Largest decline was noted in Outback NT, while Kimberley and Pilbara showed population increase during the same period.

The last jury trial to be heard in South Africa was in the District of Kimberley.

Consideration was given to piping water from the Kimberley region, but the idea was rejected in May 2006 due primarily to its high cost.

Lastly, over to the south of Mafeking lay the diamond mining city of Kimberley, which was also subjected to a siege.

Near the end of the siege of Kimberley, it was expected that the Boers would intensify their bombardment, so Rhodes displayed a notice encouraging people to go down into shafts of the Kimberley Mine for protection.

One division, led by Lieutenant General Lord Methuen, was to follow the Western Railway to the north and relieve Kimberley and Mafeking.

The stock route was proposed as a way of breaking a monopoly that west Kimberley cattlemen had on the beef trade at the beginning of the 20th century.

With east Kimberley cattlemen keen to find a way to get their cattle to market, and the Government of Western Australia keen for competition to bring prices down, a 1905 proposal of a stock route through the desert was taken seriously.

Canning ’ s task was to find a route through 1850 kilometres of desert, from Wiluna in the mid west to the Kimberley in the north.

Canning was forced to delay his return journey because of an early wet season in the Kimberley that year.

When horses became scarce in the Kimberley in the 1950s due to widespread losses because of the " Walkabout Poison ", the stock route was used to drove horses north from around the Norseman area where they were sold to the stations.

The Kimberley diamonds were originally found in weathered kimberlite which was colored yellow by limonite, and so was called yellow ground.

The fairly simple agricultural dynamic was upset in 1870, when vast diamond fields were discovered in Griqualand West, around modern-day Kimberley.

In the November 2011 general election, Richard DiFolco was selected to fill the vacancy left following the resignation of Kimberley Kerrsey and was sworn into office later that month.

The Republic of Congo ( Congo-Brazzaville ) was expelled from the Kimberley Process in 2004 because, despite having no official diamond mining industry, the country was exporting large quantities of diamonds, the origin of which it could not detail.

The Fowler Report in 2000 detailed in depth how UNITA was financing its war activities, and in May 2000, led directly to the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1295 and the diamond producing countries of southern Africa meeting in Kimberley, South Africa to plan a method by which the trade in conflict diamonds could be halted, and buyers of diamonds could be assured that their diamonds have not contributed to violence.

The Kimberley Process was led by the diamond-producing African countries themselves.

The KPCS was given approval by the UN on March 13, 2002, and in November, after two years of negotiation between governments, diamond producers, and Non-Government organizations, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme ( KPCS.

The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which includes the city of Kimberley, was named after him.

He was editor and part-owner of Koranta ea Becoana ( Bechuana Gazette ) in Mafikeng, and in Kimberley Tsala ea Becoana ( Bechuana Friend ) and Tsala ea Batho ( The Friend of the People ).

The singers for Boston included Michael Sweet of Stryper, former band member Curly Smith, band member Kimberley Dahme, and a Boston fan from North Carolina named Tommy DeCarlo, who was chosen to sing based on his performances of Boston cover songs on his MySpace page.

The best areas for birds are the southwestern corner of the state and the area around Broome and the Kimberley.

Although encountering severe fire, a massed cavalry charge split the Boer defences on 15 February, opening the way for French to enter Kimberley that evening, ending its 124 days ’ siege.

In Western Australia at the beginning of the 20th century, east Kimberley cattlemen were looking for a way to traverse the western deserts of Australia with their cattle as a way to break a west Kimberley monopoly that controlled the supply of beef to Perth and the goldfields in the south of the state.

Using gunpowder, he set a precedent for the treatment of Aboriginal peoples throughout Australia, including the Kimberley.

The Wati kutjara are ubiquitous in the mythology of the Western Desert ; indeed, their journey extends for thousands of kilometres, stretching from the Kimberley to South Australia.

As the Kimberley Process has made life harder for criminals, it has brought large volumes of diamonds onto the legal market that would not otherwise have made it there.

It is common for these officials to be bribed with $ 50 to $ 100 a day in exchange for paperwork declaring that blood diamonds are Kimberley Process Certified.

Kimberley Ann Deal ( born June 10, 1961 ) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band the Pixies, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Breeders.

Kimberley retired as CEO on 17 July 2009, replaced on 1 October 2009 by the former Senior Vice President for Commercial & Brand at Ferrari, Dany Bahar.

* Leaping Lizard: Poems for Children ( Stratford, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1988 ) ISBN 0-88823-136-9 Illustrated by Kimberley Hart

The son of May Pollack and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Harry was born to an assimilated Jewish family of German origins in Kimberley, the original centre for diamond mining in South Africa, and lived most of his life in Johannesburg.

