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
Big Hole, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Griqualand West Sumpreme Court Kimberley
City Hall, De Beers Road, Kimberley
Kimberley, Trinity Methodist 1
Cecil Rhodes
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Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the
Kimberley, South Africa
…The city has considerable historical significance because of its diamond-mining past and the siege during the Second Boer War. British businessmen Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato made their fortunes in Kimberley, and Rhodes also established the De Beers diamond company in the early days of the mining town. On…
Rhodes c. 1890
Rhodes's birthplace, now part of Bishop's Stortford Museum; the bedroom in which he was born is marked by a plaque.
Rhodes as a boy
Rhodes at the age of sixteen