UPDATED: 17/01/2023 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020, First game of the ICC Under 19 World Cup cricket played in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in ...
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UPDATED: 02/12/2022 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1971, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and rugby, dies. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. Beaconsfield ...
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UPDATE: 14/11/2022 14 November 1901, The renovated, improved Wesley Church re-opens in West End. WESLEYANS IN EARLY KIMBERLEY Some of the [early] diggers [in Kimberley] were Wesleyans and endeavoured to keep up the forms of religion. The Rev. J. Thorne ...
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UPDATED: 23/09/2022 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris, cousin of Barney Barnato ...
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21 September 1888, Detective Robert Murray (pictured) dies in a fire on Barkly Road. 21 September 1905, The first principal of Girls High School, Miss E.L. Redford, dies. TRAGIC DEATH OF A POLICEMAN Robert Murray was born in Ireland, the ...
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UPDATED: 31/08/2022 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people attend opening of the Red Cross fete held at the Kbly Regiment. The Kenilworth Village Orchards “The shade and fruit ...
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UPDATED: 17/08/2022 17 August 1872, The New Rush’s first church opens on Newton (Dutch/Hertzog) Square. 17 August 1908, Famous SA journalist RW Murray (pictured) dies at 10 Park Lane aged 89 years. 17 August 1936, Head Constable James Shee DCM ...
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UPDATED: 16/08/2022 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by Jan Barley and Stemmer near Barkly West. Mining camps change name to Beaconsfield In the early 1880s, and as the ...
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UPDATED: 01/08/2022 1 August 1871, Pioneer cemetery opens for business. 1 August 1890, The GW Football Association inaugurated with 4 teams. 1 August 1898, The new Halfway House opens in its present position. 1 August 1911, Ecstatic crowds greet the Griqua rugby team after ...
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UPDATED: 14/06/2022 14 June 1897, Barney Barnato (pictured) jumps overboard and drowns on his way to England. 14 June 1977, SA cricketer Boeta Dippenaar born. Barney Barnato drowns near Madeira Barney Barnato, an English “diamond king,” promoter, and speculator; was ...
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