The Rundum Rebellion of 1915 in SabahNorth Borneo was secured via a number of concessions from the Brunei and Sulu Sultanates. To the company, the bottom line was profit driven on how to make North Borneo profitable to its London shareholders. The emphasis on increasing revenue was the full scale planting of tobacco. Another major […]
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The Mat Salleh Rebellion in SabahMat Salleh was a proud and war like pengeran who lived with a following of warlike Bajous up the Sugut River on the East coast of North Borneo. His father was Datu Balu, a chief in that part of the Sugut while his mother was a Baju. His wife was
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The Chinese in Borneo and SarawakThis long article tells of the Chinese migrations into Borneo and examines the historians positions. I will chronicle highlights some of the major events.The history begins with the Chou Dynasty in 300 B.C. where a historian noted the similarities between the designs on the Dayak shields and the art work
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An American Describes Sarawak HistoryThe article was written by an American Robert Pringle who also wrote Rajahs and Rebels at the same time. One must be cautious of the bias. The early years of the Brooke State (James) were endlessly tumultuous. The White Rajah succeeded in obtaining Crown Appointments and the occasional assistance of the
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Baketan, Bisayah, Siteng There are two papers in the Journal written by Benedict Sandin describing some of the people of north Sarawak. Another history by Tuton Kaboy reports on the Siteng People. The Bisayah of Limbang A quarrel over the fathers estate caused one man to leave the Philippines. He then married a Tenggara woman
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The History of the People of Bangkit , Paku, SaribasNote: The houses mentioned in this article are called longhouses. They are built on stilts where each section is like a townhouse with a family living in each one.They share a common porck or verandah.There are several ancient people who lived among the Ibans. They include
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KongsiThe concept of Kongsi began in the towns of South Borneo in the late 1700’s where the Hakka Chinese immigrated, at the request of the Sultan, to mine the gold from the hills in central Borneo. The concept spread throughout the mining district and later to Bau and into Kuching.Before that period, Van Noort, a
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Mammal and Human Migrations An important paper about the migration of mammals and humans was recently published by Julien Louys and Patrick Roberts of Australian National University in Nature. They state the forests of the early Pleistocene had given way to Savannah by the middle Pleistocene in the area between Malaya and Borneo. This led
ilI know it’s hard to imagine, but imagine oil seeping out of the ground. Also imagine there are many places where this occurs in the Miri area. This was how Shell Oil Company found the oil to recover in Sarawak. Of course, Shell did not “find ” it. The people of Sarawak did. The people
The Bisayah, Tabun, Tagal and MurutThe Bisayah“The Bisayah are the indigenous people in Sarawak’s Fifth Division. Living side by side with them are the Kedayan and Pa Balat people. The Kedayan settled along the coast while the Pa Balat people fished in the sea and lower parts of the rivers in the area.”Earlier, the Limbang
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