approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,700,704
edits
Straits Settlements: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
<font size=5><center>'''Straits Settlements'''</center></font> | <font size=5><center>'''Straits Settlements'''</center></font> | ||
[[File:straitssettlements.jpg|center|Arms of the Straits Settlements]] | [[File:straitssettlements.jpg|center|Arms of the Straits Settlements]] | ||
| Line 13: | Line 11: | ||
The Straits Settlements consisted of the four individual settlements of Malacca, Dinding, Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island), Singapore (with Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands). The island of Labuan, off the the coast of Borneo, was also incorporated into the colony with effect from 1 January 1907, becoming a separate settlement within it in 1912. With the exception of [[Singapore]], Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands, these territories now form part of [[Malaysia]]. | The Straits Settlements consisted of the four individual settlements of Malacca, Dinding, Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island), Singapore (with Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands). The island of Labuan, off the the coast of Borneo, was also incorporated into the colony with effect from 1 January 1907, becoming a separate settlement within it in 1912. With the exception of [[Singapore]], Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands, these territories now form part of [[Malaysia]]. | ||
===Official blason=== | |||
Quarterly, 1st quarter Gules, issuant from the base a tower proper, on the battlements thereof a lion passant guardant Or; 2nd quarter, Argent, on a mount an Areca nut palm tree proper; 3rd quarter also Argent a sprig of the oil tree Kruing slipped proper; 4th quarter Azure, in base on waves of the sea in front of a representation of the sun rising behind a mountain a sailing yacht, in full sail to the sinister all proper. | |||
===Origin/Meaning=== | ===Origin/Meaning=== | ||