Initially, I wanted to complete Newtown in two parts. While working with the 1937 Goads map and a 1974 Curries Map of Johannesburg, I started digging into the various business…
The area known as Newtown was originally a marshy piece of land outside of the triangle known as Raandjeslaagte which was laid out as Johannesburg. It stood 0.9 kms northwest…
Please join me for my first JHF virtual tour and talk on Saturday 4th September at 2pm (costs and booking details below). I’ll be exploring Jeppe and Belgravia’s early history…
The Johannesburg branch of the GGSA is holding a free Zoom course on the 17th of July 2021 covering genealogical topics like using the familysearch.org catalogue and other helpful resources.…
I recently joined Melanie Walker on her Reading Room Podcast where we spoke about the book and all things ‘Johannesburg’.
Over the last 10 years, while writing this blog and researching early Johannesburg, I’ve looked at thousands of photographs in books, online, and in various archives. While backing-up photos, I…
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Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right after archives.…
Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation has published the programme for their heritage weekend tours. It takes place on the 12th & 13th of October with various bus and walking tours on…
Johannesburg 1912 - Suburb by suburb research 