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.

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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

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

[NickyAlmasy]

Wonderful work and research - deserves a lot more views!

[danialkadir]

Hi Tan, this a great content. as a Penangite who also loves history, may I get any of the writing documents or the image about Penang that you have via the google drive link?

[kelvinrao]

My dream state to work and settle down

[thaitvfan]

Bofore Francis Light came, Penang was belong to Siam(Thailand) .

[masriverstone]

It suppose to start from batu uban, bayan lepas and tanjung tokong. Not from 1786. Francis light is not the founder of Penang. He just improve Penang from local people.

[bazojc]

Explain the starfort, there are hundreds of starforts around the world. They are not built as a defense fort as they would like you to believe. The architecture is the same around the world, and it's not built by so called colonialists. Chulia street type of terrace shophouses, can be found in Hong Kong, Shanghai, same same. His story is not our story. History is a set of lies agreed upon.