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Gebeurtenis EVT-000010

Diamante naby Hopetown gevind - die Eureka

1867 · national · Cape Colony / South Africa

The 1867 find was the Eureka, picked up on the Orange near Hopetown. Kimberley did not exist yet: the Colesberg Kopje diggings opened in July 1871 and the camp was named Kimberley in 1873. Retitled 5 Aug 2026 - this row read "Diamonds found at Kimberley", which contradicted this site's own S002. [TO VERIFY] - no source row yet.