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Find Your Place in History - South West: Of Fishing Folk, Pirates and Swampland: Singapore Bicentennial
By Carolyn Oei
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The changes in the South West came in many forms – colonialists who impacted the livelihood of seafarers along the coastline, the shifting power base of the Temenggong in Telok Blangah, and the swamps of Jurong into a successful industrial estate.
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Find Your Place in History - South West - Carolyn Oei
Find Your Place in History:
South West
Of fishing folk, pirates
and swampland | Carolyn Oei
Ethos BooksFind Your Place in History: South West
Of fishing folk, pirates and swampland
© Carolyn Oei, 2019
ISBN 978-981-14-0598-3 (e-book)
Published by Ethos Books, an imprint of Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd
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