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Opening of the cinnabar mines on Tegora Hill, Upper Sarawak, about 60 miles from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak (Borneo), 1868 - 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035B/2

Scope and Contents

240 x 187 mm. View looking down onto the thatched huts of the labour force, with partially cleared jungle on the hillside beyond. The note on the reverse continues: ‘Showing Chinese gardens and coolie [i.e. labourer's] house. Those raised off the ground are Malay houses. The large tree in the centre of the picture is a Tapa tree & supposed to be upwards of 200 ft high with parasitic pine in branches. The Malay gardens are at the back & full of bananas or pisangs’. Duplicate at Y302B/50.

Dates

  • Creation: 1868 - 1890

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2012-06-05 10:12:50+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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