Malaya is a former country in Southeast Asia that consists of the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and some adjacent islands (originally including Singapore) and that now forms the western part of the federation of Malaysia and is known as West Malaysia.
The area was colonized by the Dutch, Portuguese, and the British, who eventually dominated; the several Malay states federated under British control in 1896. The country became independent in 1957, and the federation expanded and became Malaysia in 1963.
These photos of Malaya from John Laurie were taken by Neil Cranston Laurie and Olwen Francis Laurie in 1961 and 1962 when Neil was working from Mentakab and Kuala Lumpur as a Colombo Plan surveyor.
The area was colonized by the Dutch, Portuguese, and the British, who eventually dominated; the several Malay states federated under British control in 1896. The country became independent in 1957, and the federation expanded and became Malaysia in 1963.
These photos of Malaya from John Laurie were taken by Neil Cranston Laurie and Olwen Francis Laurie in 1961 and 1962 when Neil was working from Mentakab and Kuala Lumpur as a Colombo Plan surveyor.
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| Kota Bahru market |
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| Main street, Kota Bahru |
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| Main street, Mentakab |
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| Makan Besah - Ismail's new house |
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| Malacca canal |
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| Malay house at Seremban |
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| Malay wedding, bride and groom |
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| Malay wedding, bride and groom |
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| Malay wedding |
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| Market day, Durian Tawar |
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| Market, Kota Bahru |
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| Market, Mentakab |
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| Mentakab picture theatre |
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| Mosque at Kuala Terengganu |
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| Mouth of Trengganu River |
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| New fishing boat, Kampung Tanjung Lumpur |
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| New Mercantile Bank, Kuala Lumpur |
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| New Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur |
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| New Survey Office, Gurney Road, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Old Church, Malacca |
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| Toilet at Pahang River |
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| Planting in Taiping |
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| Police checkpoint, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Queue at the bus stop, Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Return of fishing boats, Kampung Tanjung Lumpur |
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| Rice harvesting |
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| Rice transplant |
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| Roadside shopping at Ipoh |
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| Rubber tree, Ulu Klang |
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| Selangor Golf Club swimming pool, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Shopping street, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Street in Kuala Terengganu |
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| Swimming pool, Taiping |
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| Village house |
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| Villagers, Kampung Tanjung Lumpur |
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| Water buffaloes on the roadside |
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| Aborigine family and house, Malaya |
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| Aborigine family and house, Malaya |
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| Aborigines, Malaya |
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| Agong's car, Batu Lima Army Camp |
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| Bersilat - Kelantan |
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| Brushman outside the house |
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| Buffalo cart |
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| Bukit Bintang barber and bicycle shop, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Chempedak Beach, Kuantan |
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| Chempedak Beach, Kuantan |
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| Children coming home from school, Ulu Langat |
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| Chinese funeral, Ampang Road |
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| Chinese funeral, Kuantan, roast pigs |
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| Chinese funeral, Kuantan |
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| Chinese funeral, Kuantan |
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| Chinese funeral, Kuantan |
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| Chinese funeral, Kuantan |
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| Collecting bananas near Raub |
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| Cows in rice fields - Kelantan |
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| Dragnet fishing, Malacca |
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| East Coast beach |
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| East Coast fishing boat |
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| East Coast fishing village |
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| East Coast fishing village |
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| Fish traps, Malacca |
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| Flyover to unfinished Parliament Building, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Food vendors on Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Gomali Rubber Estate sign |
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| Government Buildings, view from the bedroom in the Railway Hotel, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Hindu festival, near Mentakab |
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| Hindu festival, near Mentakab |
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| Hindu festival, near Mentakab |
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| Hindu festival, near Mentakab |
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| House in Kenny Hill, Kuala Lumpur |
