was surrounded by hordes of Kafirs.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-08-15
Railway station, Grahamstown
- Date: 1908?
- Subjects: South Africa Grahamstown History , Buildings South Africa Grahamstown , South Africa History , Grahamstown (South Africa) Pictorial works
- Language: English
- Type: postcard , ephemera , still image
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170553 , vital:41935 , Mark Finnigan Private Collection
- Description: Post from Mark Finnigan in Grahamstown History Facebook group: "Grahamstown Railway Station. Postcard by J. C. Juta & Co. of Grahamstown. Posted to Krom River Siding in 1908."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1908?
Baobab
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Adansonia digitata -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72005 , vital:29986
- Description: Image of baobab tree. Origins unknown.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Cathedral Chancel, Grahamstown
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint George (Makhanda, South Africa) , Buildings -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Cathedrals -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: postcard , ephemera , still image
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170562 , vital:41936 , Private Collection
- Description: Cathedral chancel, Grahamstown.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu