South Africa

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Amos Family Photograph

Amos family photograph. 

Amos Family Photograph

A car parked on the mountain. 

John Clark Collection

Macrorie House. This fine old building in Loop Street stood in a once-fashionable area near Government House, It was the home of the well-to-do Macrories during their twenty-odd years in the capital. It is now restored as a museum of Victorian art and culture.

John Clark Collection

These two copper kettles are two of the treasures presently housed in the Voortrekker Museum at Pietermaritzburg. Note the large spouts and the wide-looped handles.

John Clark Collection

K. W. Poffelt

John Clark Collection

The two churches at Byrne, from an old photograph taken after the new building was completed. The little building on the left was also used as a school. The verandah room was a small vestry suggested by Colenso.

John Clark Collection

Facsimile of a portion of his journal found on the beach by men from the rescue ship which arrived six weeks later. (From Jesse Page's life of Gardiner).

John Clark Collection

James Green (1821-1906) He was the Anglican dean of Pietermaritzburg. Invited to South Africa by Bishop Robert Gray, he arrived at Port Natal in February 1849 as a colonial chaplain.

John Clark Collection

Sir Michael H. Gallwey (1826-1912) First attorney-general and later chief justice of Natal, emigrated to the colony from Ireland in December 1853. Only 27 years old, he was to create for himself a brilliant career ending in a knighthood.

John Clark Collection

Rev. Albert James Allison, a Natal missionary of the 1850s and a pioneer in native education.

John Clark Collection

Lindley's house at the Inanda location.

Amos Family Photograph

Amos family photograph. 

Colin's House.

Colin's House - Amos family photograph.

Amos Family Photograph

Amos family photograph. 

Amos Family Photograph

Amos family photograph. 

Amos Family Photograph

Amos family photograph. 

John Clark Collection

There are in existence very few authentic views of the interiors of trekker houses. This is a reconstruction of a more affluent one made for the Paris Exhibition in 1900. Note the absence of doors and the hunting trophies on the walls. The appointments are very simple.  

John Clark Collection

Fort Mistake

John Clark Collection

Fort Mistake

John Clark Collection

Fort Mistake

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