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UPDATED: 25/06/2025 25 June 1876, Kimberley blanketed in 12 inches of snow. 25 June 1882, Five miners killed in an explosion at the KCBM Co claims in the Big Hole. 25 June 1900, Dr Leander Starr Jameson (pictured) elected MLA ...

UPDATE: 28/11/2024 28 November 1885, The first train arrives in Kimberley. 28 November 1899, The second and bloodiest battle of Carter’s Ridge. 28 November 1899, The Battle of Modder River. 28 November 1904, Dedication of the Honoured Dead Memorial. 28 November 1988, Naming of ...

UPDATE: 14/11/2024 14 November 1901, The renovated, improved Wesley Church re-opens in West End. WESLEYANS IN EARLY KIMBERLEY Some of the [early] diggers [in Kimberley] were Wesleyans and endeavoured to keep up the forms of religion. The Rev. J. Thorne ...