All Creatures Great and Small # 24
All Creatures Great and Small # 24 Peat Peat exsists along the coastal areas of both Borneo and Sumatra. Peat […]
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Iban Rebellion 1930’s
Asun’s Rebellion: The Political Growing Pains of a Tribal Society in Brooke Sarawak, 1929-1940 by Robert Pringle Tom’s Note: This
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Pleiades Creation Story by the Iban
The Mother of the Pleiades A Mythological Story of the Iban Almighty God made a golden stone in the eastern
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“Mona Lisa” of China
While travelling in Surabya, Indonesia, I acquired a fold-out book of about 20 leaves. I never knew what the book
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A Mouse Deer Story
Salam The Mouse Deer- Second Evening Old Abdullah picking his way homewards through the deep forest one evening at sundown
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All Creatures Great and Small # 23
Barclaya All Creatures Great and Small # 23 Gas and Oil A report from Petronas, the oil company for Malaysia,
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The Chinese Come to Sarawak
Historian John Tan, of Kuching and Australia, wrote the following essay about early Chinese immigration. He translated and used information
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All Creature Great and Small # 22
Flycatcher Plumage Resolved The plumage of the female and sub-adult Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher, Green-backed Flycatcher (F. elisae) and Ryukyu Flycatcher (F. owstoni) has been
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Brunei 1790-1905
Brunei and Sarawak This essay was very convoluted and confusing. I have taken out the facts, numbered them and arranged
Sarawak Gold
Gold in Sarawak The first gold was discovered in the Montrado and Sambas areas of Kalimatan. The Chinese were brought