Waverley, Johannesburg

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Waverley
Coordinates: 26°08′10″S28°4′42″E / 26.13611°S 28.07833°E / -26.13611; 28.07833 Coordinates: 26°08′10″S28°4′42″E / 26.13611°S 28.07833°E / -26.13611; 28.07833
CountrySouth Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established1903
Area
[1]
 • Total1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total2,419
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  Black African 31.17%
 •  Coloured 0.74%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.74%
 •  White 65.48%
 • Other0.91%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • English74.35%
 •  Afrikaans 5.59%
 •  Zulu 5.47%
 •  Sotho 0.95%
 • Other13.64%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2090
PO box
0135

Waverley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Highlands North and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is located close to the M1 highway, running North and South through Johannesburg.

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History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein. [2] It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novel Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. [2]

Education

The suburb has two schools. Waverley Girls' High School which opened in January 1953. The other is St Mary's School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but whose history goes back to its origins in 1888 in Jeppestown. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Waverley". 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.
  3. ↑ "History of St Mary's School". St Mary's School. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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