Simanggang District Officer


This post-war photograph shows a British District Officer taking over the responsibilities that had previously been done by Brooke family appointees. After 1946, the British could use their years of expertise and organisational talent to bear on the war ravaged territory of Sarawak.

Image Courtesy of The National Archives


Sarawak


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