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August 28, 2015

Overstrand Coastline – A tale of two Parts

The Overstrand Municipality has an unusually long coastline in relation to its area. Yet it has been exclusively settled from the land. This means that there are many points along the coast where human beings have come into contact with the ocean for the first time. Several realities determine what […]

August 28, 2015

Hoy’s Koppie: The Jewel of Hermanus

In the mid-19th century the early inhabitants of Hermanuspietersfontein called it “Klip Kop” – an isolated hill rising some 75 metres above sea-level on the otherwise flat plain on which their village lay. The origin of the name was fairly obvious to anyone looking at the koppie. It comprises two […]

July 19, 2015

St Luke’s Greek Orthodox Church (Not open to public)

ST LUKE’S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. 7 Riverside Lane, Onrus (PLEASE NOTE – Not open to public) On 22 October 2013 the Hermanus History Society visited St Luke’s Greek Orthodox Chapel in Onrus. Although not old, the St Luke’s Greek Orthodox Chapel is unique as it is the most southern and […]

April 21, 2015

Historical accounts of the survivors of shipwrecks along the south east coast of South Africa

Dr Gillian Vernon then addressed the meeting on the topic of historical accounts of the survivors of shipwrecks along the south east coast in the 16th to 18th century. 21 April See her latest book (Even the Cows were Amazed) in our Book Section