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From: Keith Meintjes <>
Subject: Re: [Re: NETHERLANDS HISTORY]
Date: 4 Jan 01 20:45:26 EST


Gail:

Take a look at http://www.saevents.co.za/about.htm

In the early days, they mostly came as employees of the Dutch East India
Company, then became independent farmers. Most of the emigrants (up to 1800)
were actually German, not Dutch. Thereafter, they were mostly British.

Best wishes
Keith
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"Ilse Geldenhuis" <> wrote:
To Gail Lynch.

The Dutch came to South Africa to make sure that they wouldn't be sold by
the Hessian Forces as soldiers to (eg.) England. The second reason was to
elude the hunger and hardship in their country. I'm not so sure if there are
any other reasons, but I'll try to find out for you.


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 16:41
Subject: NETHERLANDS HISTORY


> I wonder if anyone on the list can direct me to books or web sites that
would
> show in more detail how and why the Dutch came to South Africa. I realise
it
> was a trade stop on the way to Indonesia but thats about it! I just
thought
> someone may have already researched this topic and could save me the time
of
> endlessly searching on the internet.
> Many thanks in anticipation
> Gail Lynch & Happy New Year from frigid Washington
>
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