It is one of the older residential areas of the Northern Suburbs, having been created as a residential area for the poorer relatives of the Randlords who had built their mansions on Parktown Ridge during the early days of the Rand gold rush (during the 1890s).
Once based in the Transvaal many set up residence in the mansions of Parktown.
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Together with Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato, Alfred Beit and others, the Albu brothers belonged to the wealthy and influential Randlord set.
Julius Wernher (1850–1912), German-born British Randlord and entrepreneur
It was created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord and art collector Julius Wernher.