Speaker:   Andrew Duminy                           The local legend: According to Pat Storrar, the beacon was erected on the Island in 1772 (the Van Plettenberg website says 1771),...

Speaker:  Peter Duminy This Talk has been substantially motivated by recollections, especially remembrance of straws in the wind that preceded – and help to account for – the formation of our Society  30 years ago. I have called them ‘Defining Moments’. Why?...

Speaker:     Clive Noble The Read Family James Read came to South Africa in 1808.He was a shipwright. He lived and worked in Cape Town. He went to George in 1823 where he married Anna Terblanche. They had 3 children. The 2 sons, Ignatius and James,...

Speaker:     Dr Taffy Shearing Today I have been asked to talk about aspects of the South African War from the Cape Colony perspective.  And I have decided to stick to 'Cape Rebels 1899-1902'; and to introduce you all to The Rebel Record,...

Speaker:         Prof Judith Sealy The many caves and open-air archaeological sites on the Robberg Peninsula have long been known to contain a wealth of archaeological material, some of it many hundreds of thousands of years...

Speaker:     Edwin van Huyssteen My grandfather and grandmother van Huyssteen had, with two ox-wagons, moved to Soetkraal in 1936 .  They had come from Clarence – that was on the de Vlugt side.  They were in their early-fifties and had...

Speaker:         Dr Janette Deacon Location and history Matjes River Rock Shelter is on private property above the western bank of the mouth of the Matjes River, a small stream a few hundred metres east of the beach at...