New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v2i0.853
A.G. Oberholster
{"title":"Graaff-Reinet: A cultural history 1987-1886","authors":"A.G. Oberholster","doi":"10.4102/nc.v2i0.853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v2i0.853","url":null,"abstract":"No abstract available.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141649240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v2i0.856
Juriaen van Streeck, J. V. Streek
{"title":"Bronneverkenning van die Streek Oos-Vrystaatste Grensgordel (2)","authors":"Juriaen van Streeck, J. V. Streek","doi":"10.4102/nc.v2i0.856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v2i0.856","url":null,"abstract":"The second half of the article on the source exploration of the Eastern Free State border area deals more specifically with works that have been published about the history of the magisterial districts of Clocolan, Ficksburg, Ladybrand, Rouxville, Smithfield, Wepener and Zastron. Included are descriptions of journeys, as well as biographies, reminiscences, local histories, official publications, dissertations, theses and articles from newspapers and periodicals.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v2i0.859
ProfJ.C. Moll, Deparlement GeskJOedenis
{"title":"Dorpstigting in die Oranje-Vrystaat: 1854-1864","authors":"ProfJ.C. Moll, Deparlement GeskJOedenis","doi":"10.4102/nc.v2i0.859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v2i0.859","url":null,"abstract":"Of the nine Orange Free State towns which were accorded the status of towns between 1854 and 1864, eight came into being without the approval of the Volksraad. The first ordinance on local government did not contain any procedures for the establishment of towns but merely laid down directives according to which existing towns were to be administered. However, the vigorous growth of the new state made it necessary to establish new towns for which, in addition to religious considerations, there were also demographic, geographic and economic reasons.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141647864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v2i0.855
A. Christopher
{"title":"The Natal coastal belt","authors":"A. Christopher","doi":"10.4102/nc.v2i0.855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v2i0.855","url":null,"abstract":"Owing to its climatic conditions and political evolution the Natal Coastal Belt forms a distinct region within South Africa. As such, a unique set of landscapes has evolved reflecting changing agricultural patterns and rapid urban expansion. In addition it has been the meeting place of a variety of peoples each of whom has attempted to build familiar structures and pursue known activities. The result is a highly complex and diverse landscape.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141647493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v1i0.867
E. Immelman
{"title":"Die St. John-Anglikaanse kerk, Victoria-Wes","authors":"E. Immelman","doi":"10.4102/nc.v1i0.867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v1i0.867","url":null,"abstract":"Robert Gray was commissioned in 1847 to come to South Africa as the first Anglican bishop of Cape Town. His wife Sophia, a talented architect and artist, assisted him in his work and accompanied him on most of his journeys into the interior. Wherever he established congregations she designed the churches, some of which are still to be seen at George, Knysna, Claremont (Cape), Caledon, Fraserburg, Riversdale, Worcester, Clanwilliam and Victoria West. During their last trip into the interior in 1869 Bishop Gray, his wife and Harold Welby, the resident magistrate, chose the site for the St. John's Anglican church at Victoria West and Sophia Gray designed it. The foundation stone was laid on 27 December 1869 by John Adams but the church was completed only in 1874. The stained glass windows, especially the three above the altar depicting the crucifixion and the resurrection, form a striking feature of this church.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.4102/nc.v1i0.865
C. Henning
{"title":"Some notes on regional history research","authors":"C. Henning","doi":"10.4102/nc.v1i0.865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v1i0.865","url":null,"abstract":"Although rich in regional history South Africa compared with the U.S.A., has rather neglected this national heritage. Thus placed of regional historical interest are still not appropriately indicated and important events of the past are falling into oblivion. Regional history is, however, a fertile and rewarding field of research, in which the investigator is bound to come across innumerable difficulties, some of which are discussed here.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141647346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.4102/nc.v5i0.834
C. Thorpe
{"title":"Tharfield - the story of an Eastern Cape farm and its inhabitants (1822-1977)","authors":"C. Thorpe","doi":"10.4102/nc.v5i0.834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v5i0.834","url":null,"abstract":"The story of the farm Tharfield is also that of the families Bowker and Webb. As one of the loveliest and most unspoiled farms in the Settler country it is not only a treasure house of Settler history: the wide variety of habitat it offers for bird and beast also makes it of interest to the conservationist and the ecologist, and a study of the farming methods practised from the time the farm was granted to its original owner in 1822 might prove most informative to the agriculturist. Tharfield was in the possession of the Bowkers for just over a century when in 1925 it became the property of Thomas Webb. Ever since the present owner of Tharfield took over the farm, he has concentrated on the production of commercial beef cattle and has continued the Webb tradition of improving the quality of grazing by planting more palatable grasses. In modernising the farm the owner, however, kept in mind the contribution the individual farmer can make to the cause of conservation. Therefore, in 1973, a portion of Tharfield was set aside as a nature reserve.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141652382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.4102/nc.v6i0.831
K. Hunt
{"title":"When the railway came to Grahamstown","authors":"K. Hunt","doi":"10.4102/nc.v6i0.831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v6i0.831","url":null,"abstract":"The opening of the railway-line between Alicedale and Grahamstown on 3 September 1879 was a red-letter day for Grahamstown. The idea of linking Grahamstown by rail to the harbour of Port Elizabeth was initiated twenty-three years earlier by Grahamstown businessmen. By the time the railway came, Grahamstownians were more in favour of a railway-line to the harbour of Port Alfred. This, however, came only five years later. The turning of the first sod to build the railway station and the arrival of the first passenger-train at Grahamstown gave its inhabitants reason for big celebrations and festivities.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.4102/nc.v7i0.823
K. Beavon, C. Rogerson
{"title":"The persistence of the casual poor in Johannesburg","authors":"K. Beavon, C. Rogerson","doi":"10.4102/nc.v7i0.823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v7i0.823","url":null,"abstract":"This paper draws the attention of urban historians and historical geographers to the neglect of the casual poor in South Africa's cities, more particularly those in Johannesburg. Evidence is presented to show that the casual poor have been an ever-present constituent in the urban milieu. Their life-style and their modes of existence have so far received little attention. The occupations of the casual poor are those of the urban informal sector. It is suggested that the casual poor are squeezed out of one informal income niche only to reappear at a later time in an alternative informal occupation.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141652606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New ContreePub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.4102/nc.v3i0.843
C.C. Eloff
{"title":"From frontier to midlands: A history of the Graaff-Reinet district, 1786-1910","authors":"C.C. Eloff","doi":"10.4102/nc.v3i0.843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v3i0.843","url":null,"abstract":"No abstract available.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}