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January 30, 2023

NEWS UPDATE – January 2023

Welcome to the history society, we look forward to you renewing your membership, form attached on your email. As mentioned at the last meeting the history society is supporting the Friends of the old Harbour Museum. The main objectives of the Friends of the Old Harbour Museum are to increase […]

October 12, 2022

Mission Station caring for Lepers in Hemel en Aarde Valley

HERMANUS HISTORY SOCIETY: Site visit on 22 August 2022 A year ago Dr Pieter Boon gave the society a very interesting talk via Zoom on the history 0f the Leprosy Institute in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley outside Hermanus. During question time at the end of his talk he was asked if […]

August 3, 2022

Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus

Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus R20 for non-members Time: 16.00 to 17.30 Topic: Le Vaillant Francois Le Vaillant was the most widely read, translated and influential early traveler to the Cape which he visited from 1781 to 1784. He was also, according to German historian of ornithology, Erwin Stresemann, the first […]

July 28, 2022

NEWS UPDATE- July 2022

Previous History Meetings: 13 June John Garlick by Sherry Garlick Stanton: 465 You Tube views. Personal History of Gansbaai by Philip Fourie 25 April: 313 You Tube views. I have learnt about a fascinating museum in Grabouw: Trail’s End Bicycle Museum displaying the history of bicycles, open since October 2021. […]