For more information, go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban - for a quick background reading

http://armadillo.co.za/TimeTraveller/ - is a great site for selected moments in Durban history, well illustrated and designed

http://www.southafrica-travel.net/kwazulu/edurban1.htm - for a very brief history

http://www.durban.co.za/factfile/default.asp?txt=history - has a slightly more detailed history

http://www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Tourism_and_Leisure/the_arts/museums/5800/view?
searchterm=durban%20history - for a brief outline of a very special history museum

http://durban.kzn.org.za/durban/about/31.xml - has a brief overview of some musea in Durban

http://www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Tourism_and_Leisure/the_arts/museums/5801/view?
searchterm=durban%20history - is an overview of the Local History museum

http://www.airports.co.za/home.asp?pid=422 - for a brief history of the airport

http://www-gis2.durban.gov.za/website/atest/viewer.htm - for a local area map

http://www.dit.ac.za/about.php?about_id=2 - provides a history of Durban in the South African context, with specific reference to one education institution