KUCHING: Three graves belonging to the Brooke family who ruled Sarawak before independence were exhumed from a burial plot near the Astana and reburied at a new site in front of Fort Margherita ...

When James Brooke arrived in 1839, Kuching then consisted of humble timber ... which can be crossed by a short ride using the tambang (boat), to the Astana which is the present-day official ...

KUCHING: For 100 years, Sarawak was ruled as an independent kingdom by a succession of White Rajahs from the Brooke family. Starting with James Brooke in 1841, it passed on to his nephew Charles ...

KUCHING: Three graves belonging to the Brooke family, who ruled Sarawak before Independence, were exhumed from a burial plot near the Astana and reburied at a new site in front of Fort Margherita ...

THERE are many heritage treasures in Kuching, Sarawak, dating back to the James Brooke era, the first White Rajah of Sarawak, that are interesting to discover. The Brookes were responsible for ...

KUCHING: An original Sarawakian musical about James Brooke will be restaged by the St Joseph’s Family of Schools during the Rainforest Fringe Festival here next month. Written and orchestrated ...

KUCHING: Friends of Sarawak Museum is presenting a talk on Sarawak’s first White Rajah James Brooke at ChinaHouse here on March 28. Titled “Contested Reputation: Revisiting William Gliddon’s ...

KUCHING, Malaysia -- It is said that when the British adventurer James Brooke sailed up Borneo's Sarawak River in 1841 he stumbled across an attractive backwater settlement. Impressed by its ...

Illustration / Rod Emmerson As befits a fine-looking establishment named for the first "White Rajah" of the region, the James Brooke Bistro and Cafe occupies a prime location in Kuching ...

James Brooke, born in India in 1803, was almost killed at the tender age of 22. He was shot in "the most intimate part of the male anatomy" while fighting the Burmese, according to an article from ...

THERE are many heritage treasures in Kuching, Sarawak, dating back to the James Brooke era, the first White Rajah of Sarawak, that are interesting to discover. The Brookes were responsible for ...