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Irene was first proclaimed a township in 1902 by
Johannes Albertus van der Byl (better known as Bertie), who had bought the Irene Estate in 1895. Bertie was first in the line of the Irene-born van der Byls that continues to this day, and who are now in their fifth generation. The family has been
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left the Cape Colony and settled in the area near present-day Irene. Seeking economic and political independence in the hinterland, Erasmus built a farm that became known as
Doornkloof. Doornkloof became known as the "kerkplaas" of the district. When Daniel died in 1875 he left the farm to his
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Irene was the site of one of the more than forty concentration camps where the
British imprisoned the Boer (Afrikaner) women and children, whose homes had been destroyed as part of the British Army's 'scorched earth' policy during the
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In 1921 9th Irene Scout troop was founded, the 9th to open in
Pretoria. The current Scout grounds were donated by the van der Byls in 1958, at a time when they still owned most of the land in Irene.
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Nellmapius employed experts on his farm, including a Mr. Fuchs, who laid out the farmhouse gardens. Another of the authorities consulted by
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on the farm, as well as planting many hundreds of trees, something they began long before the current level of environmental consciousness.
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on the site illustrates the life-style and multi-faceted career of one of South Africa's most prominent historical figures.
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based its training camp in the township and were stationed at the
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Irene Concentration Camp Cemetery's Pillars of remembrance.
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242:Racial makeup (2011)
234: • Density
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1395:Wonderboom
1365:Waterkloof
1320:Queenswood
1270:Menlo Park
1260:Marabastad
1200:Groenkloof
1175:Eersterust
1109:Suburbs of
1050:Heuweloord
1040:Eldoraigne
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978:Saulsville
953:Onverwacht
918:Ga-Rankuwa
613:References
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529:dairy cows
221:Population
198:Main Place
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1360:Wapadrand
1355:Villieria
1350:Sunnyside
1345:Sinoville
1340:Silverton
1325:Roseville
1230:Lukasrand
1210:Hazelwood
1185:Equestria
1145:Chantelle
1095:The Reeds
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1017:Centurion
993:Zithobeni
903:Centurion
736:Lyttelton
731:Centurion
583:Centurion
520:Jan Smuts
493:Transvaal
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411:Centurion
364:Time zone
324:Afrikaans
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1315:Prinshof
1300:Orchards
1295:Newlands
1265:Mayville
1235:Lynnwood
1205:Hatfield
1170:Eastwood
1160:Danville
1135:Brooklyn
1130:Booysens
1112:Pretoria
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1060:Kloofsig
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958:Pretoria
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933:Mabopane
913:Ekangala
908:Cullinan
878:Pretoria
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383:(street)
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1065:Laudium
1045:Erasmia
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968:Refilwe
867:Gauteng
816:Midrand
431:Bakwena
415:Gauteng
313:English
180:Gauteng
163:Country
137:28°13′E
134:25°52′S
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963:Rayton
893:Akasia
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271:Indian
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1055:Irene
988:Temba
780:Irene
577:Today
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407:Irene
369:UTC+2
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317:55.4%
290:76.8%
286:White
275:Asian
253:19.8%
229:2,684
111:Irene
81:Irene
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350:1.8%
346:Zulu
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