Oaklands is an affluent

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

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. It is located in

Johannesburg Region E The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality () is a Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branche ...

. It is a small suburb surrounded by the suburbs of

Houghton Estate Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. The area was designated for white residents as part of the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era and became kno ...

, Norwood,

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, The Gardens and

Highlands North Highlands North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Johannesburg Region E. It is a small suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Oaklands, Waverly, Glenhazel and Orchards. History The suburb was laid out in 1903. Its name ...

History

Oaklands came into existence in 1896. The lands owner prior to it being surveyed as a township was William Anderson Martin and purchased in 1896, consisting of 18 acres of what is now known as Oaklands and Orchards. Martin would own a large house in suburb called Avonmore a would live there until his death in 1960. The eastern border of the suburb, bounded by Orchards is separated by a seasonal ''spruit'' (stream) that has its source in the Houghton Golf Club and with a possible further source on the ridge above Louis Botha Avenue close to Fellside. Most of the stream through the suburb is now either underground or canalized with it eventually forming up with the ''Orange Grove Spruit'' and entering the ''Sandspruit'' river.

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