Kimberley Girls' High School
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Kimberley Girls' High School is a
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located on Elsmere Road in
Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance due to it ...
, South Africa. It is over a hundred years old and has close affiliation with
Kimberley Boys' High School Kimberley Boys' High School is a state secondary school or high school situated adjacent to the Honoured Dead Memorial, in the arc between Dalham and Memorial Roads, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa – a site it has occupied since January 19 ...
and
Kimberley Junior School Kimberley Junior School is part of a family of schools, with Kimberley Boys' High School Kimberley Boys' High School is a state secondary school or high school situated adjacent to the Honoured Dead Memorial, in the arc between Dalham and Memori ...
.


History

Kimberley Girls' High School was founded on 12 April 1887 in Woodley Street Hall. The Girls' High and Boys' High Schools, jointly known as the Kimberley Undenominational Schools, occupied separate wings of the building in Lanyon Terrace until 1913 when they moved to their present sites.
McGregor Museum The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907. Overview Housed at first in a purpos ...
- Walking around old Kimberley (The Belgrave Walking Tour)


References


External links


Kimberley Girls' High School website


See also

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Kimberley Boys' High School Kimberley Boys' High School is a state secondary school or high school situated adjacent to the Honoured Dead Memorial, in the arc between Dalham and Memorial Roads, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa – a site it has occupied since January 19 ...
Schools in the Northern Cape Girls' schools in South Africa Educational institutions established in 1887 Kimberley, Northern Cape Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape 1887 establishments in the Cape Colony 1887 in South Africa South African heritage sites High schools in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-school-stub