The Heritage Portal Newsletter #23 2022

Solving the Mystery Behind "Grannie's Grave"

Delville Wood Commemorative Weekend

Gordons Bay Coastal Defense Battery 1943

Notices

• Can anyone help identify the buildings in this Pierneef drawing?

• Three hard to find Heritage books for sale

• Moving with the Mosaic Master - A Bus Tour of Drew Lindsay's Public Art

• Centenary Tree (Blue Plaque)

• Need a Heritage Impact Assessment? Try these experts

• Partial demolition of existing buildings and new development Sea Point West

• Little Top Beach Pavilion Durban (Artefacts)

• Umgeni Steam Railway Open Day & Fundraiser - 26 June 2022

• Book Launch - Illustrated History of Hartbeespoort Dam - 28 June 2022

• Children’s clothing during the South African War - 30 June 2022

• Digitisation at the National Archives and Records of South Africa - Lessons Learned - 1 July 2022

• Delville Wood Commemorative Weekend - 15-17 July 2022

In other news

• Sibusiso Saul 'Minus' Mashinini commemorated with heritage plaque

• Question mark over future of historic Liliesleaf Farm

• Liliesleaf Farm is a vital part of South Africa’s history that needs to be preserved

• Beyers Naude’s home commemorated with plaque

• This historic Cape Town farmhouse could be yours – for R35 million

• Former Springbok captain tries to save Newlands stadium from demolition

• Ford Heritage Vault published, 100 years of free archives go live

• Stonehenge may have been a giant calendar and now we know how it works

• Ahead of Planned Rail Line, Archaeologists Uncover Early Medieval Cemetery

• Mystery of Waterloo’s dead soldiers to be re-examined by academics

• Ghana's Pan African Heritage Museum seeks to reclaim Africa's history

• Trove of 13,000 Artifacts Sheds Light on Enigmatic Chinese Civilization

• How the New York Loft Reclaimed Industrial Grit as Urban Luxury