Johannesburg Country Club

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About Johannesburg Country Club

Developed by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation in consultation with the City of Joburg

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1 Napier Road, Auckland Park
December 2018

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THE COUNTRY CLUB, JOHANNESBURG Previously the site of a Voortrekker homestead, the club was opened on 22nd December 1906 by the Mayor. It comprised 46 acres and offered a welcome respite from the clamour and dust of the town. Here members enjoyed extensive gardens (designed later by Joane Pim) and a lake. Sporting facilities included golf, squash, cricket, swimming, polo, boating Ð and fox hunting. It was declared a conservation area in 1998.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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