UPDATED: 12/02/2020 12 February 1872, Seat of Magistracy for Pniel District moved from Dutoitspan to New Rush. 12 February 1872, William Coates Palgrave appointed ARM for Beaconsfield. 12 February 1876, Telegraph office opens in Kimberley. 12 February 1880, SA cricketer ...
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23 October 1907, De Beers swimming pool on Warren Street opened to the public. DID YOU KNOW The De Beers’ swimming bath opened to the public on 23 October 1907. From its inception the Kimberley Boys’ High School pupils had ...
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UPDATED: 08/10/2019 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. DID YOU KNOW On this day, 8 October 1918, the ...
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27 August 1914, Kimberley Defence Rifle Association formed. 27 August 1916, SA rugby player and cricketer Tony Harris born. DID YOU KNOW Terence Anthony Harris, known to all and sundry as Tony, was born in Barkly West on 27 August ...
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UPDATED: 29/07/2019 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, ‘Uncle’ Dobbin (pictured) presented with the rugby Currie Cup after Griquas defeat Eastern province 16-0, the side winning six games and ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2019 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster (pictured) dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De Beers ...
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UPDATED: 06/06/2019 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June 1911, John Weston gives first public performance in an aeroplane. 6 June 1943, Well-known artist and architect William Timlin (pictured) ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel HS Harris dies (pictured). 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. DID ...
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16 May 1899, Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, LC Wilkes, dies of typhus. DID YOU KNOW Leopold Complin Wilkes (pictured) was the second Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, serving in that capacity from 1893 until his untimely death ...
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UPDATED: 09/05/2019 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...
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