The suburb lies in the
Johannesburg CBD with
Marshalltown to the west and
Jeppestown to the east. Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up
Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.[2] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as gold claims with this suburb was settled by prospectors from
Natal and hence called Natal Camp, one of two original camps established, prior to the surveying of Johannesburg, the other being
Ferreirasdorp.[2] The area is named after the original mine, City and Suburban Mine, that lay on the southern reaches of the suburb.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1896.[2]
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abcdRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
The suburb lies in the
Johannesburg CBD with
Marshalltown to the west and
Jeppestown to the east. Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up
Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.[2] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as gold claims with this suburb was settled by prospectors from
Natal and hence called Natal Camp, one of two original camps established, prior to the surveying of Johannesburg, the other being
Ferreirasdorp.[2] The area is named after the original mine, City and Suburban Mine, that lay on the southern reaches of the suburb.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1896.[2]
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abcdRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.