History

The name Port Dickson originated from the British High Officer, Sir John Frederick Dickson who was posted at theStraits Settlement during the end of the 19th century. Prior to being developed the area was formerly known asTanjung (which means cape) among local Malays due to its geographic location at a small bay. The local Chineseand Indians on the other hand had named this place Alang or Arang (which means charcoal) due to its location near to an island known for its coal mine production and acted as supplier to the nearby areas.

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Port Dickson was known as "Tanjong"

About a century ago, Port Dickson town was a part of the ocean, during the high water tide, the water might raise up to the railway near Jalan Lama. In those time, both streets of Jalan Baru and Jalan Raja Aman Shah did not yet exist.

In the earlier time, Port Dickson was called "Tanjong" in Malay language that means "cape". The oldest shoplots were the four situated at Jalan Lama. There was also carbon mine at first mile of the coast road (Jalan Pantai), and therefore Port Dickson was also called "Arang" in Malay language that means "charcoal".

In those time, the British have foreseen the great potential of Port Dickson, thus built a harbor in replacement for the existing port in Pengkalan Kempas. Because the in-charge officer's name was Dickson, thereafter it was named Port Dickson until today. In the picture, Jalan Baru was built in 1927. There were only 5 shop lots counting from today's Standard Chartered Bank.

Since Arang has rapidly grown into an industrial area while Tanjung is a fast developing town area, the Secretary ofthe Federated States, Sir John Frederick Dickson, had gazetted Tanjung be made into a strategic seaport as wellas a retreat for British officials and farmers.The development of the port had also enabled the British to take advantage on the profitable trading economic activities of spices, tea and silk between India and China. The bustling trading activities between the two nations had emphasised the Straits of Malacca as apotential and practical rendezvous point due to its strategic location, being at the crossroads of the trading route for the seafaringmerchants.

In 1891, with aims to furthermore enhance the effectiveness of this new seaport, a 39-km railway track had been proposed to link Tanjung and Sungai Ujong (now known asSeremban). A plan was drafted out to allow various goods such as spices, rice, and tapiocabrought by the trade ships to be transported from the port to Sungai Ujong by train.

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