PROFILE MDB 2

MIGRATION HISTORY OF THE HAKKA CHINESE TO BAU
Brief History Of Bau
The old name for Bau district is "Upper Sarawak" whereas the old
name for Bau Town was "Mau San" or "Bukit Mau". European authors
during the Brooke regime pronounced "Bau" as "Bow".
Bau has a historical connection with the destruction of the first Bau
Bazaar at "Mau San" (Bau Lama) in 1857. It was estimated that at
least a few hundred women and children were burned or died of
suffocation inside the Ghost Cave and about 2,000 people including the
followers of Liu Shanbang were killed in and around "Mau San" by the
White Rajah Sir James Brooke's force.
The Chinese settlement at Mau San (Bau Lama) started between 1820-
1830 when the antimony and gold discovery was made known to the
Chinese in Sambas, Indonesia, The Chinese miners came over to Mau
San through Pangkalan Tebang. They started to exploit the antimony at
Paku and Jambusan areas and gold in and around Mau San area.
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