Steve Lunderstedt
December 15, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 15/12/2020 15 December 1887, GRK Bradshaw, the Magistrate of Beaconsfield, killed when he fell off his panicked horse that had collided with a Cape cart between Beaconsfield and Kimberley. 15 December 1937, Miss Caroline Maritz gives a display of acrobatic ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
December 8, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATE: 08/12/2020 8 DECEMBER 1871, Dutoitspan appointed as the seat of magistracy for Pniel District, 1871. 8 DECEMBER 1877, GW Legislative Council disbanded. 8 DECEMBER 1946, Two men killed when their aeroplane crashes at Kimberley Airport. DID YOU KNOW Two ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
November 23, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 23/11/2020 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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Steve Lunderstedt
November 19, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
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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Steve Lunderstedt
November 17, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
17 November 1871, The first Commissioners for Kimberley arrive from the Cape. 17 November 1904, Premier Mine re-named Wesselton Mine. 17 November 1912, 15 year old Jack Chappell dies in Kenilworth after eating tainted ham. PREMIER MINE RE-NAMED WESSELTON MINE ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
November 13, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
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. “Vader” Kestell begins his ministry at ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
November 4, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
4 November 1899, General C.J. Wessels demands immediate surrender of Kimberley. 4 November 1927, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers MBE, dies. (Pictured is Fergus and Lucy Carstairs-Rogers, and the City Hall he designed.) The death of Fergus Carstairs-Rogers Fergus Carstairs-Rogers ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
October 12, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATE: 12/10/2020 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 1899, H Robinow, DBCM Director, dies. 12 October 1910, A packet of 103 diamonds found ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
September 28, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
28 September 1994, The Transport Museum at the Railway Station opens. The Railway Station Museum 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 ...
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Steve Lunderstedt
September 16, 2020
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 16/09/2020 16 September 1901, Frans Matlap dies during blasting operations at De Beers mine. 16 September 1920, Andrew Kiddie, the founder of the bakery, dies. 16 September 1925, Architect Daniel W Greatbatch dies. 16 September 1964, Clarence Edward Crowther ...
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