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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. ttc.edu.sg, now an archived webpage.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. ttc.edu.sg, now an archived webpage.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.  
*[http://sgvolunteerscorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals] 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
*[http://sgvolunteerscorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals] 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
*[http://asia.library.cornell.edu/ac/Echols/Travel-Literature-on-Southeast-Asia#MalayArchipelago Bibliography of travel accounts: Malay Peninsula] and additional [http://asia.library.cornell.edu/ac/Echols/Travel-Literature-on-Southeast-Asia#SecondarySources Secondary sources] Cornell University Library.
*[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=lhapapers ''Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire''] by  Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong  2011. Mainly in respect of India, but also includes Malaysia and [[Singapore]].
*[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=lhapapers ''Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire''] by  Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong  2011. Mainly in respect of India, but also includes Malaysia and [[Singapore]].
:[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=lhapapers "Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900"] by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From ''The Routledge History of Food'' 2015 (pp. 131-155)
:[http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=lhapapers "Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900"] by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From ''The Routledge History of Food'' 2015 (pp. 131-155)
*[http://www.academia.edu/4098969/Malayan_Cookery_Books_The_Mems_Own_Cookery_Book_1929  "Malayan Cookery Books: The "Mem’s" Own Cookery Book"] by Bonnie Tan, Senior Librarian at the National Library of Singapore. Originally in  ''BiblioAsia'', 7 (3), 30–34. 2011. academia.edu
**For those in North America and some other countries, this  cookery book by Mrs Kinsey, first published 1920,  is available online at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010746704 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
**[http://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblioasia/2016/01/26/a-colonial-cookbook/  "A Colonial Cookbook"] by Irene Lim. ''BiblioAsia'' Volume 11 Issue 4 January-March 2016.  National Library of Singapore. The “Mem’s” Own Cookery Book
**[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/education-and-family/the-mrs-beeton-of-british-malaya-who-pioneered-fusion-cuisine/  "The Mrs Beeton of British Malaya who pioneered fusion cuisine"] by  Rosie Milne and Elizabeth Roberts 10 March 2016  ''The Telegraph''
*[http://www.academia.edu/4099100/Review_of_the_Y.W.C.A_International_Cookery_Book_of_Malaya_1932_1964_  "Review of the YWCA International Cookery Book of Malaya(1932-1964)"] by Bonnie Tan, Senior Librarian at the National Library of Singapore. academia.edu
:[http://ywca.org.sg/ywcastory/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/YWCA-Mrs-Beeton-in-Malaya.pdf "Mrs Beeton in Malaya"] by Janice Loo. ''BiblioAsia'' Volume 9 Issue. 3 October-December 2013.  ywca.org.sg
*[https://www.academia.edu/4249652/A_taste_of_the_past_Uncovering_food_histories_through_Malayan_newspapers  "A taste of the past: Uncovering food histories through Malayan newspapers"] by Bonnie Tan, Senior Librarian at the National Library of Singapore.  academia.edu


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist,  US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.  
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist,  US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.  
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134236 ''Malay Sketches''] by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134236 ''Malay Sketches''] by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/campingtrampingi00rath ''Camping And Tramping In Malaya: Fifteen years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula''] by  Ambrose B  Rathborne 1898 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld28phil#page/218/mode/2up "The Rival of "Para" Rubber in the East"] page 219 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld28phil#page/218/mode/2up "The Rival of "Para" Rubber in the East"] page 219 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1903 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld29phil#page/224/mode/2up "Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States"] page 225 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1904 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld29phil#page/224/mode/2up "Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States"] page 225 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1904 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023134376 ''The Malay Peninsula : a Record of British Progress in the Middle East'']  by Arnold Wright and Thomas H Reid 1912 with a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134376#page/n421/mode/1up 1912 Map of the Malay Peninsula] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/Tapiocaitsmanyu00EsCh ''Tapioca and its many uses : a rice substitute for Malaya''] by Leopold Es Chasseriau, 1919. Archive.org. A reprint from the ''Pinang Gazette''
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151933  ''British North Borneo : an Account of its History, Resources, and Native Tribes''] by Owen Rutter 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023151933  ''British North Borneo : an Account of its History, Resources, and Native Tribes''] by Owen Rutter 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
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*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528219 ''Malayan Landscape'']  1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim,  {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes  a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation  from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257854 ''The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605''] by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”<ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28]</ref>


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Revision as of 03:38, 17 June 2016

Also see Straits Settlements

Records

  • BACSA have published the following books:
    • Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia by Justin Corfield, 2000. 108pp, 27 illustrations and plan
    • Kota Bharu (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Hamzah Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 1999. 24pp, 23 illustrations and plan
    • Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): St Mary's Cathedral and the Jalan Birch Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 24pp, 5 illustrations
    • Seremban, Malaysia: Graves in St Mark's Churchyard, and the Anglican Section of the Seremban Cemetery by E Beavington and Justin Corfield, 2000. 56pp, 11 illustrations
    • Teluk Anson (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Anderson Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 20pp, 14 illustrations and plan
For details including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.

Military Operations

External links

"Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900" by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From The Routledge History of Food 2015 (pp. 131-155)
"Mrs Beeton in Malaya" by Janice Loo. BiblioAsia Volume 9 Issue. 3 October-December 2013. ywca.org.sg

Historical books online

Note this website is often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
  • [Digital] Sejarah Melayu Library (abrizain.org) has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, with some to also read as text. Click on the titles for further details of the author and year published. If you prefer to read original images, look at the text version (if available), as for some books, it may be apparent they are available on websites such as Archive.org or Google Books. Books available include
    • An extensive collection of Journals of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SBRAS) which became the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS). Click on individual journal issues, and the contents will be shown. These do not seem to be complete issues, but selected articles.
    • The War in Malaya by Lt-Gen A E Percival 1949. Located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.
  • The Burney Papers. Cover the period 1825 to 1849. See Thailand.
  • Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government by John Cameron. 1865 Google Books
  • The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63.
  • Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1878-1922. Multiple volumes: Archive.org. Restricted access Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries A, B and C, including index volumes.
Multiple volumes: Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, including Index To All The Journals Nos.1-86 Of The Straits Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol.5 Pt.4 1927
Journal Of The Malayan Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Multiple volumes, broken range from Volume 1 1923. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
"Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States" page 225 The India Rubber World April 1, 1904 Archive.org
Return to Malaya R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910, see previous book.
  • Malayan Landscape 1946. The author is not as catalogued but is Katharine Sim, {with an introduction by Sir Richard Winstedt). The author was in Malaya 1938 to 1942. Includes a final chapter regarding the war situation ahead of the approaching Japanese, with the author’s eventual evacuation from Singapore, shortly before its fall. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
  • The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c. For a range of editions to 1922, see China
  • The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605 by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”[3]

References

  1. Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930, Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.
  2. "The Planter’s Life" by Christopher Hale, January 2013.
  3. The Spectator Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28