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Brown plaque № 6384

Knysna, South Africa

1880. Melrose House/The Convent. The lot on which this double-story building stands was originally part of the farm Melkhoutkraal bought on the death of George Rex by John Sutherland who in turn sold it to Maria Stroebel in 1860. This building was hired by the Colonial Office from Hendrik Stroebel a

nd used as Government Offices and Courthouse by Knysna’s first magistrate, James Fichat, until the early 1880’s when Magistrate Jackson moved to what is now the Police Station in Main Street. The buil

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