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Title: People wait to disembark from boat, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Transport
Description: Robben Islanders return from a trip to the mainland and a few visitors wait to disembark from the ferry Diaz, the main link across Table Bay.
Identifier: islandora:16534

Title: Mountain Club memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Memorials, Table Mountain (Western Cape , South Africa)
Description: A section of the large crowd who attended the annual Mountain Club memorial service at Maclear's Beacon. The Rev. Colin Stunden, who conducted the service, is seen on the left.
Identifier: islandora:17128

Title: Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Water, Trees, Urban areas, Development, Mountains
Description: Liesbeek River with Devil's Peak in the background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16574

Title: Apartheid-era military parade down Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Soldiers, Militarisation, Coloured people (South Africa), Armed forces
Description: The Regiment Westelike Provinsie exercises its right of freedom of entrance to the city of Bellville by marching down Voortrekker Road. The regiment was honoured by the mayor, Mr Danie Uys, during a ceremony at the weekend.
Identifier: islandora:16820

Title: Aerial view of the Delft housing scheme, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Schools,
Description: An aerial view of the Delft housing scheme showing the primary school in the centre. The school was completed at the end of 1991.
Identifier: islandora:17625

Title: Aerial view of Paarden Island, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Industrial sites, Transport, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), , ,
Description: Paarden Eiland.
Identifier: islandora:15631

Title: Flats at Elsies River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Elsies River (South Africa), Apartheid, Urban development
Description: Recently completed flats in Elsies River.
Identifier: islandora:18114

Title: Aerial of Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: An aerial view of part of the vast squatter complex around the University of the Western Cape, in Bellville South, all of which is to be demolished soon. The Coloured Representative Council (CRC) building and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) can be seen at the top left of the picture.
Identifier: islandora:17549

Title: Crossroads riots, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Demonstrations, South African Police, Riots
Description: Crossroads riots, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17537

Title: Flag raising ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Memorials
Description: Flag-raising ceremony for the Day of the Covenant, performed at Groote Schuur Estate today by boys and girls of the Cape Town Voortrekkers, was watched by a crowd of about 500 people. The main speaker was the Rev. Dr. David de Villiers of the Stellenbosch Theological College.
Identifier: islandora:14605

Title: Damaged Spoornet road tanker, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railways, Apartheid, Transport, Disaster, Accident
Description: Spoornet officials inspect the damaged chemical road tanker after the "accident."
Identifier: islandora:16823

Title: Squatters, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Mother and child
Description: Mother and child, Crossroads squatter settlement, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17591

Title: Grahams Town
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Grahamstown Region (South Africa -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, telegraph lines, railways, homesteads, farm boundaries, farm names and divisional boundaries in the Grahamstown area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24828

Title: Fish Hoek, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Roads, Motorcars, Suburbs
Description: Fish Hoek, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15014

Title: Apartheid-era public library at Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Architecture, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Children, Education
Description: Bellville public library in the mid-1960s.
Identifier: islandora:16803

Title: Aerial shot of Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, City planning, Housing
Description: Arial view of the apartheid-era Coloured dormitory suburb of Atlantis, outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16706

Title: Crossroads refugees gathered at Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Demonstrations
Description: These women were in a group of about 60 Crossroads refugees who gathered at the gates of Parliament yesterday imploring that the authorities stop the killing and burning.
Identifier: islandora:17670

Title: Elsies River residents march to RSC rent offices, Cape Town
Subject: Elsies River (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, Housing
Description: Bitter residents - About 1 000 Elsies River residents marched to the RSC rent offices in Leonsdale yesterday in the name of their martyr David De Bruin to demand satisfaction from the RSC on the issue of rent arrears and evictions.
Identifier: islandora:18104

Title: Fishermen at Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Fishing industry, Beaches
Description: It is 6.30 am and the fisherman are folding nets into the boat in preparation for the catch. Their livelihood will be seriously affected by restrictions imposed on them by the Fish Hoek Town Council this week. The fisherman have no other source of income.
Identifier: islandora:14613

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