Beaconsfield Town Hall Archives

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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 13 OCTOBER

13 October 1870, The first newspaper, The Diamond Field, published at Barkly West. 13 October 1866, Thirteen miners die at…

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UPDATED: 11/06/2025 11 June 1888, South Africa’s first War Memorial, the Beaconsfield Town Hall, opened. Pictured is the original building…

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UPDATED: 16/08/2024 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by…

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9 August 1902, Foundation stone of St Edward the Confessor in Kenilworth laid. 9 August 1902, Trooping of the Colours…