History - Borneo History

The Rebellion in Sabah

The Rundum Rebellion of 1915 in SabahNorth Borneo was secured via a number of concessions from the Brunei and Sulu […]

Along the coast of Sarawak there were dugong or sea cows. In Malay, they were called sea women. They are

The Chinese in Borneo and SarawakThis long article tells of the Chinese migrations into Borneo and examines the historians positions.

The Mat Salleh Rebellion in SabahMat Salleh was a proud and war like pengeran who lived with a following of

Baketan, Bisayah, Siteng There are two papers in the Journal written by Benedict Sandin describing some of the people of

An American Describes Sarawak HistoryThe article was written by an American Robert Pringle who also wrote Rajahs and Rebels at

The History of the People of Bangkit , Paku, SaribasNote: The houses mentioned in this article are called longhouses. They

KongsiThe concept of Kongsi began in the towns of South Borneo in the late 1700’s where the Hakka Chinese immigrated,

ilI know it’s hard to imagine, but imagine oil seeping out of the ground. Also imagine there are many places

The Bisayah, Tabun, Tagal and MurutThe Bisayah“The Bisayah are the indigenous people in Sarawak’s Fifth Division. Living side by side