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plaque № 12317

Johannesburg, South Africa

This house was designed in 1902 by architects, Leck and Emley, for Richard Baumann, an attorney who served on Milner's permit committee which controlled the return of Uitlanders to their homes on the Rand. Milner wanted to speed up their return from the wretchedness of the refugee camps, but the mil

itary authorities were reluctant to allow this, being more concerned about security and food shortages.

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