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269 x 188 mm. Showing a Malay gamelong orchestra with their instruments.

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274 x 214 mm. Showing two European men and a child standing in front of a wooden thatched house raised on stilts in a setting of coconut palms. Exact location unidentified.

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80 x 105 mm. Showing a thatched Malay house, raised on stilts and set among palms, with figures in the foreground splitting coconuts

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142 x 100 mm.

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A portfolio containing photogravure reproductions on 57 sheets, plus title leaf and map. The series contains views showing general scenery, towns, agriculture and industry in British Malaya, and breaks down into geographical locations: Singapore 1-35; Penang 36-50; F.M.S 51-137; Sumatra 138. The captions printed under the photographs have been copied including some eccentric spelling.

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108 x 139 mm. Showing a Malay yacht under full sail off Singapore.

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198 x 244 mm. A full length seated studio portrait of a smiling Malay boy wearing the traditional baju (collarless tunic), kain (sarong) and songkok (black velvet hat).

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274 x 207 mm. A view on the Rochore River north of the town, with boats in the foreground and a settlement of houses raised on stilts above the water on the farther bank.

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Postcards showing views in Malaya.

Scope and Contents An album, with letterpress text, containing 24 captioned prints measuring approximately 150 x 100 mm. These have been numbered in ink 1 to 25, and no. 8 is missing. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The photographs show views in the Straits Settlements, with a number of portraits of Sakai people. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are...

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Coloured oilette postcards of Malaya by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd. marked 'Series II', but not separately numbered.

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203 x 150 mm. A view looking down onto the Singapore cricket pitch with the game in progress. With the harbour in the background.

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Copy of a report written by Thomas outlining pre-war social and economic conditions in Malaya; the organisation of wartime command and civil defence; the duties of civil government; local forces assisting in defence; medical services; finance and the production of tin and rubber; the supply, distribution and pricing of food; and the behaviour of the Malay, Indian and Chinese populations (32 sheets).

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Film negatives of trees.

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This file is largely composed of memoranda received or submitted by Onraet in his capacity as police advisor. Subjects include the post-war political climate in Malaya, the resumption of civilian administration, the Malayan Communist Party, citizenship, the Malayan Union, intelligence and security, the Malayan security service, supervision of the press, ethnic divisions and service conditions within the police (150 sheets).

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Landscape format.

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279 x 229 mm. Showing guests gathered in the garden of Government House for the party held in honour of the visit of the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) en route to Java. A brief description of the visit can be found in (Guillemard, 1937, p. 143-145). The figures in this photograph have not been individually identified.

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285 x 233 mm. A closer view of guests at the garden party: Clemenceau stands with his back to the camera, to right of centre. The governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard stands at his left in the group.

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284 x 232 mm.

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287 x 240 mm.

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Contains loose prints from the 1950s and 1960s, supplementing the main historical collection. The main subjects are 44-57, 63-70 Indigenous peoples; 93-109 ceremonies (including Merdeka, 1957, 96-98); 110-121 Gurkhas; 122-139 Sarawak; 140-179 Singapore (including official visits and formal occasions).

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269 x 209 mm. A view looking along Telok Ayer Street, with the Islamic Nagore Durgha mosque at the right and Chinese temple, the Thian Hock Keng in the centre of the print. The Nagore Durgha (originally known as Shahul Hamid Durgha) was built by South Indian Muslims in 1828-1830. Another, unidentified Islamic mosque can be partially seen at the left of the print.

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143 x 89 mm. Showing traffic on the newly widenend Mountbatten Road.

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146 x 115 mm. As described in the title.

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Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.