Parktown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa It was begun in 1892, when Florence Phillips rode north from the dusty mining town of early Johannesburg and found a ridge (on which the present suburbs of Westcliff, Parktown and Linksfield are built) with a view over forests to the Magaliesberg mountains. The Magaliesberg is a Mountain range extending from Pretoria in the north of the Gauteng Province to a point south of She persuaded her husband to build a house there. Soon, many wealthy entrepreneurs (see Randlord) were building mansions along the ridge, and showing off their newfound affluence with parties, croquet on the lawns, and lavish dinners. Randlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the Diamond and Gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the
Parktown was where many conspirators of the Jameson Raid against the South African Republic were based. The Jameson Raid ( December 29, 1895 - January 2, 1896) was a raid on Paul Kruger 's Transvaal Republic carried out by a This article is about the former country in Africa For the present-day country see South Africa; for the region where both are located see Southern Africa Today the suburb is home to many Victorian homes, and a number of designs by Sir Herbert Baker. Sir Herbert Baker ( 9 June 1862 in Cobham Kent - 4 February 1946 in Cobham Kent was a British architect It is located in Region 4. Region 4 was a former administrative region of the city of Johannesburg, situated almost exactly in the middle of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area.
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