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Barberton

Barberton

Find property for sale in Barberton, a historical gold digger town located in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, about 40kms south of Nelspruit in the picturesque De Kaap Valley. The Barber brothers first discovered gold here in 1884 and soon tents and log huts went up, with even a hotel and bar opening. The rush lasted until 1898 when a richer deposit was found at Witwatersrand. The properties to buy in Barberton include smallholdings and farms, residential houses and homes, as well as various commercial establishments and stands for sale.

Barberton has a number of proudly restored historical buildings, with a particularly beautiful example being the Belhaven House in Lee Street. Built in 1904 for an affluent middle class family, the walls are made of corrugated iron sheets on the outside and smooth iron on the inside, with furnishings in both Victorian and Edwardian