After the peace Mr. van der Byl set about rehabilitating the area and in 1902 a Police Station was established and Irene Township was laid out with 337 one-acre erven. Development started at the Southern end near the railway station; the station was at the end of Nellmapius Drive which was then known as Station Road, but the name was recently changed as the station had been moved further to the North in the 1930’s. The new township’s opening was advertised in the very first issue of the Rand Daily Mail on 21st September, 1902, and it was described as the Parktown of Pretoria! In 1902, as soon as the war was over, Berite established the Irene township to “assure the outlet for the milk produced by his dairy herd” The township was laid out with 337 one-acre erven, and the development started at the south-western corner close to the station
