Newcastle

Municipality

Municipality: Newcastle Local Municipality
District Municipality: Amajuba District Municipality

Newcastle Tourism Bureau

Newcastle

Phone number: 34-315-3318
Fax number: 34-312-9815
Email: Email inquiry
Web: See the website

Newcastle is named after the Duke of Newcastle who was the British Colonial Secretary

Attractions

Also see the neighbouring towns

The Ncandy River Waterfall is 16Km from town. Rivers in the area provide good fishing. Fort Amiel, a cultrual-historical museum, overlooks the town and was built by the British in 1876. O'Neills Cottage is a museum where the peace treaty after the first Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) was signed.

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History

Newcastle was founded in 1864.

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Economy

Mining: pig-iron, calcium carbie, red oxide, high carbon ferro-manganese

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