Photographs
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| John Clark Collection |
A view of a section of barrack-rooms now demolished. The windows were small and few, and walls thick- a combination which ensured coolness during the Natal summer. |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
From left to right seated: Mrs E. Stead(1910), Mrs L. Swainston-Harrison(1919), Miss R. McLean (1923), Mrs K. Saunders (1916), Mrs J. Pillinger (1916), Mrs K. Thom (1919) and Miss K. Dowson (1916). |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
Guides learn of life with Zulus. Guides from the 1st Victoria group busy preparing posters and banners for the "Fight Dirty, keep Durban clean" campaign, in which they are taking an active part. |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
Girl Guides at Ulundi, BACK ROW: Renee Rautenbach, Tracy Opperman, Penny Combrink, and FRONT ROW: Deidre Odendaal and Nadene Rautenbach. |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
Guide awards presented at B-P Service. Many scouts, cubs and girl guides were in the congregation to witness two special awards being presented at a commemoration service for Baden-Powell at the Meerensee Methodist church on Sunday. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A Fort Napier barrack-room, also built of local shale by garrison troops under the direction of the Engineers about 1846. Regular soldiers regarded the Fort Napier barrack rooms as the coolest and most comfortable of their billets, chiefly because of the thick shale walls and pantile roofs. |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
Scouts and Guides celebrate birth of Baden-Powell. Empangeni Scouts prepare to lead the procession of guides, scouts, brownies and cubs at the commemorative service held on B-P Sunday. |
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| Girls Guide of South Africa 1984-1985 |
The international Girl Guides Association celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with members from all parts of the world taking part in numerous celebrartory events. |
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| " Isibhaxela" |
Black skirt with white beards, for an engaged to be married girl from Richmond/ Bhaca area in KwaZulu- Natal. |
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| " Zulu Wooden Spoon" |
Wooden carved spoon made out of light wood. The handle has a blackened diamond incision in the middle and a sharp pointed tip. It was made by Ndwandwe Khulekani from Usuthu Primary at Nongoma in KwaZulu- Natal. |
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| "Ukhezo" |
Long wooden carved spoon with incisions on the handle and a pointy tip. |
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| John Clark Collection |
J. W. Colenso |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir George Grey |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir George Grey |
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| John Clark Collection |
Theophilus Shepstone (1811-93). His first visit toNatal was not a very suspicious one. Not only had he to leave his young bride but when at Port Natal he was physically unwell and 'overcome by melancholy'. In addition he had a narrow escape from being the tale. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Napiers earliest strucrure, one of two redoubts built about 1845-4 by Royal Engineers attached to the 4th Regt. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Final ship to bring insian to Natal in 1860. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A photograph taken some years after showing much the same machinery driven off a main sgatf. The power was obtained from a steam engine. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Indians found employment as waiters and stewards in clubs, hotels, resturants and boarding-houses. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The same mosques seen as part of the business area |