Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Wanderers Athletic Club is the second oldest athletics club in South Africa and has arguably the most distinguished history of any South African athletics club. The club was founded with the main Wanderers Sporting Club in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, at the site of what is now the Johannesburg train station in 1889.The club's beginnings are closely linked to the history of Johannesburg as the city was only established three years before the founding of the club when gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand area 100 km (60 miles) north of the Vaal River. The Wanderers Ground was the location of first South Africa Track and Field Championship in 1894 and in the 70th Anniversary Edition of the Wanderers Club Magazine published in 1959, the author of an article on the club athletics section stated before a survey of the club's historyt that "the story of Wanderers Athletics is practically the story of South African athletics".