Park Central is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein.[2] Established on the old slime dumps of the Ferreira Gold Mine, it became a suburb in May 1955.[2] It was named after Central Park, New York, at one time was also waste ground.[2] Prior to its reclamation in 2009, the main mine dump was the location of the old Top Star Drive-In.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sub Place Park Central". Census 2001.
  2. ^ a b c Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
  3. ^ Harrison, Philip (2004). South Africa's Top Sites: Science. New Africa Books. p. 112. ISBN 9780864865632.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Central,_Gauteng
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