History

• Johannesburg in the 19th century
• Johannesburg in the 20th century
• Joburg's firsts
• Heritage trails
• Soweto's history

Famous personalities

• Nelson Mandela ALSO: Mandela museum: a slice of history
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Enoch Sontonga, author of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
• Johannesburg's mayors
• Mary Fitzgerald - first woman of Jo'burg
• Taffy Long
• Foster Gang

Cemeteries

• Avalon
• Brixton
• Online tool for searching burial sites

Museums

• Listing
• Apartheid Museum
• Constitution Hill
• Gold Reef City
• MuseumAfrica
• Sci-Bono Discovery Centre
• South African Military History Museum

Places of worship

• Temple Israel, Hillbrow, 1936
• St Alban's Anglican Mission Church, Ferreirasdorp, 1928
• Johannesburg Melrose Shree Siva Subramaniar Temple, Abbotsford, 1996
• Coptic Orthodox Church, Parkview, 1999
• ZCC Church, Alexandra
• Dutch Reformed Church, Fairview, 1906
• Mosque, Kerk Street, mid-1990s
• Church of Latter Day Saints, Parktown 1985
• Grace Bible Church, Pimville, 2002
• Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon, Woodmead, 1991
• Greek Orthodox Church, Hillbrow, 1912
• Dutch Reformed Church, Cottesloe, 1935
• Christ the King Anglican Church, Sophiatown, 1935
• St Mary's Cathedral, inner city, 1929
• Swaminarayan Mandir, Lenasia, 2004
• St Mary's the Less, Jeppestown, 1889
• Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Soweto, 1964
• The Lions Shul, Doornfontein, 1906
• Mosques, Vrededorp, 1930s
• St Anthony's, Crown Mines, 1976
• St Peter's Priory, Rosettenville, 1903

Heritage sites

• Listing
• Sterkfontein Caves
• Hector Pieterson memorial
• Parktown
• Liliesleaf Farm
• Art Deco architecture

In print

• Johannesburg books

For more information contact the Johannesburg Tourism Company on
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