NATAL NUGGETS - a collection of articles, pictures and lists recalling the past...
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- # From Point Cemetery to West Street Cemetery
- Snippets of general news from 13 September 1880
- # Purchasers of Ammunition at Port Natal - Natal Government Gazette, 19 April 1864
- # Burgess Roll : List of Persons Qualified to Vote at the Election of Councillors for the Borough of Durban, Natal, for 15 July 1856 - 4 July 1857.
- # WILLS : at Pietermaritzburg Master's Office
- Another Fatal Accident by an Alligator 22 February 1854
- Circuit Court 1 April 1854
- The Diary of a Settler in South Africa
- Was your Ancestor in the Durban Water Police?
- The Durban Borough Police
- Chemists and Druggists admitted to practise in the Colony of Natal - 1899
- Dentists admitted to practise in the Colony of Natal - 1899
- Circuses in Natal
- List of Missing Relatives in Natal Witness - May 6 1907
- Deserters Natal Government Gazette - September 1864
- The Noon Family in Natal
- Some Natal Sugar Pioneers & their families
- Haven Meesters and Port Captains at Port Natal/Durban from Inception in 1839
- Durban - List of Mayors 1854-1918
- Pietermaritzburg - List of Mayors 1854-1935
- Natal - Historians and Writers
- Natal - Outstanding Personalities
- Visitors to Natal
- Natal - Governors
- Natal - Prime Ministers and Administrators
- Biggar Memorial Plaque
- Natal Chronology
- MJ McKen, JM Wood and JW Haygarth
- HW Currie Memorial Fountain at Botanic Gardens, Durban
- Slave Bell and Plaque at Botanic Gardens, Durban
- Durban - Whaling History Tour and Museum
- Marianhill Monastery
- POSTCARDS provided by Glynis Millett-Clay:
Glynis Millet-Clay's URL is http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/gc2.htm
Late 19th Century and early 20th Century view of the city Postcard - Marine Hotel and Esplanade House, Durban
Late 19th Century and early 20th Century view of the city Postcard - Smith Street, Durban
Postcard - Bayns drift Natal
Postcard - Greytown
Postcard - Howick Falls
Postcard - Pietermaritzburg
Postcard - Pietermaritzburg - Alexandra Park Bridge
Postcard - Green Hill Royal Lancaster Monument
Postcard - Green Hill East Surrey Reg Monument
Postcard - Zulu War Monument in Pietermaritzburg
Postcard - Ricksha Boys - POSTCARDS provided by Maureen Kruger:
Postcard - Bathing enclosure and water chute, Beach, Durban
Postcard - West Street, Durban
Postcard - Beach Esplanade, Durban
Postcard - Ocean Beach, Durban
Postcard - Amanzimtoti Hotel, Natal South Coast
Postcard - On the beach, the children's bathing pool, Durban - POSTCARDS provided by Pat Frykberg:
Postcard - Botanic Gardens, Berea, Durban
Postcard - Botha's Cutting, Botha's Hill
Postcard - Breakwater from Bluff
Postcard - Bridge over Umgeni, Howick
Postcard - Castle Hotel, Howick, from Umgeni
Postcard - Court House
Postcard - Custom House, Inhambane, Mozambique
Postcard - Dundee Coal Mine, Natal
Postcard - Durban from Berea
Postcard - Howick Falls, Natal, 350 feet
Postcard - Indian Festival, Umgeni
Postcard - Lighthouse, The Bluff, Port Natal
Postcard - Merchants Residence, Quillame (possibly Quillimane - Portuguese East African territory)
Postcard - Native Hut and Family, Natal
Postcard - Native Town, Inhambane, Mozambique
Postcard - On the Lower Tugela River, Natal
Postcard - Pawpaw Trees, Natal
Postcard - Point Road and Bluff
Postcard - Public Baths, Town Hall, Natal Bank, West Street, Durban
Postcard - Public Library
Postcard - Railway Bridge over Umgeni River
Postcard - Theatre Royal, Durban
Postcard - Town Gardens
Postcard - Town Organ, Town Hall
Postcard - Verulam Station, Natal Government Railways
Postcard - View on Durban Bay
Postcard - Washing Day on the Umsindusi
Postcard - West Street Central, Durban
Postcard - West Street, Durban
Postcard - Willow Bridge over the Umsindusi - More coming soon
Recommended URLS:
Allan Jackson's Facts about Durban
Allan Jackson's Ships called 'Durban'The below URL has some very interesting early (and later) postcards of Durban.
http://garyschei.tripod.com/id9.html