Kimberley Public Library
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 3 DECEMBER
3 December 1862: Title deeds to the farm Alexandersfontein granted to JC Coetzee. 3 December 1890: Rail link opened between…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 23 JULY
UPDATED: 23/07/2025 23 July 1887, Kimberley Public Library opens. 23 July 1901, The death of Joseph Pratley of Beaconsfield. 23…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 MAY
30 May 1905, Colonel Frank Rhodes restores Dalham church in England as a memorial to his brother Cecil. 30 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 MAY
UPDATED: 20/05/2025 20 May 1883, Robert Milne murdered in Beaconsfield. 20 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library and Institution officially opened. 20…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 06 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 06/12/2024 6 December 1890, First golf competition at the Kimberley Golf Club. 6 December 1890, Dr JE Mackenzie sets the…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 JANUARY
4 January 1965: Kimberley’s first black librarian, Roderick Ndaki, begins work. (Other than being born in 1942 there is no…
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