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Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements collective name for certain former British colonies in Southeast Asia. The three British East India Company territories of Pinang , Singapore , and Malacca (see Melaka ) were given a unified administration in 1826 and called the Straits Settlements. The company was dissolved ... Read more
Christmas Island
Christmas Island tropical island (2001 pop. 1,508), 60 sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. The majority of the inhabitants descendants of Chinese and Malays who came to work the extensive phosphate deposits. Much of the island is n... Read more
Labuan
Labuan , island (1991 pop. 54,307), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), a federal territory of Malaysia, off Sabah, N Borneo, in the South China Sea. Coconuts, rubber, and rice are the main products. Victoria, the chief town, has a fine harbor and an airport and is the shipping center for much of N Borneo. Labuan ... Read more
Melaka
Melaka or Malacca , state (1991 pop. 504,502), 640 sq mi (1,658 sq km), Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Formerly one of the Straits Settlements , it was constituted a state of Malaya in 1957 (see Malaysia ). Nearly half the population are Malay; about two fifths are Chin... Read more
Pinang
Pinang or Penang , state (1991 pop. 1,065,075), c.400 sq mi (1,040 sq km), Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca. It consists of Pulau Pinang (an island of 108 sq mi/280 sq km), formerly known as Georgetown; and Province Wellesley (292 sq mi/756 sq km), a strip of territory on the Malay Peninsula a... Read more
Cocos Islands
Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands, officially Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, two separate atolls comprising 27 coral islets (2001 pop. 621), 5.5 sq mi (14.2 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, c.1,400 mi (2,250 km) SE of Sri Lanka. They are under Australian administration. Only three of the isla... Read more
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville , 1729-1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp, and he later (c.1764) established a colony on the Falkland Islands but had to surrender the settlement to Spain (1766). Accompanied by naturalists and astronomers, he made a voyage around ... Read more
Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham Island is the main settlement. About 2,000 of the Islands' 5,700 inhabitants are Haida, a native people whose ancient v... Read more
Kodiak Island
Kodiak Island , 5,363 sq mi (13,890 sq km), c.100 mi (160 km) long and 10-60 mi (16-96 km) wide, off S Alaska, separated from the Alaska Peninsula by Shelikof Strait. Alaska's largest island, Kodiak is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east; the native grasses in the south offer good... Read more
Xiamen
Xiamen or Amoy , city (1994 est. pop. 458,000), S Fujian prov., China, on Xiamen island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It has an excellent natural harbor and is connected to the mainland by a railroad (built 1957) that crosses on a dike. Fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, and tanning a... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Straits Settlements"

Straits Settlements
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Straits Settlements collective name for...and called the Straits Settlements. The company was dissolved...In 1867 the Straits Settlements became a crown colony...constituted a fourth Settlement in 1912. ( Christmas...
Singapore
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Pinang, and Malacca formed the Straits Settlement. Singapore soon became the most...centre in Southeast Asia, and the Straits Settlement became a Crown Colony...returned in 1945. In 1946, the Straits Settlement dissolved and Singapore...
Malaysia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Malay Peninsula between the Strait of Malacca and the South China...the trade through the narrow strait. In 1795, Britain conquered...Singapore , and in 1826 formed the Straits Settlement, consisting of Penang, Malacca...Singapore. In 1867, the Straits Settlement became a British...
Malaya
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...belonged to Thailand); and the Straits Settlements (Penang Island and the territory...Malacca, and Singapore). The Straits Settlements, whose government...towns in the Federated States and Straits Settlements, while the majority...
Malay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...based on control of the Strait of Malacca was the center...straddle the commerce in the strait. The British founded Penang...over Melaka to form the Straits Settlements; then they...in the world of Islam. Settlements Malay settlements tend to be strung out along...a road or highway. ...
Pinang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...040 sq km), Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca. It consists of Pulau...Pinang Island was the first British settlement on the Malay Peninsula. It was occupied...1791), the sultan agreed on a settlement from the British of an annual stipend...and Singapore, became known as the Straits ...
Melaka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca. Formerly one of the Straits Settlements , it was constituted a state...Chinese. The capital, on the strait, is the historic city of...a fortress guarding the strait than as a trading port...
Singapore, fall of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...their withdrawal across the Johore Straits to Singapore. To defend the base...was defended by two Malay and one Straits Settlements volunteer brigades; the western...case of attack from across the straits were incomplete but it had, anyway...
Cocos Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...settled in 1826 by Alexander Hare, an Englishman. A second settlement was founded in 1827 by John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish...s Singapore colony, the islands were included in the Straits Settlements ; they were placed under Australian administration in 1955...
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir (Henry) Robert
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Commanders-in-Chief in Singapore, each responsible to a different authority in London. The Governors of the Straits Settlements [see Malaya , Hong Kong, and Burma] received their policy directives from the Colonial Office while, for the...

