Tag: John Vorster Square

• History of Ferreira’s Dorp (or Ferreira’s Town)

  

  Ferreira’s Dorp or Ferreira’s Town (or both one-word variations) is an area in the south-western part of the originally laid out township of Johannesburg. It borders Marshalltown, Newtown, and Westgate. It predates the birth of Johannesburg by several months and holds the early history of Africans, Chinese, Jewish, and Indian communities in the mining town…

  Marc Latilla

  September 24, 2020

  Johannesburg

  African History, Anglo American, Beth Hamadrash Fox Street, Cantonese Club, Chinese History, Commissioner Street, Ebeneezeer Church, Ferreira’s Camp, Ferreira’s Dorp, Ferreira’s Town, Forty Five Main Street, Forty Four Main Street, Fox Street, Ignatius Ferreira, Indian History, Jewish history, John Vorster Square, Magistrates Court, Ponovez Synagogue, Reunert and Lenz, St. Albans Mission church, Wesleyan Church, West Anderson Building