UPDATE: 08/12/2023 8 DECEMBER 1871, Dutoitspan appointed as the seat of magistracy for Pniel District, 1871. 8 DECEMBER 1877, GW Legislative Council disbanded. 8 DECEMBER 1946, Two men killed when their aeroplane crashes at Kimberley Airport. Tragic accident at the ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2022 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
Read More »DID YOU KNOW that the village of Ritchie, a farming settlement, was originally called The Rosmead, possibly named after Lord Rosmead (Sir Hercules Robinson). In 1881 John Fraser offered plots for sale for the erection of buildings for what he ...
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