Rhodes Court Room, Lock-up and Post Office

The Rhodes Post Office and Magistrates Court, a favourite with photographers, is a landmark within the Rhodes Heritage Area. Here is an early history of the building. When Rhodes was established as a township on the farm Tintern in 1891, there was little need for a separate administrative centre. Barkly East was initially thought to

Henry’s son, POW, St Helena

While researching the colonial history of the Post Office and Courthouse building (1900) in Rhodes Village, this envelope was discovered on the Postal History and Postmarks website. It bears the postmark of Rhodes, Cape of Good Hope, as well as that of St Helena. There are five records of “BJ Badenhorst” on the website Anglo