Roseacre, Gauteng

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Roseacre
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Roseacre
Coordinates: 26°14′20″S28°04′52″E / 26.239°S 28.081°E / -26.239; 28.081 Coordinates: 26°14′20″S28°04′52″E / 26.239°S 28.081°E / -26.239; 28.081
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established1947
Area
[1]
  Total0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total1,709
  Density2,800/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 35.9%
   Coloured 14.0%
   Indian/Asian 6.9%
   White 37.4%
  Other5.7%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   English 50.6%
   Afrikaans 17.0%
   Zulu 8.7%
   Xhosa 2.7%
  Other21.0%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2197

Roseacre is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipriviersberg. [2] It was a proclaimed a suburb on 14 May 1947 and named after the lands owner, William Harrison and his home town of Roseacre, Lancashire. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Roseacre". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN   9781868425501.