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Turffontein

It was laid out on the farm Turffontein and proclaimed on 27 September 1886.

Turffontein Fire Station

  • Turffontein Fire Station, cnr Turffontein Rd and Turf Club St – constructed in 1910. They used eucalyptuses trees as a lookout tower.

First World War Memorial

  • First World War Memorial – Rotunda Park, Park Crescent – commemorates those who fall during the war 1914-1918.

Daisy de Melker House

  • Daisy de Melker House, 70 Turf Club St – another address given as 22 Tulley st – The female murderer stayed in the area from 1909 until 1922. She poisoned two husbands and her 20-year-old son. She was given the dead sentence.

Klipriverberg Concentration Camp Cemetery

  • Klipriverberg Concentration Camp Cemetery – cnr Columbine Ave & Maluti St, Suideroord – During the 2nd Anglo Boer War the concentration camp was at Turffontein Horse Racecourse. The cemetery was laid out in the form of coffins. The cemetery contains 692 graves. A Memorial wall is on the site with 12 headstones imbedded. Also included on the site is a Centenary Voortrekker memorial of 1838.

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