History Webs
For the Drakenstein Valley
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"Gawie se Water"
in Bainskloof, Wellington is an example of
river piracy. The irrigation scheme is still used by famers of the
Bovlei. Read the
story.
Copyright
Photographs used on this website are either owned by History Webs, or reproduced with the permission of the copyright holders.
Gribble Collection
The Drakenstein Heemkring has a unique and valuable collection of 30,000 photographs taken during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The photographs are known collectively as the Gribble Collection, and include the works of James Gribble, GA Decker and Geo Bell.
Other collections
Museums and archives are a good source of photographs. The Cape Town's archive in Roeland Street has a large collection. Also have a look at the Wellington Museum, Huguenot Museum and the Museum van de Caab.
Galleries
Expedition to restore Italian
Cross, Du Toitskloof, Paarl
Gawie se Water,
Bainskloof
Lady Grey Street, Paarl c.1905
Paarl Mountain, nature reserve, Paarl
Wagons and
carts c. 1910, Paarl
WWII, Italian POWs,
Paarl