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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Sungei of Sabah
Tapadong -700 Years of Cave History in Sabah The Tapadong Caves are on the middle reaches of the Segama River
Letters from First Manager of Borneo Company
The Helms Letters Ludvig Verner Helms, a young Dane of 26, was hired to take up an appointment in Kuching
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Brunei and Brooke
Brooke and Brunei On Brooke’s arrival in 1839, Brunei was a decayed empire stretching the whole northwest coast of Borneo.
A Ladies Perspective of the 1859 Revolt
The Chinese Revolt by Rev. Brian Taylor SMJ 1969 The first woman, other than women with their husbands, ever sent
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Tom Harrisson a colonial master
Opinion Tom McLaughlinTom HarrissonWe now get to the part of the Sarawak Museum Journal where Tom Harrisson has written many
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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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“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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