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February 22, 2023

THE GREEK CHAPEL IN ONRUS IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO VISITORS, THE RE-OPENING AND CONTACT DETAILS WILL BE ON THIS WEBSITE AT A LATER DATE.

NEWS UPDATE OCTOBER 2022 VERGELEGEN GARDEN AND HERITAGE TOUR Fourteen members experienced an interesting heritage and garden tour of Vergelegen after coffee and delicious scones. The gardens show off their Camphor and Oak trees with a backdrop of the Hottentots Holland mountains. We were reminded of the early history of […]

January 30, 2023

NEWS UPDATE – January 2023

Welcome to the history society, we look forward to you renewing your membership, form attached on your email. As mentioned at the last meeting the history society is supporting the Friends of the old Harbour Museum. The main objectives of the Friends of the Old Harbour Museum are to increase […]

October 12, 2022

Mission Station caring for Lepers in Hemel en Aarde Valley

HERMANUS HISTORY SOCIETY: Site visit on 22 August 2022 A year ago Dr Pieter Boon gave the society a very interesting talk via Zoom on the history 0f the Leprosy Institute in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley outside Hermanus. During question time at the end of his talk he was asked if […]

August 3, 2022

Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus

Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus R20 for non-members Time: 16.00 to 17.30 Topic: Le Vaillant Francois Le Vaillant was the most widely read, translated and influential early traveler to the Cape which he visited from 1781 to 1784. He was also, according to German historian of ornithology, Erwin Stresemann, the first […]