Life on the Buffalo River – the Development of East London, South Africa

The river port town of East London, on the eastern seaboard of South Africa, was born in conflict in 1848, and after a long period of penury, finally commenced with more substantial development in the 1870s. The talk will provide an overview of the history and development of the town and present some of the Victorian era architecture and structures.
William Martinson is a conservation architect, a past Council Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority and a member of the Board of the East London Museum.