History t1 - local history & Pinelands Flashcards
Name 4 ways to find out about local history?
Writing, photos/pictures, spoken stories/interview and objects (also called artefacts)
Name some examples of written history
notebooks, newspaper, posters, diaries, letters
What objects can we look at to find out how people live/lived?
The things that they have thrown away
What was the area where Pinelands is before it was a suburb?
A FARM called “Uitvlugt” where thousands of pine tress were planted, and became a FOREST RESERVE. It was also used as an army camp in the Anglo-Boer war (1898-1902).
What are garden cities?
New towns that were PLANNED to provide
- pleasant living environments with
- public parks
- space for schools
- playing fields
- hospitals
- churches, shops and
- most importantly businesses and industries to employ residents of the twons
Why were garden cities invented?
As a response to the appalling conditions that many English people lived in at the start of the 20th century (around 1900)
When did Garden Cities start in South Africa?
19 June 1919 when the government granted the Uitvlug forest reserve to the Garden Cities trustees (for creating Pinelands)
What and when was the first house in Pinelands? What is important about it?
3 Mead Way built in 1922
It was in the Tudor style with a thatched roof
It was declared a nationial monument in
When was Pinehurst Primary was built?
Built in 1966 but only started teaching in January 1967
How many children were at Pinehurst when it started in 1967?
101
What is our school motto?
We learn so that we may serve
What is an archeologist?
someone who studies the remains of ancient civilisations
Who was the founder of Pinelands?
Sir Richard Stuttaford
(got the idea from Sir Ebenezer Howard
