Johannesburg gold rush

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gold rush historical event

The Johannesburg gold rush was a late 19th-century mining boom in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa that led to the rapid growth of Johannesburg and transformed the country’s economy and demographics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Witwatersrand Gold Rush	2
Johannesburg gold rush canonical	1
gold rush on the Witwatersrand	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gold rush ⓘ historical event ⓘ
affectedGroup	African workers ⓘ Afrikaners NERFINISHED ⓘ British settlers ⓘ Uitlanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Randlords NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Witwatersrand Gold Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand ⓘ
centeredIn	Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
economicSector	mining industry ⓘ
hasCapital	Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Highveld NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of apartheid-era labor structures ⓘ patterns of urban segregation in Johannesburg ⓘ
ledTo	demographic change in South Africa ⓘ development of deep-level mining techniques ⓘ economic transformation of South Africa ⓘ environmental degradation in the Witwatersrand ⓘ expansion of railway infrastructure in South Africa ⓘ formation of mining compounds ⓘ growth of financial services in Johannesburg ⓘ growth of migrant labor system ⓘ increased British interest in the Transvaal ⓘ industrialization in South Africa ⓘ influx of foreign miners ⓘ rapid growth of Johannesburg ⓘ rise of Johannesburg as a major city ⓘ tensions between the South African Republic and the British Empire ⓘ urbanization in the Witwatersrand region ⓘ
location	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Transvaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Witwatersrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCommodity	gold ⓘ
partOf	economic history of South Africa ⓘ history of Johannesburg ⓘ
period	late 19th century ⓘ
resultedIn	concentration of wealth in mining magnates ⓘ creation of mining towns on the Witwatersrand ⓘ expansion of Johannesburg’s municipal boundaries ⓘ growth of racialized labor systems ⓘ
startDate	1886 ⓘ

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Subject: Johannesburg gold rush
Description of subject: The Johannesburg gold rush was a late 19th-century mining boom in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa that led to the rapid growth of Johannesburg and transformed the country’s economy and demographics.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Rand → associatedWith → Johannesburg gold rush ⓘ

Brakpan → historicalAssociation → Johannesburg gold rush ⓘ

this entity surface form: Witwatersrand Gold Rush

eGoli → etymologyRelatedTo → Johannesburg gold rush ⓘ

this entity surface form: gold rush on the Witwatersrand

City of Gold → historicalContext → Johannesburg gold rush ⓘ

this entity surface form: Witwatersrand Gold Rush