North Borneo Historical Society T-Shirts with Vintage Stamp Print Available for Sale
Posted on March 14th, 2013 with 0 Comments
Now you have a chance to show off to your friends, colleagues and the people around you how much you…
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The lonely but thriving port in Southeast corner of North Borneo
North Borneo’s Silimpopon Coal Mine: Once the World’s Biggest but Now Forgotten
Posted on October 19th, 2012 with 4 Comments
Deep in the interiors of Tawau in Kalabakan once lies a coal mine village called Silimpopon. The diversed community that…
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Philippe B. Funk’s Rare and Beautiful North Borneo Picture Postcards
Posted on June 15th, 2012 with 3 Comments
Philippe Funk was a Chinese Hakka from Sandakan, British North Borneo. He was the single most important publisher of printed…
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British Officer from Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment Briefing Platoon in Sebatik Island of Tawau, North Borneo
Posted on October 11th, 2011 with 1 Comment
The confrontation or Konfrontasi that occurred in 1962-1966 was an undeclared war with most of the action in the border…
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World War 2 Japanese Barracks at Semporna, Darvel Bay, East Coast of North Borneo
Posted on October 7th, 2011 with 0 Comments
Here’s a very rare photo taken in Semporna during World War II. Semporna was a small fishing village on the…
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