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Rosebank, Gauteng
Rosebank is a suburb in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, 6.8km to the north of Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region B and is the location of a Gautrain station.
It began as a farm, before it was developed into a village and then a mixed residential and commercial suburb. During the apartheid era, it was classed as a "whites only" area only under the terms of the Group Areas Act.
During the final years of apartheid and in its aftermath, creative hubs and commercial businesses relocated from the Johannesburg CBD to Rosebank and other northern suburbs. Rosebank Mall was established in 1976. The Everard Read Art Gallery also relocated to the suburb, along with the national headquarters of several major South African banks and companies, as well as the local headquarters of Anglo American. In recent years, the Keyes Art Mile, an arts precinct, has been established in Rosebank.
Oxford Road runs north–south through the suburb and connects it to Johannesburg’s broader metropolitan area. Oxford Road and Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) are the primary road corridors, allowing access to neighbouring suburbs and the Johannesburg CBD.
Rosebank is generally bounded by Parkwood to the west, Melrose and Melrose Estate to the east, Parktown North to the north, and Saxonwold and Killarney to the south.
The suburb was originally a farm, Rosemill Orchards. In 1986, plots on the farm were sold by auctioneer Richard Currie and it later developed into a village. In 1919, the City Council renamed the streets to honour World War I British Admirals.
Development had begun to accelerate by 1945, and it became one of the first areas in Johannesburg to introduce a trolley-bus transport system.
The area was historically classed as a "whites only" area only during the apartheid era under the terms of the Group Areas Act, a series of South African laws that restricted urban areas according to racial classifications.
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Rosebank, Gauteng
Rosebank is a suburb in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, 6.8km to the north of Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region B and is the location of a Gautrain station.
It began as a farm, before it was developed into a village and then a mixed residential and commercial suburb. During the apartheid era, it was classed as a "whites only" area only under the terms of the Group Areas Act.
During the final years of apartheid and in its aftermath, creative hubs and commercial businesses relocated from the Johannesburg CBD to Rosebank and other northern suburbs. Rosebank Mall was established in 1976. The Everard Read Art Gallery also relocated to the suburb, along with the national headquarters of several major South African banks and companies, as well as the local headquarters of Anglo American. In recent years, the Keyes Art Mile, an arts precinct, has been established in Rosebank.
Oxford Road runs north–south through the suburb and connects it to Johannesburg’s broader metropolitan area. Oxford Road and Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) are the primary road corridors, allowing access to neighbouring suburbs and the Johannesburg CBD.
Rosebank is generally bounded by Parkwood to the west, Melrose and Melrose Estate to the east, Parktown North to the north, and Saxonwold and Killarney to the south.
The suburb was originally a farm, Rosemill Orchards. In 1986, plots on the farm were sold by auctioneer Richard Currie and it later developed into a village. In 1919, the City Council renamed the streets to honour World War I British Admirals.
Development had begun to accelerate by 1945, and it became one of the first areas in Johannesburg to introduce a trolley-bus transport system.
The area was historically classed as a "whites only" area only during the apartheid era under the terms of the Group Areas Act, a series of South African laws that restricted urban areas according to racial classifications.