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Gallagher Convention Centre

Convention centre in Midrand, Johannesburg

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ5518826 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Gallagher Convention Centre is a convention centre in Midrand, South Africa and is the seat of the Pan-African Parliament. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cape Town-based investment holding company Hosken Consolidated Investments.

Marking its first time, Gallagher Convention Centre was the host venue for the Miss World 2009 Grand Coronation Night.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Gallagher Convention Centre” as convention centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995. The account is most persuasive where Gallagher, Convention and Centre can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as convention centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5518826. Authority coordinates are -26.002, 28.130. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gallagher Convention Centre” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.