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Salisbury Claims

Coordinates: 26°12′36″S 28°02′42″E / 26.210°S 28.045°E / -26.210; 28.045
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Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims is located in Gauteng
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims is located in South Africa
Salisbury Claims
Salisbury Claims
Coordinates: 26°12′36″S 28°02′42″E / 26.210°S 28.045°E / -26.210; 28.045
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Established1921
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2001

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

History

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This small suburb lies just south of the Johannesburg CBD with Marshalltown to the north and Wemmer to the south.[1] It was proclaimed a suburb on 26 October 1921.[1] Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Turffontein.[1] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as a gold claim with the mine eventually called Salisbury Gold Mining Company.[1] The area is now a mix of commercial and light industrial usage.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.