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Edward Dari Kampong Panglima Seman Lama

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Edward Dari Kampong Panglima Seman Lama Kisah Edward dari Kampong Panglima Seman Lama Dari akhir Perang Dunia II sehingga pergantian abad ini, orang Melayu di seberang sungai dari Kuching hidup dalam kemiskinan yang teruk. Sementara anak-anak penduduk bandar mempunyai

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September 29, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #44

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small # 44 Beads This paper examines the rich marine shell beads excavated from Liang Jon in East Kalimantan, Borneo. Results demonstrate marine species belonging to conical shells and shells with an opening along the

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September 23, 2023 No Comments

Bidayuh Headhunting

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Bidayuh Headhunting Gosh, this was a hard one.  A 50-page paper, the names in parentheses in the body of the paper are the sources of the material and not related to the author. A bibliography of the mentioned sources

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September 21, 2023 No Comments

The Sins of the White Rajahs

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Sins of the White Rajahs The Brookes had “holiday cottages” built for them. The first Rajah Brooke, James, had a cottage built for him on Mt. Peninjau which afforded him a magnificent view of the plain below. He

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September 11, 2023 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 42

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small # 42 Brunei  The Indian civilization spread across the Malay society as a result of trade, invasion, and communication with the Indian people and traders. The Indianized kingdoms of Brunei were modelled after King

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August 8, 2023 No Comments

Japan and Sarawak

The Japanese in Sarawak Three decades after Emperor Meiji had begun his industrialisation programme in the 1860s, there was a prolonged period of economic recession in Japan due to a worldwide recession. The new industries, especially textile manufacturing which was a mainstay of Japan’s port trade, were severely affected, resulting

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August 6, 2023 No Comments

Borneo and Japan Part two

Good Morning, This is part two, of a Japanese man’s history in Sabah during World War II. I never knew Japan had offered opportunities for Japanese peasants to come to Sabah and acquire land for farming. Here is the continuation of his story of a person who left Japan, tried

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July 30, 2023 No Comments

A Japanese Colony on Borneo

Good Morning, All: I never knew Japan had offered opportunities for Japanese peasants to come to Sabah and acquire land for farming. Here is the story of one person who left Japan, tried farming in Sabah and returned. Except for spelling and minor mistakes, the translation is from a Japanese

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July 23, 2023 No Comments

Opium Sales in SEA

Selling Opium to the Natives Part Two Conflict with the Americans: Captain Smith on the Adele Daniel Smith returned to Penang from Bengal early in January 1814 commanding the Adele. In May, he had a brush with another of Britain’s enemies of the period. The British were involved in the

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July 19, 2023 No Comments

A British Pirate

The Palace at Mempawah A British Pirate  This article describes the accusation of piracy made in 1806 by the Sultan of Sambas against Captain Anthony Burnside, an Irishman, who was then a trader based in Calcutta. The material gives new insight into the relations between the Supreme Government in Calcutta,

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July 2, 2023 No Comments
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