• Lawrence K Wang deposited SARAWAK: MY HOMELAND in the group Group logo of Environmental HumanitiesEnvironmental Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago

    Lu, Toh-Ming (2023). Sarawak: my homeland. In: “Global Humanities and Liberal Arts”, Wang, Lawrence K. (Editor). Volume 2023, Number 7, 2023(7), July 25, 2023, 19 pages. Lenox Institute Press, Massachusetts, USA. Lenox.Institute@gmail.com; lut@rpi.edu; https://doi.org/10.17613/cxt3-xm50 ; ……. ABSTRACT: This electronic book describes recent history and events that occurred in Sarawak, my homeland. The story began in 1841 when Sir James Brooke, a British soldier and adventurer became the first Rajah (king) of Sarawak. When he died in 1868, his nephew, Charles Brooke took over his position and became the second Rajah of Sarawak. Charles Brooke signed an agreement with a Chinese leader, Wong Nai Siong to recruit a total of 1118 Chinese immigrants to the city of Sibu, Sarawak. When Charles Brooke passed away in 1917, his youngest son, Vyner Brooke, took over his position as the Third (and last) Rajah of Sarawak. During the Japanese occupation (1941-1945) Vyner and his family were in Sydney. After the war, in 1946 he returned to Sarawak and ceded Sarawak to the British government as a colony. 1963, Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaysia and became a state of Malaysia. ……. .. KEYWORDS: Sarawak, Borneo, Kalimandan, Sibu, White Rajah, James Brooke, Charles Brooke, Vyner Brooke, Wong Nai Siong, Chinese migration, World War II, Japanese occupation, Wallace Line, Nusantara, Lan-fang Republic, Brunei, Sabah, British Colony, Federation of Malaysia, Niah Caves. Prehistoric human migration.