page_title: Marudi, Sarawak
section_title: Brooke administration
hierarchical_section_title: Marudi, Sarawak / Brooke administration
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait of Charles Hose. Charles Hose was British colonial officer at Sarawak from 1884 to 1907.
context_page_description: Marudi is a town on the Baram River in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Marudi is a quiet town situated inland from Miri, similar in size to Kapit though nowhere near as busy. Its main attraction is another of the Brooke outposts, the beige wooden Fort Hose. It is the cultural heart of Sarawak's highland tribesfolk, collectively called Orang Ulu. Before Miri was founded, Marudi was the administrative centre of the northern region of Sarawak.
  Marudi, a riverine town about 100 km upriver from Kuala Baram, is the largest town in the sparsely populated Baram district. It is the district administrative headquarters and has been since the days of the White Rajahs. Marudi used to be a stepping stone to the well-known tourist destination, Gunung Mulu National Park. Pioneer tourists would travel from Miri to Marudi first, and then from the river, tourists would have to use long boats cutting through few adventurous rapids upstream before reaching Mulu. With the completion of a small airport at Mulu, most tourists prefer to take Twin Otters operated by MASwings of Malaysia Airlines direct from Miri Airport.
context_section_description: Charles Brooke succeeded James Brooke as the new Rajah of Sarawak in 1868.
  By 1883, Sultan of Brunei (Sultan Abdul Momin) ceded the Baram region (including Miri) to Charles Brooke.
  The fourth division of Sarawak was immediately created with the installation of Mamerto George Gueritz as the first Resident of the Division.
  A fort was built in at Marudi, 43 km to the east of Miri in 1883: it was named Claudetown in honour of Claude Champion de Crespigny, Resident of the Third Division when he died in 1884, and became the administrative centre of the division.
  The administration was helped by two junior officers, 30 rangers, and a few native police.
  Charles Hose became Resident of Baram District in 1891 and the fort in Marudi was renamed as "Fort Hose".
  To restore peace among various ethnic tribes fighting in the Baram region, Charles Hose decided to organise a peace conference at his fort in April 1899 right after a difficult but successful journey to visit the Madangs people in interior Baram (at the foot of Mudong Alan Lata river also known as Data river(a tributary to Silat river)).
  This peace conference also led to the birth of first Baram Regatta, a long boat race competition among the natives which continued to be held until today.
  The Resident Office moved from Marudi to Miri in 1912 after rapid oil discovery activity development in Miri.
caption: Charles Hose
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