Avondale, Harare

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Avondale is a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, located about 3.5km north of Harare city centre. It is the earliest suburb established in Harare, having been laid out as a suburb in 1903. Prior to becoming a suburb Avondale was a dairy farm and was named after Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland the home of the 19th Century Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell. Avondale was incorporated into Harare Municipality in 1934.

The first official marriage ceremony in Zimbabwe took place on Avondale farm in 1894 when the Count de la Panouse was married to Fanny Pearson (Countess Billie) by Col. Marshall Hole, the Chief Magistrate of Salisbury. Countess Billie managed the dairy farm and at the time supplied Salisbury with 100 bottles of milk a day and 100 pounds of butter a week.

Avondale has expanded and now has an extension called Avondale West.

Avondale has a shopping centre, with two supermarkets, a fleamarket, 3 cinemas, and several restaurants, including The Italian Bakery, Scoop, Nando's, XO, Faith Wear and other shops and businesses.