Dictionary entries related to "Straits Settlements"

Straits Settlements
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Straits Settlements Former British crown colony comprising...bordering on the strategic Malacca Strait in south-east Asia. The three...SINGAPORE were combined in 1826 as the Straits Settlements. After 1858, they passed to British...
Malaysia
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...interest began in 1786 with the foundation of Penang and increased in the 1820s with the development of the Straits Settlement. The settlement became a crown colony in 1867. It was amalgamated with other sultanates, previously held as protectorates...
Singapore
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...trading port. In 1867 Singapore was removed from British Indian administration to form part of the new colony of the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS , its commercial development, dependent on Chinese immigrants, migrants, proceeding alongside its growth as...
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...and 700,000 before White settlement began in 1788. By the early...anniversary of the first European settlements, campaigns developed for...against Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, and for aid in...decade, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders began to emphasize...the Aborigines and Torres ...
Michigan
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...In 1668 the first formal settlement, a mission, was established...Ponchartrain at Detroit (meaning the straits), established in 1701, was the first permanent French settlement in the Lower Peninsula. Antoine...Cadillac established the fort and settlement as a fur center. French control...
land claims
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...made by Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders , whose presence...entered the country after White settlement in 1788, taking away land...for Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders in areas then considered...claims, Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders lobbied the federal...grievances of ...
Western Exploration
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...to bring him to the mythic Straits of Ani á n, the supposed...expedition failed to find the straits, it did establish the northern...again in search of the fabled Straits of Ani á n, and Don...important military and religious settlements along the California coast...
Makah
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...State, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Together with the Nuu...square-mile reservation, mostly at the settlement of Neah Bay. Prior to European colonization...Cape Flattery, at the Entrance to the Strait of Fuca, Washington Territory." Smithsonian...
Mexico, Gulf of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Gulf Stream, enters the gulf from the Caribbean Sea at the Strait of Yucat á n and flows into the Atlantic at the Straits of Florida. The gulf's large mass of warm water shapes...mile gulf has been the site of important trade routes and settlements and a pivotal arena for imperial contests since ...
Scapa Flow
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Scapa Flow a strait in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, which was an important British naval base, especially in the...surrender, and was scuttled in 1919 as an act of defiance against the terms of the Versailles peace settlement.

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KL hotels breathe life into Straits Settlement culture
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/28/2000; ; 527 words ; Jumaatun Azmi New Straits Times 06-28-2000 KL hotels breathe life into Straits Settlement culture Byline: Jumaatun Azmi Edition...they both inherited the culture of the Straits Settlements. The launch was done by the Entreprenuer...
The Colonial Office and Governor Ord. (first governor of the Straits Settlements Sir Harry Ord)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...In 1867, when the Straits Settlements passed from the control...responsibilities in the Straits Settlements. It may serve as...negotiating a boundary settlement between Pahang and...Singapore. In the Straits Settlements he governed with the...
Badu 15 and the Papuan-Austronesian settlement of Torres Strait.
Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits', under the leadership of...Cort Haddon, placed Torres Strait on the world anthropological...trade occurring across Torres Strait: intra-insular trade...neighbouring islands. Islander settlement focused on 'home' islands...subsistence base of Torres ...
Mask Cave: red-slipped pottery and the Australian-Papuan settlement of Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait).
Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...ago. Australian then Papuan settlement expansions across the western...memorialized in part by Torres Strait Islander oral tradition. Keywords: Torres Strait, island colonization, maritime...Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits' were escorted to the great...interest extended to Torres ...
Inspiring straits charm
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/25/2006; ; 681 words ; ...many buyers are being charmed by Straits style ... Factfile - Ariza Courtyard...half-storey terraces designed in Straits eclectic style. The scheme is...be reminiscent of of traditional Straits Settlement homes, with wide balconies, a...
Trade and society in the straits of Melaka: Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...over trade in the northern Melaka Straits. Although the focus of the book...the subsequent formation of the Straits Settlements in 1826. By 1830 Melaka's glory...remainder of Trade and society in the straits of Melaka. Moving away from the...
TAIWAN'S CROSS-STRAIT CURRENCY SYSTEM UNDER SCRUTINY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/25/2004; 700+ words ; ...establishment of a currency settlement system between Taiwan and the...the two sides of the Taiwan Strait model any such policy on a settlement pact signed late last year...same occasion that a cross-strait settlement pact must be clinched...
When bandits ruled in Kedah,NEW STRAITS TIMES
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words ; Shukor Rahman New Straits Times 02-16-1998 MORE than a century ago, rural banditry...These Sepoys had been brought in by the British to serve in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore, as well as in the Federated...
CASH SETTLEMENT TALKS NEEDED BEFORE EXCHANGES ALLOWED: TAIWAN.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...Pulse - Taiwan must engage in cash settlement talks with China before it gives...mechanism to facilitate the cross-strait currency exchange business. The...the absence of a formal cross-strait cash settlement agreement. In March 2004, the...
LOCKE WANTS RESCUE TUG STATIONED NEAR STRAIT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 9/17/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...miles from the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to a point...months studying shipping in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and possible...any money from the Tenyu Maru settlement - including interest - to pay...who live at the mouth of the strait, have offered additional settlement...