Bathurst History

When the 1820 settlers signed up for life in what is now the Eastern Cape, they were told they would be coming to a “rolling English parkland”. “They weren’t told they would have 20 000 angry neighbours.” Alan Weyer was the drawcard for…

An inspiring wrap of the very busy Historic Bathurst’s (HB) activities over the past year was complemented by TV reality show pioneer Penny Elliot’s presentation at the organisation’s AGM at the Pig and Whistle Inn in Bathurst on Thursday…

A 7km hike around Bathurst village with resident Nick Cowley last Tuesday morning was a welcome active outdoor prelude to the festivities of Christmas. It also offered a glimpse of the lives and cultural practices of early British…