Oaklands is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

[2]: 162  The lands owner prior to it being surveyed as a township was William Anderson Martin and purchased in 1896, consisting of 18 acres of what is now known as Oaklands and Orchards.

[3]: 177  Martin would own a large house in suburb called Avonmore a would live there until his death in 1960.

[3]: 177 The eastern border of the suburb, bounded by Orchards is separated by a seasonal spruit (stream) that has its source in the Houghton Golf Club and with a possible further source on the ridge above Louis Botha Avenue close to Fellside.

[4]: 376  Most of the stream through the suburb is now either underground or canalized with it eventually forming up with the Orange Grove Spruit and entering the Sandspruit river.