Forbes Reef (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Item
Wayside Store and Hotel, Forbes Reef, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/44
Scope and Contents
208 x 156 mm. Showing the Forbes Reef Hotel ('Walter Bros. Proprietors'), a long single storied building with a wooden trelliswork veranda and corrugated iron roof. Beside it stands the stores, a small circular hut with thatched roof. The town (now abandoned) was named after Alex Forbes, who discovered gold in the region in the late 1870s. It is situated about 15 miles west of Mbabane.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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