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STANDERTON , a See also:town of the See also:Transvaal, 114 M. S.E. of See also:Johannesburg, on the railway from that See also:city, via See also:Newcastle to See also:Durban, distant 369 m. Pop. (1904), 4589, of whom 2136' were See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. 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. It is the See also:chief town of a See also:district of the same name and the 'centre of an important agricultural and See also:pastoral region. A See also:government See also:stud See also:farm is maintained here. In the neighbourhood are See also:coal-See also:fields. 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. The town was laid out' in 187o. Since 1903 it has been governed by a See also:municipality.
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