Crown Colony of Sarawak

Crown Colony of Sarawak
British colony
← 1946–1963 →
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem God Save the King/Queen Fair Land Sarawak
Capital		Kuching
Languages		English, Iban, Malay, Chinese
Government		Crown colony
Historical era		New Imperialism
•	Sarawak ceded to the Crown Colony	30 June 1946
•	Self-government	22 July 1963
•	Malaysia Agreement	16 September 1963
Currency		Sarawak dollar, later Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Today part of		Malaysia

Governor of British Crown Colony of Sarawak
Style	His Excellency
Residence	The Astana
Appointer	King George VI succeeded in 1952 by Queen Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
Formation	1946-1963
Final holder	Sir Alexander Waddell
Abolished	16 September 1963 (Formed the Federation of Malaysia)[1]

The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British Crown colony established in 1946 shortly after the dissolution of British Military Administration.

Administration

The Governor of British Crown Colony of Sarawak (Malay: Tuan Yang Terutama Gabenor Koloni Mahkota British Sarawak) was the position created by the British Government upon the cession of Sarawak from the Brooke Administration in 1946. The appointment was made by King George VI, and later Queen Elizabeth II until the self-government of Sarawak on 22 July 1963^[2][3][4] and the forming of the Federation of Malaysia on 1963.^[1] After the formation of Malaysia, the title was changed to 'Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak', which also means 'His Excellency The Governor of Sarawak', or 'His Excellency The Head of State of Sarawak' and the appointment was later made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia.

The official residence of the Governor of Sarawak at that time was The Astana, located at the North bank of the Sarawak River.

List of Governors of the Crown Colony of Sarawak

Further reading

• List of the governors of the Crown Colony of Sarawak and the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (archive version)

See also

• Anti-cession movement of Sarawak

External links

• Colonial administration records (migrated archives): Sarawak (Malaysia) at The National Archives (Pg. 65)

References

1. 1 2 Frans Welman. Borneo Trilogy Sarawak: Volume 2. Booksmango. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-616-245-089-1. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
2. 1 2 "The National Archives DO 169/254 (Constitutional issues in respect of North Borneo and Sarawak on joining the federation)". The National Archives. 1961–1963. Retrieved 23 April 2015. 
3. 1 2 Vernon L. Porritt (1997). British Colonial Rule in Sarawak, 1946-1963. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-983-56-0009-8. 
4. 1 2 Philip Mathews (28 February 2014). Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013. Editions Didier Millet. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-967-10617-4-9. 

Protectorates and Crown colonies of British Malaya and Borneo Malaya Straits Settlements (1826–1946) Federated Malay States (1895–1946) Unfederated Malay States (1800s–1946) Crown Colony of Malacca (1946–1957) Crown Colony of Penang (1946–1957) Borneo Kingdom of Sarawak (1841–1941) Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963) Crown Colony of Labuan (1848–1946) North Borneo (1882–1946) Crown Colony of North Borneo (1946–1963)

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