- Allen R. Maxwell – William Hood Treacher’s 1884 Brunei salasilah.
- Chin Shui Hiung – In the Footsteps of Sir Hugh Low.
The Sabah Society publishes an annual journal containing articles written on topics relevant to the objectives of the Society. These Journals are available for purchase by members of the public from the On-line Shop here.
We will be placing all our available journals in reverse date order as and when the information is scanned and written up.
This issue of the Sabah Society Journal presents six articles covering a range of subjects and interests. P.S. Shim, a regular contributor to our Journal on topics of local and native history, provides an interesting account of the well-known Arabian traveller Ibn Batuta’s voyages in South East Asia. Stephen Sutton in a comprehensive commentary
Dr. Lim Pitt Ken and Nicholas K.M. Tan – The North Borneo Picture Postcards of Philippe B. Funk of Sandakan. Lavernita Allysa, Pedro Bingku, Maxentius Donysius and Darrel Webber – Funding Conservation Efforts through Voluntary Conservation Levy (VCL) By WWF-Malaysia’s Kinabatangan-Corridor of Life Project. Joannie Jomitol, Kertijah Abd. Kadir and Azlin B. Awang
The 2007 issue of the Sabah Society Journal brings you six articles on a range of subjects. The longest of the papers by Fausto Barlocco, a social scientist from the UK, deals with the growth and development of Kadazan nationalism and the role played by the media and the state in fostering its growth. Table of Contents Tan Sir Datuk Seri Panglima Simon Sipaun – Has SUHAKAM made a Difference in the State of Human Rights in Malaysia? Richard Nelson Sokial – The Tambunan Bamboo House in Local and national History. Danny Wong Tze Ken – The Kinabalu Guerrillas in Local and National History. Annadel S. Cabanban, Rebecca
The bulk of this journal comprise a miscellany of articles and essays based on recent dedicated research into Sabah’s still nebulous past. These articles are largely tributes and descriptive accounts covering the pre-colonial and colonial era before 1950 and are significant for their contribution in filling the still large gaps in Sabah’s historical record.
L.W. St. John-Jones – The Kuching Prisoner-of-War Camp 1944-1945: Heroism and Tragedy. P.S. Shim – Japanese Occupation and the Sungai Manila Tragedy. Dale Straughan and John Bakar – A Comparison of Vertebrates Recorded in 1990-1991 and 1999-2004 from the Sukau Region of the Lower Kinabatangan Floodplain, Sabah. Book Review: Bornean Diaries 1938-1942. I.H.N.
Ross Ibbottson – Domesticated Elephants in Borneo. Shim P. S. – Another Look at the Bornean Elephant. Jojo M. Fung – The Muruts: Spiritual World, Rituals and Shamanism. Shim P. S. – Life and Times of Datu Menteri Babu. Stephen Chia and Peter Koon – Recent Discovery of an Ancient Log Coffin In
Yamamoto Hiroyuki – Sports, Beauty Contests and The Tamu Besar: the origins of Harvest Festival in Sabah (North Borneo). Christine Chong – The Sad Case of Robert Burns-his life and end in Borneo. James Sarda – Last of the Bobohizans. K. Ravi Mandalam – Mount Tambuyukon, Sabah’s mystery mountain. Fung Tzee Ping –
The year 2000 marked the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of The Sabah Society. By some standards this is not a very long time, but for the State of Sabah forty years constitutes a considerable proportion of its history. The State’s independence, and entry into Malaysia, came three years later than the formation of
