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*[http://roxborogh.com/REFORMED/malaysia.htm "The Presbyterian Church in Malaysia"] by John Roxborogh, from ''Christianity in Malaysia. A Denominational History'', edited by Robert Hunt, Lee Kam Hing and John Roxborogh, Petaling Jaya, Pelanduk, 1992, pages 75-106.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033412/https://www.star2.com/culture/2017/10/26/the-architectural-heritage-of-century-old-st-andrews-presbyterian-church-continues-to-inspire/ "Rich built heritage of 100-year-old St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church"] Kuala Lumpur. October 26, 2017. star2.com, now archived. Includes photographs. :St Andrew's was historically known as the ‘Planters Church’ or the ‘Scottish Kirk’ as the planters of Selangor were mostly of Scottish stock. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210223063544/http://clacklinevalleyolives.com.au/Pipeorgan/Malaysia/KLStAndrews.html St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Kuala Lumpur]. ''Pipe Organs of Malaysia''</ref>*[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/20160319024855/http://www.malaysiahistory.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:tobacco-in-sabah&catid=47:economic-history "Tobacco in Sabah"] by Danny Wong Tze-Ken 2011. malaysiahistory.net, now an archived website. The industry commenced 1883, and was the main export from Sabah until 1914. However, estates shifted to rubber crops, which became the main crop in the State.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/41491906 "The Plantation Rubber Industry in Malaya up to 1922"] by J. H. Drabble ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Vol. 40, No. 1 (211) (July, 1967), pp. 52-77. jstor.org. Register and read for free.
:[http://www.academia.edu/5509005/Planters_Estate_Health_and_Malaria_in_British_Malaya_1900_1940 "Planters, Estate Health & Malaria in British Malaya (1900–1940)"] by Liew Kai Khiun ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'', Volume 83, Part 1, June 2010, No. 298, pp. 91-115 academia.edu
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20160618143233/http://www.malaysiahistory.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:mad-ridley-and-the-rubber-boom "Mad Ridley and the rubber boom"] by Dr Loh Wei Leng and Khor Jin KeonG 2011. malaysiahistory.net, now an archived website. The history of rubber in Malaya.
*Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17lcwVUl00 Henrietta Estate Album]. Album of photographs of a Rubber Estate in 1920's / 1930's Malaya. You Tube video.
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/MalayanPeninsul00Begb/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Malayan Peninsula, embracing its history, manners and customs of the inhabitants, politics, natural history &c. from its earliest records''] by Capt P J Begbie, Madras Artillery 1834. [https://archive.org/details/MalayanPeninsul00BegbA/mode/2up Maps and images from the book]. Both Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0MwNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books edition].
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8WVTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Eastern Seas, or Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 33, 34 ... also an account of the present state of Singapore, etc.''] by George Windsor Earl 1837 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish00martrich ''History of the British possessions in the Indian & Atlantic Oceans; comprising Ceylon, Penang, Malacca, Sincapore, the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Ascension, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Cape Coast Castle, &c., &c.''] by R Montgomery Martin 1837. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-108108/page/n1 "On the Ipoh or Upas Poison Used by the Jacoons and Other Aboriginal Tribes of the Malay Peninsula"] by Lieut. T J Newbold, page 427 ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 127''. 1837 Archive.org. The poison was administered by a blow-pipe.
*[https://archive.org/details/quedahorstraylea00osbo/page/n5/mode/2up ''Quedah; or, Stray leaves from a journal in Malayan waters''] by Captain Sherard Osborn RN. 1857. Events in 1838. [https://archive.org/details/myjournalinmalay00osborich/page/n7/mode/2up ''My journal in Malayan waters: or, The blockade of Quedah''] by Captain Sherard Osborn 2nd edition 1860. Both Archive.org. Reprinted in 1987 as ''The blockade of Kedah in 1838 : a midshipmanʾs exploits in Malayan waters''. "A narrative of the British blockade of the coast of Quedah to assist the Siamese to reconquer the province of Quedah which had been reclaimed by the Malay chieftains".
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*[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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160616121345/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28], archived page.</ref>
*''The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham'' [https://archive.org/details/completeshorts01maug Volume I] Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.460655 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.553314 Volume III]. Archive.org. The Volume III Preface indicates some of the stories are set in Malaya "written long before the Second World War"; there may be other Malayan stories in other volumes. (See External links, above.) [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Short+Stories%29+AND+creator%3A%28Somerset+Maugham%29&sort=-date Other ''Short Stories'' editions] mainly from the Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/fareasterntales00maug ''Far Eastern Tales''] Archive.org Lending Library. The short stories appear to have been written mainly in the 1920s-1930s.The stories include [https://archive.org/details/completeshortsto01maug/page/184/mode/2up "The Letter"] page 184 ''The complete short stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Volume 1 East and West'', published 1953 New York. Archive.org Books to Borrow. The plot for this story is considered to have been based on a murder in 1911 in Kuala Lumpur, details of which are given in newspapers of the period and also in ''Out East in the Malay Peninsula'', the memoirs of Dr. G.E.D. Lewis, published 1991.<ref>[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ "Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?"] by Oscar the Grouch.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/gunrunners00fordiala ''The Gun-Runners''] by W. Dingwall Fordyce c 1900 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
:[https://archive.org/details/jewelledlizard00fordiala ''The Jewelled Lizard''] by W. Dingwall Fordyce c 1908 Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers, with a Sumatra setting.
