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Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Founded: 1864 Named after the British Secretary for the Colonies, the Duke of Newcastle.

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List of references: Kearney, Brian. 1973. Architecture in Natal from 1824-1893. Cape Town: Balkema. pp 39, 40, 59, 64, 170 (fig 300), 172 (fig 313) Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 264 Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The Historical Monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 283-284 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 145 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 234-235 List of structures: Anglican Church - First: 1881. Anglican Church - Second: 1896. Bridge over the Buffalo River: 1898. Carnegie Library - Art Gallery: 1915. Civic Centre: n.d.. Fairleigh School: 1936. Fort Amiel: 1878. General Dealer: c1864. Hilldrop House: c1868. Holy Trinity Anglican Church: 1961. Holy Trinity Church - Proposed: 1895. Hotel for Belfast & Co Down Railway Company: 1895. Iscor Head Office: n.d.. Lutheran mission church: 1874. Madadeni Hospital: c.1966. Madadeni, Madadeni Hospital: n.d.. Memorial Hall and Library: 1879. Memorial to the Newcastle Mounted Rifles: 1899. Mosque: n.d.. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1906. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1950-1951. Newcastle Iron and Steel Works: c1918. Newcastle Mounted Rifles Memorial Hall: c1879. O'Neill's Cottage: 1870. Old Armoury: c1860. Post Office, Newcastle: c1890. Railway Station: n.d.. Residency - Second: n.d.. St Dominic's Academy: 1892-94. St Dominic's Academy Pavilion: 1916. St Dominic's Convent: n.d.. Touw's Viaduct: c. 1960s. Town Hall: 1897-1899.