Sights in Sandakan
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Agnes Keith House
On the hill above town, overlooking Teluk Sandakan and the scruffy port itself, is Agnes Keith House, an old two-storey wooden villa now renovated as a museum. Keith was an American author who came to Sandakan in the 1930s with her husband, the Conservator of Forests, and ended up writing several books about her experiences, including the famous Land Below the Wind. The Keiths’ villa was destroyed during WWII and rebuilt identically upon their return in 1946. The house fell into disrepair during the 1990s, but Sabah Museum restored it as a faithful recreation of Keith’s original abode.
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Sandakan Memorial Park
Now just a quiet patch of woods, Sandakan Memorial Park was the site of a Japanese POW camp and starting point for the infamous ‘death marches’ to Ranau. Of the 1800 Australian and 600 British troops imprisoned here, the only survivors by July 1945 were six Australian escapees.
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St Michael’s & All Angels Church
The 19th-century St Michael’s & All Angels Church is one of the few stone buildings in Malaysian Borneo. Prison labourers lugged the stones across the jungle during the church’s construction – perhaps not the best example of Christian charity!
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St Michael’s & All Angels Church
The 19th-century St Michael’s & All Angels Church is one of the few stone buildings in Malaysian Borneo. Prison labourers lugged the stones across the jungle during the church’s construction – perhaps not the best example of Christian charity!
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