He also spent some time as the Member of Parliament for Kimberley ( 1948 to 1957 ) and became the opposition spokesman on economics, finance and constitutional affairs.

As the British critic Nick Kimberley has written, ' This is a godless world ,' populated by persons ' for whom murder is a casual chore.

Sir Bartle Frere had been recalled in 1880 to face charges of misconduct, by the 1st Earl of Kimberley ( secretary of state for the colonies ).

In 1864 Kimberley became Under-Secretary of State for India, but towards the end of the year was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

After an interval in opposition from 1874 to 1880, Lord Kimberley returned to the Colonial Office in Gladstone's next ministry ; but at the end of 1882 he exchanged this office first for that of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and then for the secretaryship of state for India, a post he retained during the remainder of Gladstone's tenure of power ( 1882 – 1885, 1886, 1892 – 1894 ), though in 1892-1894 he combined with it that of the lord presidency of the council.

The hamlet of Kimberley in the Selwyn District is named for him.

The Cape Colony became by far the largest component of the new union, as it contained regions it had previously annexed, such as British Bechuanaland ( not to be confused with the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana ), Griqualand East ( the area around Kokstad ) and Griqualand West ( area around Kimberley ).

On 1 February the following year, the carrier acquired South West African Airways, which had since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail service between Windhoek and Kimberley.

He had a formal Bar mitzvah (" coming of age ") ceremony in the Kimberley synagogue when he turned thirteen.

This led to the relief of Kimberley, which had been besieged by the Boers since the war ’ s outset.

In that capacity he had to grapple with the first manifestations of Fenianism, and in recognition of his services he was created Earl of Kimberley in 1866.

The British commander, Sir Redvers Buller, had intended to march with the whole army corps across the Orange River to Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, but by the time the troops reached Cape Town the Boers had seized the Orange River crossings and begun sieges of Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking.

The battalion took part in the Relief of Kimberley, in February 1901, which had been under siege by the Boers since October 1899.

German Influence on British Cavalry ( 1911 ) was Childers's " intolerant " rejoinder to criticisms of War and the Arme Blanche made by Prussian general Friedrich von Bernhardi, writing in an unlikely alliance with British General French, who had commanded successful cavalry charges at Elandslaagte and Kimberley.

Kimberley Fletcher part of the original line up and also part of the fanzine " Love S-Club " loved this song so much she had all the lyrics tattooed onto her back.

These styles of boards were first produced commercially by Jody Willcock and Ian Comishin ( Kebbek Skateboards ) of Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada, although skaters had been cutting drop-through holes in their decks long before.

During the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley, mail addressed to the troops contained in the besiege towns mounted up and could not be distributed to the addressees until after the sieges had been broken.

Previously, BMC and Leyland had tried to compete in this market segment with the 1958 Morris Marshal ( a rebadged Austin A95 ); the 1962 Austin Freeway and Wolseley 24 / 80 ( the Freeway was an Austin A60 with Riley 4 / 72 tail lights, a unique full width grille and a 2. 4 litre 6-cylinder version of the 1622 cc B-series engine ; the Wolseley was a 6-cylinder version of the Wolseley 16 / 60 ); and the 1971 Austin " X6 " Tasman and Kimberley ( facelifted Austin 1800s with the 6-cylinder 2. 2 litre E-series engine.

The Boers, well defended in their positions, poured a terrible fire into the attacking British, causing very heavy casualties, with the battle ending in a defeat for the British who had battled bravely against the Boers, and ending the attempts to relieve the town of Kimberley which was besieged by Boer forces ; the siege would not to be lifted until February 1900.

In any case, " mainstream " indigenous art is also found in the Kimberley region-proof that indigenous people have inhabited the area and had cultural connection there.

After stabbing Kimberley ( whose blood was discovered on the pajama top MacDonald said he had not been wearing while in her room ), he went to Kristen's room, intent on disposing of the last remaining potential witness.

As well as the regular 1st Battalion, the regiment also had a Territorial Army 4th Battalion, which was formed on 1 April 1975, with headquarters at Kimberley Barracks, Preston and companies at various times in Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley and Bury.

He had a major role in the rise of Kimberley Central Company.

He played for Griquas when he had been posted to Kimberley for training.

The mining boom had led to hundreds of resource tenements being pegged on the Yungngora people's Noonkanbah pastoral station in the Kimberley, but an anthropological report found the whole area had spiritual significance for the community.

He married Mary Woodhouse of Kimberley, Norfolk, ( 1584 – 1656 ), and they had several notable children: