Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Syferfontein.[2] It became a suburb on 21 May 1958, and is named after Victor Kent, a chairman of
Wanderers Club, and the man who purchased the land when the club moved from the moved from its location in the
Johannesburg CBD at
Old Wanderers to its current location what was then called Kent Park.[2][3]: 381
^
abRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
^Shorten, John R. (1970). The Johannesburg Saga. Johannesburg: John R. Shorten Pty Ltd. p. 1159.
Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Syferfontein.[2] It became a suburb on 21 May 1958, and is named after Victor Kent, a chairman of
Wanderers Club, and the man who purchased the land when the club moved from the moved from its location in the
Johannesburg CBD at
Old Wanderers to its current location what was then called Kent Park.[2][3]: 381
^
abRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
^Shorten, John R. (1970). The Johannesburg Saga. Johannesburg: John R. Shorten Pty Ltd. p. 1159.