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- Amajuba
- Newcastle
Erf/Farm Portion: 0001/0036
Hilldrop Road
Newcastle
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This imposing building was erected by Sir Melmoth Osborne, resident magistrate of Newcastle from 1868 to 1875. Sir Rider Haggard took occupation in January 1881 and during his sojourn the Royal Commission which drew up the terms of the Pretoria Convention and which provided for the retrocession of the Transvaal after the First Anglo-Boer War, 1880-1881, held its meeting here._x000D_
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Present on this occasion were Sir Hercules Robinson, Sir Henry de Villiers, President Brand and Sir Evelyn Wood.
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History: Architectural and historical-This imposing building was erected by Sir Melmoth Osborne, resident magistrate of Newcastle (1868-75). Sir Rider Haggard took occupation in January 1881 and the Royal Commission which drew up the terms of the Pretoria Convention first met here.
The so-called Hilldrop House and the land on which it stands, situate on Subdivision 36 (a sub-division of 1) of the farm Bosch Hoek 3345, in the County of Klip River, Province of Natal, and measuring (20,2343) hectares.
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