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 19^th 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.