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STANDERTON , a See also: town of the See also: Transvaal, 114 M
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S.E. of See also: Johannesburg, on the railway from that city, via See also: Newcastle to See also: Durban, distant 369 m
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Pop
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(1904), 4589, of whom 2136' were See also: white
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Standerton is 5025 ft. above the
See also: sea and is built on the See also: north See also: bank of the See also: Vaal, here spanned by two See also: fine See also: bridges
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It is the chief town of a See also: district of the same name and the 'centre of an important agricultural and pastoral region
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A See also: government See also: stud See also: farm is maintained here
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In the neighbourhood are See also: coal-See also: fields
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The name of the town is derived from that of the former owner of the site, an See also: Adrian Stander, who fought against the See also: British at Boomplaats in 1848
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The town was laid out' in 187o
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Since 1903 it has been governed by a See also: municipality
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