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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1873 CE

Kimberley

Also known as

De Beer's New Rush
IKhimbali
Kimari
Kimberley (De Affrica)
Kimberley (Steed uun Süüdaafrika)
Kimberley (Suafrika)

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Connected to

in countrySouth Africa1910 CE
birthplace ofAggrey Klaaste1940 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofBevil Rudd1894 CE
birthplace ofBillie Tapscott1903 CE
birthplace ofBuddy Wentworth1937 CE

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birthplace ofElaine Rosa Salo1962 CE

place of death ofElizabeth Anne Voigt1944 CE

birthplace ofElzabe Rockman1967 CE