LIFE IN A PLANTATION
IN THE EARLY 1900’s UNDER BRITISH RULE.
British Planters in Malaya in the 1900’s
Rubber Trees and Oil Palms
Rubber plantation
Rubber trees and coconuts
Planter and wife
British Planter
British Planter’s wife
Estate bungalow (early 1900’s)
Transporting fruits
River Transportation
Low lying areas transportation by rail
Indian labourers brought in from India
Constructing wooden bridges.
Local Malays building sampans
Chinese immigrants from China
Indian labourers living quarters
“In loving memory of”
The late Amani, was a mere 13year old maid
in one of the Planter’s home during
Communist insurgency in Malaya.
MALAYSIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF TIN, NATURAL RUBBER AND PALM OIL.
WAR OF THE RUNNING DOGS: MALAYA, 1948-1960
Author: Noel Barber
"The War of the Running Dogs" was the Communist insurgency in Malaya, which lasted from June 1948 to July 1960, first against the British protectorate and then, after August 1957, against the newly independent Federation of Malaya.
This book allows the reader to get a grasp of the emotions of the planters who stayed back and fought the Communist Terrorists for the love of this country.
In the first few years, the guerillas employed savage terrorist tactics against native Malays and Chinese as well as British planters, miners, and police, as they tried to bully and intimidate civilians into supporting them and resisting the British and the Malay sultans.
hi katrina, this is a great post.. a lot can be learnt here, especially for the younger generation..
ReplyDeletei heard a lot about the days of the communist in malaya from my father, who was then a soldier and also from my mother too. i am glad that i don't have to go through such tough lives- through wars like our parents did.
we all malaysians should be grateful that we are living in a peaceful country..
Hi Katrina, I really love the photos you posted. I am hoping to be able to reproduce one of them in a book. Can you direct me to where these photos originated from? Thanks! You can reply me at dorothy4austria@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteDear Dorothy Lim,
ReplyDeleteThese photos are from my personal album, given 20yrs ago to my husband by an ex-Planter who revisited "down memory lane" - he was once a Manager in this plantation and lived for many years in the very same bangalow I was staying.
I have more from of these photos not posted here, all black and white, some not very clear, but interesting - I will try edit and include them here if they turn out sharper.
Another interesting source probably if you can officially write in/contact the Incorporated Society of Planters and try request from there @ http://www.isp.org.my/ - they should have historical documents on many plantations in Malaysia.
Are you also in Plantations?
Katrina - Do you have any idea of the names of the people and the actual plantation depicted in the photographs. My grandfather was General Manager of Kepong Malay Rubber Estates from 1925 when he married my grandmother, Cecily Mary Beith in St Mary's Anglican Church in KL. He returned after the war and was Chairman of the Rubber Planters Society; finally leaving in early 1950s to retire back in the UK. My mother also had her wedding in St Mary's KL and reception at the Lake Club. I have some wonderful b/w pictures and newspaper cuttings all about the day. I sent an email to the Lake Club upon their Diamond Wedding asking them to send an email of congratulations to them to remind them of their perfect day but I never received a response, which was very sad as both my parents have now died.
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