South Africa Collection

Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycad
A watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)

Raper drawing No. 11
Views in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope. (a) the Sugar Loaf [and] the Lyons Rump & Sugar-Loaf on with the Table-Land 1790

South Africa Hottentot. Bush woman
Old photograph from the Collection anthropologigue du Prince Roland Bonapart

Red Cross Nurses - Boer War
South Australian red cross nurses, who went to South Africa with the colonial contingent. They worked during the Boer war (Oct 1899 ?? May1902)

Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise flower
Watercolour on card, 1880-1913 by Emily J. Balston (nee Whitehead) (1848-1914). Held in the Library and Archives

Roode Sand Pass
Hand coloured aquatint View of the Roode Sand Pass near the Cape of Good Hope, drawn by Henry Salt, Engraved by I. Buck, 1809 Date: 1809

Simons Town, Cape of Good Hope, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bay in Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Lions Head, Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Lions Head, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View to Harbour down dry stream bed. South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Bay in Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Avenue, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Diamond field, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Devils Bridge, Cape of Good Hope. Western Cape, South Afri
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sir Dr. John Kirk (1832-1922)
Portrait of Dr. John Kirk, a naturalist who collected specimens from all over South Africa

Western headland of Magaliesberg

The South Africa Gold Fields Exploration Co. House
Located at Hartley Hill Simbo Rivulet Um Vuli River, September1870. Sketch 46 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Wagons of the South African Gold Fields
Exploration Companys leaving Potchefstroom, Transvaal Republic [1869] Sketch 9 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Pilansberg from Brak legte sandflat north of Brak spruit May 1869 Sketch 13 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Cold Bokkeveld meteorite photomicrograph
Thin section of the carbonaceous chondrite in the petrological microscope, showing a near circular chondrule about 1mm in diameter. The fall was in Cape Province in 1838

Raper drawing No. 12
View of the Table-Land from the Anchorage in the bay of Cape Good-hope. By George Raper, 1792

Diamond fields, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Lions Head, Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

An avenue near Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Devils Peak, Cape Town, South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Verdite
Polished surface of a verdite specimen from Jamestown, Transvaal. Verdite is also known as Africas Green Gold. It is a silicate mineral and often used for decorative carving and sculpture

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