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Conclusion
Die Dam is an historic part of old Kalk Bay. Many of the original fishing families were forced to
move by the Group Areas Act in 1964 but fortunately there are some who remain to carry
forward the history of their ancestors.
References
Western Cape Province Archives and Records Service: various family files and plans.
Deeds Office Registers with thanks to Ian Black
The Cozyn and Fortune families are thanked for giving information about the mosque and about
life in Die Dam in the years before the Second World War.
Mohane (Maooin) Cozyn, the late Mohammed Allie Fortune, and Thelma Pritchard are thanked
for their descriptions of pre-War life in Die Dam.
Kirkaldy, A. (1996)[1989] “The Sea is in their Blood”: Community and Craft in Kalk Bay, c.
1880 – 1939. Pretoria, Government Printer.
