Blairgowrie, Gauteng

Blairgowrie
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Coordinates: 26°06′59″S28°00′34″E / 26.11639°S 28.00944°E / -26.11639; 28.00944
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Established	1928
Area [1]
• Total	4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	12,049
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	24.5%
•  Coloured	3.1%
•  Indian/Asian	9.1%
•  White	61.6%
• Other	1.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  English	71.0%
•  Afrikaans	9.5%
•  Zulu	4.3%
•  Tswana	2.9%
• Other	12.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2194

Blairgowrie is a suburb of Randburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality South Africa. It is named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland.

The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association. ^[2]

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the future suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Klipfontein. ^{[3] : 70} The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it Craighall. ^{[3] : 70} In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after her father, Rattray's birthplace, Blairgowrie in Scotland in Britain. ^{[3] : 70} The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 ha and was established in 1941. ^{[3] : 70}

References

1. "Sub Place Blairgowrie". Census 2011.
2. "Blairgowrie Community Association". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
3. Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN   1868590712.