For residents of the penang area the island has one immediate association leprosy. Leprosy case in pulau jerejak 1868 1960s closed leper asylum was completed january 1988 the detainees were transferred to prisons in johor. The most common file formats include pdf, txt and plain html as well as epub and mobi kindle. At first glance, it may seem like theres nothing on the island except a jetty and some rundown buildings plus forests. The colorful history of jerejak island in penang, malaysia. Preliminary survey finding of the built and living environment in camp 5, pulau jerejak settlement article in jurnal teknologi 715 december 2014 with 99 reads how we measure reads.
The island is now open to the public as a recreational resort. The purpose was to observe whether these immigrants were free from any contagious diseases like small pox. Also known as the alcatraz of malaysia, because the island was once the location of the jerejak prison. Jerejak island is an islet off the eastern coast of penang island in the state of penang, malaysia. In my attempts to put together a timeline, i came across this research paper written about camp 5. For some reason, when someone says lets go to penang, not many people would think of the mainland part. If youre looking for historical and academic books, and even some. Located towards the south eastern tip of penang main island, this 362ha island is rich with history, flora and fauna.
Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. In this book gibby reveals a more varied and interesting history than most know about besides being an isolation centre for leprosy sufferers in the past. Penangs untold story mike gibby pulau jerejak jerejak island probably gets barely a mention, if any at all, in penang guide books. Jerejak island is situated in between penang main lsland and seberang perai, surrounded by the water of south channel. This beautiful 362 hectare tropical island, is located directly across the channel from bayan lepas. The purpose of this research is to study the historical development of camp 5, a leper camp on. Pulau jerejak pulau jerejak gained its alias as the alcatraz of malaysia, because of the jerejak prison. A short ferry ride from bayan lepas can get you to the island in no time. In fact, pulau jerejak is so rich in history that author and retired teacher, mike gibby, decided to do extensive research on it and wrote a 250page book on the island pulau jerejak, penangs untold story. Pulau jerejak leper settlement, penang, straits settlements. Pulau jerejaks history in leprosy precedes sungai buloh and it is important that this narrative is preserved both locally and globally. Jerejak island or pulau jerejak is located in bayan lepas, off the south eastern tip of penang island. Disappointing heritage significance of pulau jerejak.
Pulau jerejak was formerly the main leper asylum for the straits settlements, but the asylum was only used in 1871. Last group left on august 1993 1880 1930s 1871 starting to operate leper asylum jerejak rehabilitation centre began operating. Find a list of resources for downloading german ebooks for free. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Pulau jerejak leper settlement was operated from 1871 until 1969. And even less people would think of the tiny island next to the bigger island, pulau jerejak. Get our new history books for free by mail or find our free kindle books on amazon. Exploring pulau jerejak, penang archived 28 june 2006 at the wayback machine.
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