Members Meeting
The Photographic Museum is part of the Old Harbour Museum, which is itself a Provincial Museum, operating within the legislation and…
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Members Meeting
Some of the more interesting historic sites in Hermanus are now ‘public spaces’. Usually this means that ownership vests in the…
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History Narratives
From the time the New Harbour opened in 1951 to about 1970, it was the base for a perlemoen boom. Divers flocked to Hermanus, with…
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Members Meeting
It was a sunny day when Bea Whittaker introduced 25 members of the Hermanus History Society to the village of Stanford named after Sir…
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History Narratives
Hermanus has two harbours, neither of them with a proper name. They are just “The Old Harbour” near the town centre and “The New Harbour”…
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Members Meeting
Commercial fishing may have declined, crayfish and perlemoen permits may have been reduced, but we still have first-hand stories that paint…
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General
Presented by Susan Buchanan Just over 200 years ago, in 1810, a 30-year-old Englishman named William Burchell landed in Cape Town after…
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Archive
The New Harbour is a relatively under-researched aspect of Hermanus history. There are only three substantial references to it in the…
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General
The society aims to bring the history of Hermanus alive to residents and visitors. Inaugurated in May 2012 has employed a variety of ways…
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Members Meeting
Thomas Bain is internationally regarded as one of the greatest mountain pass builders of the nineteenth century. He pioneered many of the…
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General
After the AGM, members were riveted by the talk given by author Professor Nigel from the Department of History at UCT. He has written…
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Archive
Scope of Report The Chairperson’s Report reflects the period from 1 January to 31 December 2015. This brings the Society into line with…
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