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Click to view map Coordinates: | Aka The Observatory built by Henry Carter Galpin houses the Camera Obscura. Galpin (owner and builder) helped to identify the first diamond discovered in South Africa (the Eureka). Proclaimed: 1980 03 07. Reproclaimed: 1992 06 04. In 1982 the house was restored by GOLDBLAT, YUILL & PARTNERS for which they received a SAIA Award of Merit. Books that reference House Galpin: Tower house, (now the Observatory Museum)
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