Eerstegoud is a village 14 km south-west of
Polokwane. Laid out in 1868, it was first called ''Marabastad''. At the request of the inhabitants the name was changed about 1954 to Eerstegoud, Afrikaans for 'first gold', in memory of the discovery in 1871 of the first gold in the
Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal.
* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
at Eersteling by Edward Button.
References
Populated places in the Polokwane Local Municipality
1868 establishments in the South African Republic
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