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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 JUNE

UPDATED: 22/06/2023 22 June 1897, All De Beers employees given the day off to attend Queen Victoria Jubilee celebrations in…

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UPDATED: 01/06/2023 1 June 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines takes control of the Kimberley Mine. 1 June 1893, Anthony M Robeson…

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UPDATED: 04/05/2023 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. The GW Chamber of Commerce The Griqualand West…

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UPDATED: 16/06/2020 16 June 1896, 14 Kimberley residents drown when SS Drummond Castle sinks, 1896 16 June 1998, Businessman Poddy…

James GirdDecember 26, 2019

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Violet Bank on Park Road was built at the turn of the century (c1899/1900) and occupied until his death in…

James GirdDecember 30, 2018

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John Morrogh (1849 – 4 October 1901) was an Irish businessman and politician. According to his obituary in the Diamond…