Westbury, Gauteng

Westbury
Westbury
 Westbury shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Westbury
Westbury
Westbury (South Africa)
Westbury
Westbury (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°10′56″S 27°58′24″E / 26.1823267°S 27.9732248°E / -26.1823267; 27.9732248Coordinates: 26°10′56″S 27°58′24″E / 26.1823267°S 27.9732248°E / -26.1823267; 27.9732248
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Established 1918
Area[1]
 • Total 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 13,461
 • Density 13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 9.95%
 • Coloured 87.69%
 • Indian/Asian 0.85%
 • White 0.17%
 • Other 1.41%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 56.93%
 • English 36.66%
 • Tswana 1.31%
 • Zulu 1.26%
 • Other 3.84%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 2093
Area code 011

Westbury is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the province of Gauteng. It is situated west of the Johannesburg CBD.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on farmland called Newlands that lay on the original farms called Waterval and Middlefontein.[2]:279 The suburb was established in May 1918 by the Johannesburg Town Council as an area for black residents and called it Newlands Location.[2]:279 The residents of Newlands objected to the name and during July 1919 its name was changed to Western Native Townships.[2]:279 It would undergo more name changes during Apartheid when it was declaimed as a black township on 2 January 1963 and proclaimed as the Western Coloured Township in July 1963 when forced removals were used to move coloured residents from Doornfontein and Pageview to this location.[2]:279 By 1967 it had its last name change when it became Westbury.[2]:279 Westbury is the first place black people could legally live in the City of Johannesburg.

It was build on a municipal landfill that discouraged whites from purchasing land on the adjacent Sophiatown, forcing the owner Herman Tobiansky to sell land indiscriminately to members of any race.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Westbury". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.


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