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From: "dpratt" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] PEERS - Wynberg and Fish Hoek
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 17:24:56 +0200
References: <E1078912-ADBB-11D7-A012-000393766978@alphalink.com.au>


No, Andrew, Peers Cave is on the little hillock between Fish Hoek Valley and
Clovelly Golf Course. Surrounded by sand dues, it now has Fish hoek rapidly
creeping up on it as Fish hoek expands. I owe a house moreor less opposite
it - but now live in the Church rectory and let my house.

The other caves are know as Kalk Bay Caves and are one of the few caves in
the Peninsula which can be explored.

Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Rodger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA] PEERS - Wynberg and Fish Hoek


> Well, well, a blast from the past! If Peers Cave is the one I think it
> is, it is between Fish Hoek and Kalk Bay, and is one of several in that
> range of hills. I went through one of those caves with a friend and
> fellow-student in my UCT days, and nearly got stuck in a narrow passage
> which turned at right angles to s straight-down direction halfway
> through, which my friend called "Edward's Limit". The cave was partly
> Table Mountain sandstone and partly huge granite boulders, and very
> abrasive on the inside! But I never did hear of the person after whom
> the cave was named.
>
> Andrew Rodger, also in Australia.
>
> On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 05:36 PM, Shelley Farr wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am new to the list and wonder if someone can help me with
> > information. I
> > live in Australia.
> > I am researching my husband's ancestors and have found that one of his
> > relatives is Victor Stanley PEERS, born New South Wales in 1875 (son of
> > Lewis Arthur PEERS and Mary Ayis YOUNG), married in Tasmania in 1902 to
> > Bella MYLES. There was a notice in a Tasmanian paper that there was a
> > son
> > born to them 16/6/1903 in Wynberg.
> >
> > I have found references on the internet regarding a Victor Stanley PEERS
> > discovering ancient skeletons with his son Bertie (Bertram at one site)
> > in a
> > cave near Fish Hoek - later name Peers Cave. I think that this is
> > probably
> > the man I am looking for, but need further information to back it up.
> > There
> > is also mention of a rare plant of South Africa being named after him
> > (Lachanelia peersii).
> >
> > Does anyone have access to BDM data and would be able to do a lookup
> > for me
> > on this family? I am not sure what resources are available for South
> > Africa. Victor Stanley Peers also served in the Boer War.
> >
> > I would welcome any information that is available, as all I have on this
> > family is what I have written here.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Shelley (Queensland)
> >
> >
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