Times of Malaya when Pioneers, Planters, Miners, Civil Servants, Merchants, Police and the Military - both regulars and volunteers, during British Colonisation period, lived in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan including Unfederated States of Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan & Perlis. From 1786, the arrival of Francis Light; 1819, landing of Stamford Raffles with the Honourable East India Company & the administration of the Straits Settlements by British India through to being The Crown Colony in 1867 leading to WW1 and WW2 in Malaya. The Times of Malayan Emergency to the independence of Malaya in 1957 and the Republic of Singapore in 1965.

Wednesday 4 August 2010

Batu Gajah, Perak

The sign board just at the entrance to God's Little Acre

Batu Gajah was selected as a new river port for the Papan Tin Mines in 1881. BY 1884, it was chosen as a new centre for Kinta administration. Residences for European officers, police station, hospital and quarters for government officials were established on a tableland called the Changkat.

By the late 19th century, it was a centre of European life, with a sizeable community made up of Europeans working in the government administration, hospital, a prison, public works, the miners and planters, as well as Christian missionaries.


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