Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Sunday, 28 August 2022

A view of St. Thomas school from the back area of ​​the Aurora Hotel

A view of St. Thomas school from the back area of ​​the Aurora Hotel which is located in front of the school. Students can be seen playing football in the school's football field. At this time there is only a small block of St. Thomas school compared to now. Around the end of the 1960's&nb...

The Borneo Company office and store, circa 1960's fronting Keppel Road at Bintulu

 The Borneo Company office and store, circa 1960's, fronting Keppel Road.A unique company that existed during the Brooke's family administration and control of Sarawak was the Borneo Company Limited.  It was referred to briefly as 'Borneo Company'.  It was founded in London in 1856 and...

Friday, 26 August 2022

Thursday, 25 August 2022

Wednesday, 24 August 2022

Tuesday, 23 August 2022

Monday, 22 August 2022

Sunday, 21 August 2022

Kejaman girl from the upper Rejang

 Photograph showing a close-up of a girl wearing bead necklaces, bangles, a rattan headband and earrings in her stretched earlobes. She has tattoos on her arms, from her elbows to her wrists. The beads hanging around her neck are probably yellow African beads, which were highly prized. The...

Saturday, 20 August 2022

Thursday, 18 August 2022

The Astana or Palace at Kuching

 Photograph showing a scene, taken from one side of the river (Pengkalan Batu) looking towards the opposite bank. In the foreground, various covered boats are moored, and people walk to and fro. In the background, on the other bank,(nearby Pengkalan Sapi) a stone boathouse can be seen, among other...

Kelabit marriage ceremony

Photograph showing two Kelabit men and a woman, sitting together. This is a posed photograph, probably meant to show the Kelabit marriage ceremony. The men are seated at right. Their hair is cut short all around their heads, and they wear many beads, bracelets and earrings. The wrist bracelets...

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

The Late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub pinning the brooch on Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud

 The Late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub pinning the brooch on Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud,signifying the transfer of leadership.Circa 19...

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Sunday, 14 August 2022

Saturday, 13 August 2022

A whole Iban people lives in one longhouse

 A whole Iban people  lives in one house. Called a longhouse, the structure is divided into "Doors", or families, which open onto bamboo platforms like the one here. People, dogs, pigs, and chickens share the communal life, resulting in a tight knit, cooperative, but disease-ridden, society.Photo...

Jambatan Gantung Satok in 1970's

 The community gathered near the Satok Suspension Bridge in the early 1970's. On that particular time, there is only this bridge available to cross the river. In addition to pedestrians, this bridge can support motorcycles, cars and small buses to cross the river. Only in the middle 1970's, the...

The Syariah Court in Jalan Satok, in the 1980s

 The Syariah Court in Jalan Satok, in the 1980s, this building was a single building compared to today which has a similar building next to this building. A similar building was constructed above the KRDC building. Here we can see part of the Kuching Rural District Council (KRDC) office which is...

Friday, 12 August 2022

View from top of Saujana Parking Building

 View from top of Saujana Parking Building which is Medan Selera Saujana.Circa early 2000's.This place is fully full from the day this Medan Saujana open in early 1990's.Lot of food we can find here and it's open from morning to early night.Lot of people came here as on that time the whole area...

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Two Kayan women squatting on the floor of a hut

 Photograph showing two women squatting on the floor of a hut. One woman is carrying a child on her back in a bead work bag (called an 'avat') while the other is working on beading, laid out on the floor.The decoration on the beadwork 'avat' is typical of that used to indicate aristocratic birth....