
Barkly West, Diamond Fields Region, Northern Cape
Barkly West is a small town with a big history. This is the place where diamonds were first discovered in South Africa in 1869.
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Barkly West is a small town with a big history. This is the place where diamonds were first discovered in South Africa in 1869.

The Barkly West Museum is a treasure trove of information about the early history of alluvial diamond mining in South Africa.

Canteen Kopje, south of Barkly West, on the Vaal River, is a site of some of the first alluvial diamond diggings in South Africa.

At the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre near Kimberley, is an amazing collection of Khoisan rock engravings on their original site.
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