Object Listing

The Parliament Collection:
Fighting between tribes of Lower Ethiopia. One of the men is shooting arrows at another man up against a tree. (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
A map of the Northern part of Africa (Aethiopia Superior vel Interior) (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
A map of Madagascar (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
People of Madagascar chanting and dancing around a fire. The consecration of a new house (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Showing the Roandrians of Madagascar in traditional dress. Person holding an umbrella and being transported in a litter (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Image of a Bammia and a Mosch plant (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Preparing for a Roandrian funeral. A large boulder being transported in the background (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Clothing and weapons of the inhabitants of Manghasia / St. Lucia (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Circumcision ceremony of the Roandrian children (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
A view of St. Helena (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Map of the Cape Verde Islands (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
The Forts of Nassau and Orange on the Island Goeree, Netherlands (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Interior view of Fort Nassau on the the Island Goeree, Netherlands (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Map of the Canary Islands and Madeira (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
View of Mount Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Map of Malta (Part of a book, see 32301)

The Parliament Collection:
Early printed book

The Parliament Collection:
Group portrait photograph of 36 men seated and standing in 3 rows in the grounds of the Durban Town Hall. 2 copies: 44452 & 44453. Fourth Row: Mr G.T. Plowman, C.M.G. (Natal. Secretary to Convention); Mr W.E. Bok, (Interpreter); Mr. G.R. Hofmeyer, (Transvaal. Secretary to Convention); Col. W.E.M. Stanford, C.E., C.M.G., M.L.A. (Cape); Hon. C.P.J. Coghlan M.L.C. (Southern Rhodesia) Third Row: Gen. Delarey M.L.A. (Transvaal); Mr. W.B. Morcom K.C., M.L.A. (Natal); Hon. A.Browne M.L.C. (O.R.C); Mr. T. Hyslop M.L.A. (Natal); Mr. J.W. Jagger M.L.A. (Cape); Hon. C.J. Smythe M.L.A. (Natal); Sir George Farrar M.L.A. (Transvaal); Gen. the Hon. J.C. Smuts M.L.A. (Transvaal. Col. Secretary); Mr. A.M.N. de Villiers (O.R.C. Secretary to Convention) Second Row: Hon. E.H. Walton M.L.A. (Cape); Col. the Hon. E.M. Greene M.L.A. (Natal. Minister of Railways and Harbours); Mr. H.C. van Heerden M.L.A. (Cape); Dr. J.H.M. Beck M.L.A. (Cape); Mr. G.H. Maasdorp M.L.A. (Cape); Mr. H.L. Lindsay M.L.A. (Transvaal); Hon. F.S. Malan M.L.A. (Cape. Sec. for Agriculture); Gen. S.W. Burger M.L.A. (Transvaal); Hon. Dr. T.W. Smartt M.L.A. (Cape); Gen. the Hon. C.R. de Wet M.L.A. (O.R.C. Minister of Agriculture); Rt. Hon. L.S. Jameson P.C., M.L.A. (Cape); Hon. H.C. Hull M.L.A. (Transvaal. Col. Treasurer); Gen. Hertzog, M.L.A. (O.R.C. Attorney-General); Mr. E.F. Kilpin C.M.G. (Cape. Chief Secretary to Convention) Front Row: Hon. J.W. Sauer M.L.A. (Cape. Commissioner for Public Works); Hon. J.X. Merriman M.L.A. (Cape. Premier); Hon. M.T. Steyn (Vice-President of Convention); Hon. A. Fischer M.L.A. (O.R.C. Premier); Rt. Hon. Sir J.H de Villiers P.C., K.C.M.G. (Cape. Chief Justice and President of Convention); Genl. the Rt. Hon. L. Botha P.C., M.L.A. (Transvaal. Premier); Rt. Hon. F.R. Moor P.C., M.L.A. (Natal. Premier); Sir W.H. Milton K.C.M.G. (Administrator of Southern Rhodesia); Sir J.P. Fitzpatrick M.L.A. (Transvaal)

The Parliament Collection:
Drawings on both sides of the card. Front shows the estates on the slopes of the mountains, giving the name of each, from Zonnebloem below Devil's Peak to Tamboers Kloof and Schotsche Kloof on the slopes of Signal Hill. On the back of the drawing is a rough draft of it, giving the title as above, and signed in ink.

The Parliament Collection:
Monotone ink and wash painting showing one man standing at a table and 12 other men seated around him at the table. They all have documents and a pen stand in front of each of them. The standing man is gesticulating with a document in his outstretched left hand. A large group of spectators is seated in the public gallery at the back. A row of open sash windows along the back wall.

The Parliament Collection:
An angry mob of men gathered in the courtyard of the Old Supreme Court (now Slave Lodge). Some hold sticks and batons and one points at the building where the Council met.

The Parliament Collection:
B&w photo by Arthur English of Roworth's oil painting. Shows the members of the National Convention with the Chairperson Lord de Villiers standing in front in the middle.

The Parliament Collection:
Side view of the eastern wall of the building, viewed from the garden of the Lodge. The entrance to the Lodge with its Classical pillars is partly visible on the left. Cape House of Assembly, 1854-84. (Banqueting hall of the Lodge de Goede Hoop, Cape Town); Lodge de Goede Hoop, Cape Town

The Parliament Collection:
View of doorway and courtyard at section of the Cape Legislative Council, 1834-84.

canid fossils 

The Parliament Collection:
Block-printed book a fold-out map of Brest (between pp 13 and 14): plates (wood blocks) of African huts (between pp 66 and 67); a rider on a camel (pp 76-77); a woman (102-103); man with bow (132-133); woman and children (134-135). Les Voyages du Sieur Le Maire aux Iles Canaries, Cap-Verd, Senegal, et Gambie : sous Monsieur Dancourt, Directeur General de la Compagnie Roiale d'Affrique

canid fossils 

Sorting of charcoals per decapage after sieving >3mm

Ostrich Eggshell Bead