Malaysia’s prehistory begins with the earliest known human habitation about 40,000 years ago, and we extends through the protohistoric period to the founding of the Melaka Sultanate in 1400 CE, the date commonly referred to as the beginning of the country’s historic era. Because of Malaysia’s political geography – the Malay Peninsula, which forms [...]
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This volume covers the history of the Malay Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak (the areas forming present-day Malaysia) from 18OO until 1940. It begins by exploring the indigenous state and society of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, focusing on the traditional political and social structure of the time and the occupations of the people. This [...] There is an old saying, ” Good wine needs no bush ” ; if this is true then assuredly Mr. Owen Rutter’s book needs no introduction. Nor if it did could I claim any special competence, for it is now more than a quarter of a century since I spent six months in the [...] I was honoured to be invited by Dr. Alan Hawke, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, to take part in the Borneo Pilgrimage in 1995 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Allied victory against Japan, as proclaimed by U.S. President Truman, “VJ. Day”. The Tour’s first stop was at Jakarta for a Service held at the [...] It is August 1945 and World War 2 is over. Japan has surrendered. As the Western world rejoices, deep in the jungle of British North Borneo the small number of remaining Austrlian and British prisoners of war are massacred. Of the 2434 prisoners incarcerated by the Japanese in the Sandakan POW camp, only six, [...] An Account of the Double Tenth Rising against the Japanese Invaders in North Borneo. |
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