Past Posts - Borneo History

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Jelly Fish Processing There are three tools used by the fisherman. The seledok is a long handled scoop net. The […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

Mammal and Human Migrations An important paper about the migration of mammals and humans was recently published by Julien Louys