Provisioning Johannesburg, 1886-1906

Provisioning Johannesburg, 1886-1906

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The rapidity of Johannesburg’s growth after the discovery of payable gold in 1886 created a provisioning challenge. Lacking water transport it was dependent on animal-drawn transport until the railways arrived from coastal ports. The local near-subsistence agricultural economy was supplemented by im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cripps, Elizabeth Ann
Other Authors: Carruthers, E. J.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Food supply
Market
Grains
Vegetables
Johannesburg
ZAR
Railways
Meat
Fruit
English-speakers
Africans
Distribution
Transvaal Colony
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Johannesburg (South Africa) > History
Food supply > South Africa > Johannesburg > History
Railroads > South Africa > Johannesburg > History
Transvaal (South Africa) > History > 1880-1910
Online Access:Cripps, Elizabeth Ann (2012) Provisioning Johannesburg, 1886-1906, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5966>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5966

Internet

Cripps, Elizabeth Ann (2012) Provisioning Johannesburg, 1886-1906, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5966>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5966

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