Dunkeld is a suburb of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. It is located in
Region 3. It is bordered by the suburbs of
Hyde Park and
Illovo to the north,
Melrose to the east,
Rosebank in the south and to the west,
Dunkeld West.
Origin of the name
The
Dunkeld
Dunkeld (, sco, Dunkell, from gd, Dùn Chailleann, "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to t ...
suburbs name has it origin in a small town in
Perth and Kinross,
Scotland
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.
The township was laid out in 1904.
The main street through the suburb, Bompass Street, is named after accountant and real estate pioneer Frank W.R. Bompass.
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References
External links
Scottish Place Names in Johannesburg, South Africa
lists suburbs with Scottish placenames.
Johannesburg Region B
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