The species name refers to the type location, the island of Labuan.
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The species name bulweri is after Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, Governor of Labuan 1871-1875, who presented the type specimen to the British Museum.
The radio covers areas of Sarawak and certain parts of Sabah, Labuan, West Kalimantan and Brunei.
The Church in the Straits Settlement was separated from the See of Calcutta by an Act of Parliament in 1869 and placed under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Labuan as the United Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak.
It is known from the Beaufort Hills, the Siangau Forest Reserve and Labuan in SW Sabah and Ladan Hills in the Tutong district of Brunei.
An-Nur Mosque is the biggest mosque in the Federal Territory of Labuan; Islam is the main religion of the island.
The airport's name comes from Labuan Bajo's status as a departure point for tours to the nearby Komodo National Park, home of the Komodo dragon.
Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes down to the occupation of Labuan. From the Journals of James Brooke, Esq. Rajah of Sarawak and Governor of Labuan . . . by Captain Rodney Mundy. London: John Murray.
Cornwall was the first Bishop to hold this post: following the devastation of World War II, the Diocese of Labuan and the Bishopric of Sarawak was joined together as the Diocese of Borneo.
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Cornwall served as Bishop, based in Kuching, for thirteen years until 1962, when this Diocese was again divided into the Diocese of Jesselton (later the Diocese of Sabah) which included Labuan, and the Diocese of Kuching which included Brunei.
The principal RAAF airfields in these areas were at Hollandia, Biak, Middleburg, Morotai, Labuan and Tarakan.
Having been occupied by the Japanese Army in World War II, Labuan was liberated by the Australian Army in September 1945 and placed under British military administration until 15 July 1946, when it was incorporated into British North Borneo.