Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Blairgowrie is a suburb of Randburg , South Africa situated in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality South Africa. Named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland , the suburb is Johannesburg's second-largest by land area.
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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