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UPDATED: 23/03/2018 23 March 1872, First game of cricket in Kimberley when Natalians beat Port Elizaberthans. 23 March 1876, Dedication of the “new” Freemasons Hall in Dutoitspan Road. 23 March 1878, First issue of the Diamond Fields Advertiser, Kimberley’s newspaper. ...

UPDATED: 23/06/2017 23 June 1891, South African Teachers Association meets in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW The Catholic missionaries in Kimberley set up temporary churches of canvas, and later of wood and iron and started rudimentary schools for the children. There ...