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The village was established around 1916 when European woodcutters from Knysna were resettled in Jonkersberg, as well as Franschhoek. [1] [2] Jonkersberg lies at the foothills of the Outeniqua Mountains. [3] In the 2011 South African census the village's population was 114 people living in 24 households. [4]
Millwood in South Africa was the site of a short-lived gold rush in the 1880s. Millwood Mining Village was located in the foothills of the Outeniqua Mountains near Knysna and had a population of a few hundred at the height of its small-scale mining activity which lasted only five years, largely due to the difficulty of following the vein in much-folded formations.
The Outeniqua Mountains, named after the Outeniqua Khoikhoi who lived there, is a mountain range that runs a parallel to the southern coast of South Africa, and forms a continuous range with the Langeberg to the west and the Tsitsikamma Mountains to the east. It was known as Serra de Estrella (Mountain of the Star) to the Portuguese. [1]
Outeniqua Choo Tjoe. The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe was South Africa's last scheduled mixed steam train service and operated on the Outeniqualand Preserved Railway between George and Knysna on the Garden Route. Opened in 1928 and declared a preserved line in July 1993, this train winds its way through picturesque scenery.
Outeniqua may refer to: Outeniqua Mountains , a mountain range that runs a parallel to the southern coast of South Africa SAS Outeniqua , a sealift and replenishment ship operated by the South African Navy
Principal architects Notes L. S. Ayres flagship, addition 38-40 S. Meridian St. Indianapolis: 1946 part of Washington St–Monument Cir Historic District [1] Oak Ridge New Town Master Plan Oak Ridge, Tennessee: 1949 John O. Merrill [2] Manhattan House: Manhattan, New York: 1951 New York City Landmark [3] Lever House: Manhattan, New York: 1952 ...
The Mission Station was founded in 1808 by Moravian missionaries on the site occupied by the Dutch East India Company's military outpost, "'t Groenekloof", from 1701 to 1791. The old farm house (now the parsonage) was certainly built before 1770, and the original gable of the church building bears the date 1818, although later it was slightly ...
Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban planning design firm headquartered in Miami, Florida’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The firm also has offices in ten other cities throughout the world. [1]