Blairgowrie, Gauteng

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The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association.[1]

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.[2]Template:Rp The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it Craighall.[2]Template:Rp In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after her father, Rattray's birthplace, Blairgowrie in Scotland in Britain.[2]Template:Rp The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 ha and was established in 1941.[2]Template:Rp

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