UPDATED: 23/11/2018 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in Kimberley announced – 4861. 23 November 2006, Upgraded Kimberley Mine Museum opens. 23 November 2013, Dog rescued from the Big Hole. ...
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19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...
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UPDATED: 15/11/2018 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...
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13 November 1881, Rev JD Kestell takes up his ministry at Dutoitspan. Pictured is JD Kestell as a young minister and the NGK building in Dutoitspan that opened officially for worship in December 1881. DID YOU KNOW Dr John Daniel ...
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UPDATE: 12/10/2018 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of Nazareth arrive in Kimberley. 12 October 1910, A packet of 103 diamonds found while cleaning the Pioneers cemetery. 12 October 1917, Kekewich ...
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11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War commences at 17:00. (Pictured is the Club after the 1895 fire). DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Club has twice been destroyed by fire ...
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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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28 September 1994, The Transport Museum at the Railway Station opens. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Transport Museum is situated in the part of the railway station previously used as a railway restaurant/café and Post Office. It was officially opened ...
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14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. DID YOU KNOW The Jewish Synagogue (Shul) on Memorial Road opened for services on 14 September 1902. It is generally considered the most attractive shul in the country and one ...
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11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. DID YOU KNOW There have been two train accidents on Dronfield farm. Both were derailments after ...
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