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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Unigray is a suburb of
Johannesburg ,
South Africa , around 6 km southeast of City Hall. It lies north of Queenshaven, east of
Elladoone , and west of
Electron .
History
Unigray is on the western border of
Klipriviersberg and
Elandsfontein , both once owned by
field cornet
Jan Meyer) . Founded in 1956, it was the last township to emerge on this farm, where
Regents Park was the first back in 1904. The name comes from the Union Greyhound Racing Association, though why "grey" was misspelled "gray" is unclear.
Sources
Potgieter, D.J. (ed.) (1972).
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa . Cape Town: Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery (Nasou).
Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). New Dictionary of South African Place Names . Johannesburg/Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.) (1978). Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924 . Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.
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