Datu Merpati: A Fable?
Tom’s Note: Here is an oral history of Datu Merpati. He is a person who, it was said, ruled Sarawak […]
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The Kut: Connecting the Egan and Oya Rivers
Tom’s Note: Connecting the upper Oya and Egan rivers in Sarawak is a man-made canal called a Kut. It was
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Bidayuh Birds Nest Fable
Tom’s Note: The fable is from the Bidayuh living around Bau. It tells who owns the caves in the area
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New Brunei Word Origin ?
Toms Note: I try to read all the literature that could have a historical fact or two. In this essay
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All Creatures Great and Small # 27
All Creatures Great and Small #27 Where was Borneo? The lack of preserved basement (the rocks under the studied rocks)
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Foochow of Sarawak
Part Two The New Foochow Settlement of Sarawak Part Two Foochow settlement at Binatang Binatang is situated on the left
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The Foochow of Sarawak
The New Foochow Settlement of Sarawak Note: Dollar amounts are Straits dollars where 3 Straits dollars =1 USD; 1 picul=60kg
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Kanowit Punitive Expedition
The Expedition of 1934 The Kanowit Punitive Expedition One fine morning in June 1934, we left Sibu by way of
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The Malays of Southwest Sarawak
Book Review: SMJ 1970The Malays of South-West Sarawak before Malaysia by Tom HarrissonReviewed by Gale Dixon (Department of Geography, University
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Kuching Chinese Temple Hell
A Walk into the Gates of Hell:(黄泉)(地府)(九泉) Walking toward The Chinese Temple Hong San Si of Jalan Petanak Kuching one
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