The area lies to the south of the Johannesburg CBD and is surrounded by the suburbs of Regents Park, Rosettenville and Linmeyer.

[2] It would be proclaimed as suburb on 29 January 1919 and its name is derived from hill it sits upon.

Coetzer Primary School opened in 1952 and is named after a South African artist W.H.

[3] The park consisted of a portion of land once part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipriviersberg.

The park, consisting of natural veld, is now earmarked for housing development.