Rhodes Cottage Museum, Muizenberg, Cape Town
The book is being produced as there has been no book or article produced on the museum and Tony Westby-Nunn decided it was time to feature the museum as it stands today 2005 before its contents our last to prosterity!
The book shows each and every display and articles of furniture in each room of the cottage. In a number of instances, various pictures/images in the displays and articles in the rooms have been highlighted with additional information on them.
During the research on Rhodes and the book, a number of controversial issues have also been included – some with ‘food for thought’!
There are a number of appendices which make excellent reading and also cover additional information on the life of Cecil John Rhodes.
The book is hoped that the Rhodes scholars and Mandela Rhodes scholars who were fortunate enough to received scholarships from either institution, will obtain a copy so that they know more about the man who has given them the opportunity to further their education and future.
Western Cape Military History Society
Newsletter Issue May 2025
The Western Cape Military History Society is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Each monthly issue of the newsletter is full of military, South African and articles of other countries, stories and humour.
The May Extra 2025 Issue covers the 80th Centenary VE Day exhibition at the Castle in Cape Town which was put together by Marina Hall. The exhibition was well attended with numerous compliments. Marina Hall covered, in detail, ‘The Unsung Heroes of the Wars’ – of all races and creeds.
If you wish to join the Society and receive regular newsletters – and attend the monthly talks in Cape Town on military subjects from all countries – the talks are given by accredited speakers with visuals – the annual membership is only a mere SA Rands 60,00.
For membership contact the Treasurer: Ronnie Glass ronnie@chartac.co.za
Published Works
A TUG AT OUR HEART
The story behind South Africa’s two Super Tugs – the world’s largest and most powerful tugs in the world from the 1970s to 2000.
THEY CAME WITH CROMWELL
Produced by Eddie Jordan, this marvelous book is about the Nunn family of Wexford, Ireland. It covers the Nunn family history from their arrival in Ireland in 1647 as part of Cromwell’s army, their involvement with the Guinness family and company, and their trials and tribulations up to present day.
FORTS OF THE EASTERN CAPE
The Forts of the Eastern Cape by Prof. Colin Coetzee has been reproduced and updated in 2024 with additional information.
(See above for information on 2024 edition.)
WALTER DOUGLAS ROUGHTON
The biography of a young man from a wealthy middle-class family in England, who fought in the Anglo-Boer War, and then settled in South Africa.
FREDERICK I’ONS
An informative and relaxed reading account of Frederick I’Ons, his life in South Africa, his paintings of the Xhosa people of the Eastern Cape during the turmoil years of the Frontier Wars, and his controversial Stockenström cartoons.
THOMAS DAVENPORT
The book covers the struggle Thomas Rodney Hope Davenport in presenting the concept of equality of all peoples to the apartheid regime.
FORD AND MESSINA FAMILIES
A book on the family history of the Ford family, the descendants of James Edward Ford, an 1820 British Settler to South Africa; and the family of Guiseppe Antonio Messina from Corfu, who also arrived in South Africa in the early 1800s.
WILLOWMORE
The book covers its inception as a trading stage and stop-over for wagons travelling north and east from the coast – to present day.
SIMON’S TOWN
An illustrated Historical Perspective – co-authored by Boet Dommisse is the second publication by Westby Nunn Publishers.
PIERNEEF
The 32 Pierneef Johannesburg Railway Station panels commissioned in 1929 and completed in 1932 covering the tourist attractions of South Africa and the former territory of South-West Africa (Namibia).
UNFORTIFIED MILITARY VILLAGES
Prof. Colin Coetzee describes the circumstances which led to the beginning of the 7th Frontier War of 1850.
(A complete copy of the book is included in the Forts of the Eastern Cape book of 2024.)
1820 MATTHEWS SETTLER FAMILY
The history of the 1820 Matthews Settler family in South Africa
JANSENVILLE
Produced on behalf of the Ikwezi Municipality, Jansenville the book covers the brief history of Waterford and the railway junction town of Klipplaat.
HOUT BAY
The history of Hout Bay is covered with special emphasis on the fishing industry from which Hout Bay existed in the formative years.
GRAAFF-REINET
An illustrated historical guide published following public interest. It is of interest to tourists from South Africa and overseas.
GAME AND HUNTING
This brief book covers an extract from the time when Tony was a Field Guide for Wilderness Leadership School in the then Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), it includes a number of interesting and unusual game encounters throughout the world.
FRANK BRADLOW’S WAR
Frank Bradlow’s War is an example of commissioned work on a family history that Tony Westby-Nunn is qualified and adept at producing.
ATLATECH
The First 40 Years – 1978-2018. The book covers the company ALTALTECH from its inception in 1978 to present day 2018.
ANGLO BOER WAR TOURIST GUIDE
A Tourist Guide to the Anglo-Boer War includes information on the war, the Boer POW camps on St Helena Island and tourist attractions.
HERE COMES THE ALABAMA
The famous Confederate ship visited South African ports on a number of occasions; and it is from these visits that the song “Daar kom die Alabama” derived.
‘BOMBSIGHT’ SCOTT DFC
Commissioned by the family on the life of James Henry Scott during the Second World War – whilst serving with 12 Squadron SAAF, in North Africa, Malta, Sicily, Italy and Yugoslavia.2
FORTS OF THE EASTERN CAPE
The 2020 edition of this reprint has a new cover design in keeping with present trends. There are a number of additional articles, all relating to the era of the Frontier Wars.
(This edition was a limited run of 25 copies)