Blairgowrie, Gauteng

Blairgowrie is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland.

The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association.^[2]

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.^[3]: 70 The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it Craighall.^[3]: 70 In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after her father, Rattray's birthplace, Blairgowrie in Scotland in Britain.^[3]: 70 The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 ha and was established in 1941.^[3]: 70

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