Tag: Fever hospital

• Hospital Hill (Old Suburb between Braamfontein & Hillbrow)

  

  Hospital Hill was a popular name for the eastern part of the March 1888 surveyed part of the township of Johannesburg. It included the land on the hill where the first general hospital was built (the land granted by the government), Joubert Park and northerly surrounds, Kruger Park (which became the Wanderer’s Sports Club) and…

  Marc Latilla

  January 2, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Athenaeum club, Constitution Hill, Esselen, Fever hospital, Florence Nightingale Clinic, Fort, Gordon Leith, Government Mortuary, Governor’s House, Hillbrow Hospital, Hillbrow Recreation Centre, Hospital Hill, Non-European Hospital, Old Gaol, Old Johannesburg General Hospital, Public Works Department, Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, Sir Herbert Baker, South African Institute for Medical Research, Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children, Woman’s Prison

• History of Braamfontein Pt.4 (Rand Show, WITS, Nunnery, Brewery)

  

  The Milner Park history of the Rand Easter Show (or Witwatersrand Agricultural Show as it was known) Read the 1894-1902 history of the Rand Show HERE In 1903 Lord Milner convinced the Transvaal government to donate a large open space to the city as a gift. It was named Milner Park and was to become…

  Marc Latilla

  April 29, 2015

  Johannesburg

  Aerial photographs, Braamfontein, Early Johannesburg, Empire Exhibition, Empire Road, Fever hospital, Golden Jubilee, Helpmekaar School, Holy Trinity Church, Jan Smuts Avenue, King George VI, Lord Selborne, Nunnery, Ohlssons Cape Brewery, Public Works Department, Rand Show, SAB, UJ, University of Johannesburg, WITS University, Witwatersrand Agricultural Society