Newcastle

Tourism Newcastle

Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

01N | The Newcastle Tourism Information Office is situated in the old Town Hall on Scott Street.

Newcastle Town Hall

Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

02N | The Town Hall was completed in July 1899 just in time to be occupied by the Boer Forces … Read More

The Carnegie Art Gallery

Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

03N | The Carnegie Gallery can be found in the Municipal Gardens across the walkway from the municipal offices between … Read More

Haggards Hilldrop House

15 Hilldrop Road, Hilldrop, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

04N | Rider Haggard’s Hilldrop House built in 1875, is situated on an estate known as Roy Point and was … Read More

The Armoury

Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

05N | Built as a form of defence for the town during the late1870s when the threat of war with … Read More

Fort Amiel Museum

Fort Amiel, 4 Fort Street, Amiel Park, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

506 | Fort Amiel was opened as the Cultural History Museum of Newcastle in 1990 at the restored British military … Read More

Newcastle Cemetery

Hardwick Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

06N | At the entrance to the cemetery is a Lych Gate with memorial plaques for those that lost their … Read More

Hindu Shiva Temple and Mahatma Gandi

Kirkland Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

07N | Built in 1903 this rather unique temple looks almost miniature, yet it is reputed to have the largest … Read More

Chief Albert Luthuli and the Blaauwbosch Methodist School and Church

Blaauwbosch, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

08N | The area of Blaauwbosch was bought in 1895 by a private syndicate consisting of 31 Christian Zulu landowners. … Read More

King Dinuzulu and the Old Prison

Hospital Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

09N | Completed in 1905 “His Majesty’s Goal, Newcastle”, was at the time considered “the most up-to-date institution” of its … Read More

Maharaj House

Boundary Street, Lennoxton, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

10N | This typical colonial Victorian house in Lennoxton was the family home Mac Maharaj, who was a founder member … Read More

O’Neil’s Cottage by Delicia

Margaret, Ellen Norah Wilson married Stephen Gregory. Stephen Gregory's father was John Henry O'neill, family tree is on Family Search. Spelling of O'neill varies, my grandfather was O'neill, his brother was O'neil.

Fugitives’ Drift Lodge by Philasande Buthelezi

I like this accommodation one day I want to visit

Mpande’s Grave – Nodwengu Museum by Ntuthuko

Ngwenya comes from Ngwenyama or Ngonyama in popular Zulu tick. Also called Nkuna or Gona or Chuka (Kenya) or Ngcuka or Kau or Khalo or lokha or Ilunga (Congo). The Congolese hold that it is the Ilunga tribe of the Lunda-Luba who became Zulus but tge word Lunda-Luba is another way of writing Zulu as Lunda = Elephant = Ndou = Zhou = Tlou = Ndlovu =Njobvu (Swahili-Kenyan) then Lunda-Luba becomes Zhou-Luba which is then Zuluba or BaZulu like how Sotobe = Besoto. When writing in French English alphabet-spelling Zulu becomes Zhoulou or Soulou. Zulus are native all over th3 world lioe South East Asia, India, South Pacific and Australia where black people are indigenous before current settlers ans dominant cultures stayed there. That is why all these countries have a sizable black population and they did not go there as slaves but they were found there by Chinese, White and India settlers. That is why they all have an indiginous black people problem. Anyway, the Phillipines and Indonesian Zulus were called Sulu - and they called themselves Maharlinka (Maluleka- KaMnyeni or KaCele or Khangela - npw callinh themselves Xhosa and living in the Eastern Cape) and Macabebe (BakaBhebhe - Mhlongo - now calling themselv3s Sothos or Barolong ba ga ... also called Zungu or Zongo or Ngozo). I also have pictures of them looking pretty black and African. They lived there in the 1200s -1600s when the Dutch deported them to South Africa, some went to live in Papua New Guinea, Australia and West Papua province of Indonesia. There are records that indicate that these Sulus who were Islam like Zwide and Dingaan (anywhere you find their people in Africa, a large portion of Bantus are muslim). Their princes were called Tuan, we call them Mntwana. I have done a lot of research on them, they were black. Only a few years after slavery ended did King Shaka rise to power.