Straits Settlements

(formerly) a British crown colony of SE Asia that included Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, and some smaller islands

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Straits Settlements

from 1826 to 1946, a British colony in Southeast Asia. The Straits Settlements originally included the island of Pinang and Province Wellesley, which is situated on the Malay Peninsula, and also the island of Singapore and the city of Malacca. Later the colony included a Naning, a principality on the Malay Peninsula that was conquered in 1831–32, as well as Labuan Island, the Cocos Islands, and Christmas Island. George Town, on Pinang, was the capital until 1832, when Singapore became the capital.

The Straits Settlements were a part of British India until 1867, when they became a Crown Colony. As of 1976, Pinang, the Malay Peninsula, and Labuan Island have become part of Malaysia. Singapore is a republic, and the Cocos Islands and Christmas Island belong to the Commonwealth of Australia.

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References in periodicals archive

(30.) Nathaniel Cantley, 'Report on the Forests of the Straits Settlements' (1883), Straits Settlements, Reports on the Forests of the Straits Settlements, 1882-1888, Staff Library, Singapore Botanic Garden, 1-8.

People in peril, environments at risk: Coolies, tigers, and colonial Singapore's ecology of poverty

Chronologically there are 190 maps from the East India Company period 1819-66, 530 from the pre-WWI Straits Settlements period 1866-1918, 1700 from the interwar period, 700 from WW2 including Japanese reproduction of British mapping with Singapore renamed Syonan, 2200 from the post-war pre-independence period 1945-65, and 4200 from post-independence 1965-present.

National Library Board (Singapore), Visualising Space: maps of Singapore and the region. Collections from the National Library and National Archives of Singapore

Phoenix rising: Narratives in Nyonya beadwork for the Straits settlements. Singapore: NUS Press.

Analyzing the Little Nyonya: portrayal of cultural and gender expectations of Peranakan Chinese life in Southeast Asia

The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the SVA, Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, Malacca Volunteer Corps and Labuan Volunteer Defense Detachment.

Military rifle cartridges Singapore from Snider to SAR-21

UNESCO World Heritage sites in Malaysia include not only places of ecological significance, but also the beautifully preserved Straits Settlements cities of George Town and Melaka (Malacca).

Kuala Lumpur: strategic Malaysia seeks broad U.S. ties

Sayid Abdul Rahman set up a firm Alsagoff and Company in the year 1848 to manage a large part of the Straits Settlements exports such as timber, rubber, sago, coconut, cocoa and coffee to Arab and European countries.

Sayid Muhammad al-Sagoff in Johore-Ottoman sovereign relations

As British influence expanded in the Straits Settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore during the first quarter of the 19th century, the Straits Chinese soon apprehended the advantages that accrued from an education in English.

The Straits Chinese: the existence of a Chinese-Malay sub-culture, now nearly extinct, is little known in the West. At its peak, its craftsmen produced an eclectic range of art which fused local motifs and styles with forms from China and their European colonisers

In 1826, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca were combined as the Straits Settlements to form an outlying residency of the British East India Company; in 1867, the Straits Settlements were made a British Crown Colony, an arrangement that continued until 1946.

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Focusing on the experiences of Singapore's Indian minority during the periods in which the Straits Settlements functioned as an Indian presidency, 1825-1867, and as a penal settlement for transported Indian convicts, 1825-1873, Pieris (U.

Hidden hands and divided landscapes; a penal history of Singapore's plural society

Nathan Collection of Straits Settlements, an award-winning group of stamps and covers.

FOCUS ON pounds 11,600 for a used envelope; Your money

Sir Stamford Raffles founded a British settlement on the island of Singapore in 1819 and by 1830 the British Straits Settlements also included Malacca.

August's anniversaries: blake in state ... streaming ahead ... Malaya's Independence ... Richard Cavendish looks at August's anniversaries