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Tag Archives: Blaauwbank
Gravehunting in Magaliesburg
Lets face it, Magaliesburg is a small town stuck in a slightly different era. Its history isn’t really written down and finding anything about its past has been a pretty fruitless exercise. Looking at the area through Google Earth reveals heaps … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Magaliesburg, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa, West Rand
Tagged Blaauwbank, Class 12AR-1535, farm, graveyard, Magaliesburg, Steenkoppie, Vlakdrift, Zuickerboschfontein
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Ruins in the veldt
One of the questions that cropped up during my explorations of the Jameson Raid remnants was the whereabouts of the grave of a certain “Trooper Black” that is listed as being buried at “Blaauwbank”. I no longer recall where this information … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Magaliesburg, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged Blaauwbank, Cemetery, farmhouse, graveyard, Jameson Raid, Magaliesburg, Zuickerboschfontein
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