Steve Lunderstedt
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 JULY
UPDATED: 31/07/2025 31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 JULY
30 July 1870, Stafford Parker (pictured) elected as President of the Digger’s Republic in Klipdrift (Barkly West). Pictured is Stafford…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 JULY
UPDATED: 29/07/2025 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, Uncle…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 JULY
UPDATED: 28 July 2025 28 July 2016, Kimberley artist Jill Adams dies. Renowned Kimberley artist Jill Adams (nee Burrow) The…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 25 JULY
UPDATED: 25/07/2025 25 July 1901, Original Synagogue on Dutoitspan Road sold on public auction. 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 JULY
UPDATED: 24/07/2025 24 July 1878, The battle of Takoon. (Pictured are Luka Jantjie and Charles Warren.) The battle of Takoon,…
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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 22 JULY
22 July 1875, Richard Giddy Lodge No 1574 has its first meeting at the Treasury. 22 July 1931, Abantu-Batho Hall…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 JULY
21 July 1926, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer appointed a Director of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 21 July 1920, F Walton Jameson…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 JULY
18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Kgosi Galeshewe’s force at…
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