Kimberley Athletic Club Archives

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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 JUNE

UPDATED: 17/06/2025 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Poddy Shein remembered with affection…

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UPDATED: 09/05/2025 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May…

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UPDATED: 07/09/2023 7 September 1872, Governor Sir Henry Barkly arrives on the diamond fields for a visit. 7 September 1892,…

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UPDATED: 06/09/2023 6 September 1928, Springbok rugby player Ed Cotty dies at the Pulsator Works. 6 September 1937, Griqua rugby…