Title
An Indian couple
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Singapore/Malaysia
Dimension
Image size: L13.7cm X W8.8cm
Accession No.
1991-00439
Collection of
NLB Type
Postcard
By the turn of the century, the number of Indians in Singapore and Malaysia had grown quite considerable. The majority of Indian men were labourers doing back-breaking work such as building roads and erecting bridges. Others worked on rubber plantations while some Indian women worked on sugar estates.
