Elladoone

Elladoone
Elladoone is located in Gauteng
Elladoone
Elladoone
Elladoone is located in South Africa
Elladoone
Elladoone
Coordinates: 26°14′21″S 28°5′24″E / 26.23917°S 28.09000°E / -26.23917; 28.09000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Established1955
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2197

Elladoone is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipriviersberg.[1] It is named after the developer Arny Hohne's wife, Ella Hohne and became a suburb in 1955.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.


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