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SUMMARY:Johannesburg Heritage Foundation: Brixton cemetery tour
DESCRIPTION:Brixton Cemetery is one of Joburg’s oldest, and the tumultuous history of our city is recorded on its gravestones. Almost 90 years after her death, the crimes of the wicked serial killer Daisy de Melker continue to shock. We visit her final resting place, after she was hanged for the murder of two husbands and her son. Merchant and mayor, Norman Anstey is a more distinguished resident, as is the affable and influential Randlord, Sir Lionel Phillips.\nStafford Parker is perhaps the cemetery’s most colourful resident. On 30 July 1870 at the settlement of Klipdrift, he became the first and only President of the short-lived self-declared “Diamond Diggers Republic”. His government renamed Klipdrift “Parkerton” after its new President, and began to collect taxes (often at gunpoint). Journalist R.W. Murray described him as a “swagger citizen”, and a master story-teller, and his signature item of clothing was a large white top-hat.\nWe visit the graves of Johannesburg’s first Greek citizen, the founder of the farm (and now suburb) Douglasdale, and many others that illustrate the fascinating history of the Golden City. Our expert cemetery guides are Clare van Zwieten and SJ de Klerk, and research has been provided by the founder of Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries, Sarah Welham.\n
URL:https://joburgheritage.org.za/
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