Dutoitspan Cemetery
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 MARCH
UPDATED: 24/03/2026 24 March 1881, Orange River in flood, pont not working. 24 March 1883, Gladstone cemetery opens. 24 March…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 03 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 03/02/2026 3 February 1906, Thrice Mayor of Kimberley, Moses Cornwall dies. 3 February 1910, Town Clerk of Beaconsfield, James…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 JANUARY
UPDATED: 21/01/2026 21 January 1872, Church school opens its doors in Dutoitspan. 21 January 1900, Long Cecil fires its first…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 13 AUGUST
UPDATED: 13/08/2025 13 August 1924, Marthinus Kruger dies after a rugby injury during practice. 13 August 2016, Professor Elaine Rosa…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 JULY
UPDATED: 15/07/2025 15 July 1871, Diamond News reports that there are 43 graves in Dutoitspan cemetery. 15 July 1916, The…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 SEPTEMBER
21 September 1888, Detective Robert Murray dies in a fire on Barkly Road. 21 September 1905, The first principal of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 AUGUST
10 August 1917, Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke killed in action in East Africa. 10 August 1960, De Beers Yacht Club officially…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 DECEMBER
28 DECEMBER 1888, Two men die in a slip of ground in Bultfontein Mine. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT The Diamond Fields…
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