Sometimes i do get request on sharing resources related to Bukit Brown and this request is indeed valid. It has been over 10 years since we started this movement to save and conserve Bukit Brown. Over the years there were many resources now available online. I will attempt to list as many as possible, so that this can become a Resource list of sorts that might help you in your journey to find out about Bukit Brown Cemetery and its importance to Singapore as a site for conservation and even the next UNESCO World Heritage site.
Do come back often, as i will continue to update the list below.
Exploring
Self-guided & Guided Tours
Bukit Brown Wayfinder. (PDF, 13.4 Mb). Source: Singapore Heritage SocietyBukit Brown Events by All Things Bukit Brown. (website). Peatix
(Click on Follow and sign up to get email alerts whenever a tour is organised).
Revisiting Lorong Halwa - the avatar trees trail. (Rojak Librarian) posted on 20 March 2024
Revisiting Bukit Brown Hill. (Rojak Librarian), posted on 24 March 2024
Burial Registry
Burial Registers of Bukit Brown (1922-1972). (website). National Archives Singapore
Old Photos of Bukit Brown
Old Photos of Bukit Brown. (website).Rojak Librarian. posted on 9 February 2014
Bukit Brown in 1973 (from the show Ring of Fury). (website).Rojak Librarian. posted on 7 May 2020
Bukit Brown Cemetery temple - a hope for its resurrection. (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 2 July 2021
Bukit Brown Sheds and Superintendent House.(website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 23 October 2024
Aerial view of Bukit Brown in 1948 - roundabout. (website).Rojak Librarian. posted on 20 July 2014
Lim Dwan Inn and Yeo Ai Lin (Lao Sua).(website).Rojak Librarian. posted on 4 September 2021
Ng Whoey (Lao Sua). (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 29 August 2017
Ho Soon Neo (Lao Sua).(website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 24 July 2018
Funeral of Tay Koh Yat. (website).Rojak Librarian. posted on 6 September 2024
Bukit Brown Burial Receipt (Syonan Tokubetu Si). (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 7 September 2024
Miss Teo Geok Neo (Lao Sua). (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 6 October 2024
Aerial View of Bukit Brown 1958. (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 12 September 2024
Superintendent House and Office at Bukit Brown Cemetery.(website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 27 Feb 2025
Another Aerial view of Ong Sam Leong tomb in Bukit Brown.(website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 27 Feb 2025
Aerial view of the Coolie Lines of Bukit Brown.(website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 27 Feb 2025
Bukit Brown Sheds and Superintendent House. (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 23 October 2024
Videos
Below are a resource list of videos that i have compiled that features on and about Bukit Brown and the duration. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but handpicked by me after watching them.
Tomb keepers of Bukit Brown
Meet the People Keeping Bukit Brown Cemetery Alive. (2:56)Memory Makers: The Bukit Brown Caretakers. – Roots SG (9:09)
An ode to Tombkeeper Ah Soon (Bukit Brown). (website).Rojak Librarian, posted on 15 May 2024
清明特写：城市守墓人，记录生命最后的尊严 Qingming rituals: Meet Singapore’s last tomb keepers - zaobasg (7:24)
Rites and Rituals of Bukit Brown
The Rites and Rituals of Bukit Brown Cemetery – Roots SG (14:22)
Qing Ming 2022 - Yap Geok Song Revisited (website). Rojak Librarian
Prayers before moving house (exhumation) at Lao Sua - Part 1 . (Youtube).Rojak Librarian
Unearthing Bukit Brown. (Youtube). (18:22). Singapore Heritage Society
Story of the early Pioneers of Singapore
History from the Hills - Episode 1 - 8
Lim Nee Soon’s wife, Wi Peck Hay was buried at Bukit Brown…or was she. (1:00)
Lim Nee Soon’s wife, Wi Peck Hay was buried at Bukit Brown…or was she. (1:00)
Volunteers of Bukit Brown
Tuesday Report - Bukit Brown (Chinese with
English subtitles) (23:00)
The Stories Behind: Grave hunter reunites families with forgotten tombs (3:30)
The Stories Behind: Grave hunter reunites families with forgotten tombs (3:30)
Drone Footage of Bukit Brown
Bukit Brown: Enchanting Cemetery Forest. (3:00)The Hidden Temple of Bukit Brown Forest. (2:00)
Sunrise at Bukit Brown Cemetery Forest. (1:55)
Websites and Articles
Useful Websites
Bukit Brown. (website). All Things Bukit Brown
Home. (website). Singapore Tombstones Epigraphic Materials 新加坡墓碑铭集录
Home. (website). The Rojak Librarian.
Bukit Brown. (website).The Bukit Brown Cemetery Documentation Project
Bukit Brown. (website). Bukit Brown: Living Museum of History and Heritage
Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery. (website). Singapore Infopedia. National Library, Singapore
Bukit Brown. (website). Bukit Brown: Living Museum of History and Heritage
Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery. (website). Singapore Infopedia. National Library, Singapore
NewspaperSG. (website). National Library, Singapore
Social Media
Heritage Singapore - Bukit Brown. Facebook Group
Position Papers
Position Paper on Bukit Brown (2012). (PDF). Singapore Heritage Singapore
Bukit Brown Cemetery, A UNESCO World Heritage. (website). Rojak Librarian, published on 2 April 2013
UNESCO Heritage site bid - Why not Bukit Brown too? (website). Rojak Librarian, published on 14 April 2013
Parliamentary Question by Ms. Janice Koh (Bukit Brown). (website). Rojak Librarian, published on 9 July 2013
Academic Papers
Jianli, H. (2014). Resurgent Spirits of Civil Society Activism: Rediscovering the Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 87(2 (307)), 21–45. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26527673
Yeoh, B. S. A. (1991). The Control of “Sacred” Space: Conflicts over the Chinese Burial Grounds in Colonial Singapore, 1880-1930. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 22(2), 282–311. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20071337
Pang, N., & Khiun, L. K. (2020). Mediating Community in Bukit Brown. In S. S.-Y. Chung & M. Douglass (Eds.), The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore (pp. 233–250). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv12sdvh2.14
Tan, See Mieng. (2023). Speaking up for the dead in Bukit Brown Cemetery? An anthropological enquiry on contemporary civil society in Singapore. (Thesis). The University of Edinburgh
http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3468
http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3468
Books
Non-fiction
Tan, K. (2011). Spaces of the dead : a case from the living. Ethos Books ; Singapore Heritage Society. Availability: NLB
Leow, C.,& Lim, C. (2016). World War II @ Bukit Brown. Published under the imprint Ethos Books by Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd and Singapore Heritage Society. Availability: NLB
Ong Siang Song. (2020). One Hundred Years’ History Of The Chinese In Singapore: The Annotated Edition. World Scientific. Availability: NLB
Teo, J. (2022). Do-it-yourself Bukit Brown Tour: A Pocket Guide by the People. Availability: NLB
Cooper, J. (2016). Tigers in the Park. Availability: NLB
CPinto-Rodrigues, A., & Lim, V. (2015). Peranakan tiles Singapore. Aster By Kyra Pte. Ltd. Availability: NLB
Availability: NLB
Fiction
Jung, S. (2019). Bukit Brown.Availability: NLB
Gan, M. (2019). The Ghost Who Pinched Me. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd.
Availability: NLB
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