Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb in 1923 and its name originates from the nearby
Turffontein Racecourse.[2]
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abRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.
Prior to the discovery of gold on the
Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb in 1923 and its name originates from the nearby
Turffontein Racecourse.[2]
^
abRaper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412.
ISBN9781868425501.