Elladoone

Elladoone
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Coordinates: 26°14′21″S 28°5′24″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Established	1955
Time zone	UTC+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. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.