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Greytown: A South African townscape

Robert F. Haswell
New Contree | Vol 14 | a780 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v14i0.780 | © 2024 Robert F. Haswell | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 July 2024 | Published:

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Robert F. Haswell, Department of Geography, University of Natal, South Africa

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With only a few exceptions, South Africa's urban settlements were founded by people of either Dutch or British descent. The Dutch-Afrikaner dorp and the British-settler town can be recognized as contrasting places, but the British takeover of each of the four provinces initiated a period in which dorp and town elements were blended. This process of inter-cultural borrowing produced South African townscapes, of which Greytown, Natal is a prime example. Townscapes are vivid reflections of cultural history, and their interpretation can therefore be a useful adjunct to other sources of historical information.

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Greytown; Natal; townscapes

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