Newcastle Town Hall
The Town Hall was completed in July 1899 just in time to be occupied by the Boer Forces at the start of the Anglo Boer War in October 1899.
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The Armoury
Built as a form of defence for the town during the late1870s when the threat of war with Zululand was looming. Used as the gathering point of the local volunteers, the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, the Armoury has continued to provide…
The Carnegie Art Gallery
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Fort Amiel Museum
Fort Amiel was opened as the Cultural History Museum of Newcastle in 1990 at the restored British military base built in 1876 by the 80th Regiment or Staffordshire Regiment. It was used during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and Anglo-Boer…
Haggards Hilldrop House
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Newcastle Cemetery
At the entrance to the cemetery is a Lych Gate with memorial plaques for those that lost their lives in the two World Wars. In the Cemetery itself, there are two military sections for the Imperial forces killed in the…
Maharaj House
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