Douglasdale is a residential suburb in

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. It is located between the suburbs of

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and

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. Often confused as a suburb of the

District. The eight lane N1 freeway ( Western Bypass) forms its south eastern boundary. It is in Region C of the

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History

Douglasdale is built upon Douglasdale Farm, a large

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that was started in 1905 by Thomas Douglas and his wife Janet Alexander who both immigrated to South Africa from

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in 1890. They bought the farm on the Klein

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in Johannesburg and named it the Douglasdale farm. The farmhouse is one of the oldest homes in

and was built in 1905. In 1930 the family started producing milk as a hobby and in 1940 they began to retail their milk producing over 240 bottles of milk a day, by hand. In the 1950s, Douglasdale milk was delivered by horse and cart and later by delivery men on bicycles. Today the dairy produces 1.5% of the total countries daily milk production.

Education

Douglasdale is home to many different Pre-primary, Primary and secondary schools Pre-Primary * Curro Douglasdale * Douglasdale Nursery School * Little Earth Kids * Little Royal Academy * Bryndale Pre-Primary Primary * Bryndale Primary Secondary * Fourways High School * Kings College and Preparatory School

Security and Safety

The Douglasdale SAPS

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services the majority of the

District and

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area.

References

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