Sarawak Government Launch


The Chinese had long worked the gold in the Bau region. It was the location of the start of the 1857 insurrection but by the time of this photograph in the 1930s it had become critical to helping the colony diversify and survive the worst ravages of the world depression.

Image Courtesy of The National Archives


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