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Jan Vennik, The Dutchman at Eureka

 Red trousers are like a red rag

The decision by the Dutch in Ballarat to always wear red trousers made them highly visible when trouble started in 1855 says Yvon Davis who wrote a book about gold prospector Jan Vennik.


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By Jopie Witzand

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The decision by the Dutch in Ballarat to always wear red trousers made them highly visible when trouble started in 1855 says Yvon Davis who wrote a book about gold prospector Jan Vennik.



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