Barney Barnato
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Barney Barnato was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I
Barney Barnato circa 1890
Barnato, caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1895
Barnett Isaacs Barnato by Harry Furniss. Pen and ink, 1880s–1900s. National Portrait Gallery, London
Kimberley, South Africa
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Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located about 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable hist
Barney Barnato
…known as Bar-na-to, or the Barnato, Brothers. Barney also become a prizefighter. In 1873, Barnato joined his brother Harry in the Cape Colony during the diamond rush. The pair eventually bought four claims in Kimberley. The French mining company Compagnie Française des Mines de Diamants du Cap de Bonne Espérance…
Big Hole, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Griqualand West Sumpreme Court Kimberley
City Hall, De Beers Road, Kimberley
Kimberley, Trinity Methodist 1