Author: Roberts, Brian.
Title: Kimberley: Turbulent City.
Description: David Philip Cape Town, 1984. 2nd impression. Printed wraps, 413pp illustrated 8vo. No inscription. spine shows reading creases, G++ condition. ISBN: 0949968625 Contents: Part One: Discovery. The First Finds, The River Diggings, The Diamond Farms., Part Two: Shanty Town. 'A Gentleman's Diggings', Dust Drought And Flies, A Collection Of Characters, Governor Southey, The Black Flag rebellion, Civic Beginnings, Enter Doctor Jim, Company Mining., Part Three: Progress And A Threat, I.D.B 201, The Great Strike And Smallpox, The Railway Arrives, Amalgamation., Part Four: A New Era. The Fifth Mine, The Exhibition, Preludes To War, Besieged, 'Who Is To Take His Place?'. Mayor Oppenheimer. Capital Of The Northern Cape.

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