Centre Of State 5 : Penang - History of the Straits of Penang

The region which happens to be the geographical Centre of Penang happens to also be the closest path between Island & Mainland. A retrospect focused on the stories which the frequently crossed Straits of Penang has to offer.



Features materials from:
Sabri Zain of the Sejarah Melayu Library
Google Maps
Envato Elements


MAPS:
David Rumsey Map Centre, Stanford Libraries:
Le Royaume de Siam, 1708
Ad antiquam Indae Geographiam Tabula, 1697
Carte des isles de Java, 1764
The Islands of the East Indies, 1806
Straits Settlements, 1860
Pictorial Review: Japan Pushes into Indo-China, 1941

PAINTINGS:
Yale Centre for British Art:
A View of Prince of Wales Island, 1800
SIR WILLIAM NORRIS BUNGALOW, 1844

National Library of Australia (NLA):
View in Pulo Penang, 1838 by Augustus Earle
Penang, 1833


New South Wales Library:
H.M.S. Cochin on the coast of Malaya in search Piratical Praos


"The Penang Pirate" by John C. Hutcheson
Paintings by Archibald Webb.


Wellcome Library:
Province Wellesley from Penang, 1879 by J.E. Taylor

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
National Australian Library (NLA):
NEWSPAPER: Pirates of Penang Island, 1947 // The Sydney Morning Herald
NEWSPAPER: SECRET SOCIEITES OF MALAYA, 1941 // The Sydney Morning Herald
NEWSPAPER: Malaya: Tin Mining Perak, 1947 // Australian Trade Comission
NEWSPAPER: Chinese Millionaires Live in Penang, 1941 // The News Adelaide
NEWSPAPER: Penang’s Position Difficult, 1941 // The News Adelaide
NEWSPAPER: Malaya wants Chin to SHOW UP AND TALK PEACE!, 1955 // The Argus
NEWSPAPER: Malaysia was poised on the razor’s edge, 1967 // The Argus
MAGAZINE: The Bulletin 1967 // Vol 89
MAGAZINE: Penang builds industry on high-tech base 1947 // Dept of Commerce and Agriculture
Melbourne Vol 36 No. 5
MAGAZINE: Last p3B marks end of era 1985 // RAAF News


Articles / Monographs Referenced:
JMBRAS Vol 3 Pt 2
Malaya 1923 by R.O. Winstedt

Wikipedia Commons:
LANGKASUKA AMBASSADOR
The Edward Bonadventure
Francis Light
East India Company Flag
A Piratical Proa
Sulu Pirates'
Hai San Secret Society


Flickr:
BUJANG VALLEY RUINS by Pedro Plassen Lopes


Liverpool Museums:
EAST INDIA SHIP


Stampaday Wordpress:
Francis Light and the Early Days of Penang


Getarchive:
Mayflower Steam Ferry


Mindat.org:
View of the Penang tin mining area, 1910

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Music Used:
Pizzi Waltz by Kadir Demir
The Sunrise Waltz by Patrick Ussher