image by Martin Grieve, 10 Oct 2006 (redrawn from an image by Andries
Burgers)
Last modified: 2006-11-25 by bruce berry
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image by Martin Grieve, 10 Oct 2006 (redrawn from an image by Andries
Burgers)
Fish Hoek (In Afrikaans = Vishoek, from the High Dutch meaning Fish
Bay) is a coastal town at the mouth of the Silvermine River, on the
False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape province.
Previously Fish Hoek was a separate municipality but following the
re-organisation of South African local government in 1994 it became part
of the South Peninsula Municipality and from December 2000 Fish Hoek now
falls under the jurisdiction of the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.
The former municipal flag comprised three vertical stripes of gold,
black and gold, with the municipal Arms in the centre of the black
stripe.
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image
by Bruce Berry, 10 Oct 2006 (redrawn from an image sent by Andries
Burgers)
Following the proclamation of the town in 1940, the Council decided in
1941 that a coat of arms was required. The design of the former
municipal arms is said to based on the arms of a Mr A Bruyns, the
original owner of the farm in 1818 on which the town was later
established, but this cannot be confirmed. The Town Council then
approached the UK College of Heralds to register the Arms but this was
refused for the obvious reason that it was contrary to the laws of
heraldry as it incorporated a silver lion rampant on a gold shield.
Although considerable correspondence apparently ensued on this matter,
the Council refused to amend the design and there the matter rested.
The Arms were used as decals on the doors of Council vehicles and the
flag was flown at the Municipal Offices until the town was absorbed into
the South Peninsula Municipality.
Bruce Berry, 10 Oct 2006
