Blairgowrie, Gauteng
# Blairgowrie, Gauteng

Blairgowrie is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland.

The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association.

## History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the future suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called $Klipfontein.^{:70}$ The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it $Craighall.^{:70}$ In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after the town Blairgowrie and Rattray in $Scotland.^{:70}$ The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 $ha.^{:70}$

