Victory Park covers 1.6 km2, including several smallholdings and a pair of blocks that include the private
Jewish high school in the
King David Schools network and the Victory Park Hebrew Congregation building. To the north is
Delta Park in
Blairgowrie, to the northeast is
Craighall Park, to the east is
Parkhurst, to the southeast is
Greenside, to the southwest is
Emmarentia, and to the west is
Linden. In the old municipal borders, Victory Park was part of Johannesburg and separated by Linden from
Randburg.
Victory Park was founded on
Braamfontein Farm in January 1919. The name was in honor of the Allied victory in
World War I.
Sources
Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). New Dictionary of South African Place Names. Johannesburg/Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.) (1978). Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.
Victory Park covers 1.6 km2, including several smallholdings and a pair of blocks that include the private
Jewish high school in the
King David Schools network and the Victory Park Hebrew Congregation building. To the north is
Delta Park in
Blairgowrie, to the northeast is
Craighall Park, to the east is
Parkhurst, to the southeast is
Greenside, to the southwest is
Emmarentia, and to the west is
Linden. In the old municipal borders, Victory Park was part of Johannesburg and separated by Linden from
Randburg.
Victory Park was founded on
Braamfontein Farm in January 1919. The name was in honor of the Allied victory in
World War I.
Sources
Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). New Dictionary of South African Place Names. Johannesburg/Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.) (1978). Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.