Penang Eurasian Association, Pulau Tikus
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Penang Eurasian Association (1 March 2009)
Penang Eurasian Association (GPS: 5.43393, 100.31019) is the association of the small community of Eurasians in Penang. It is located at The Heritage House at the very end of Eurasian Close (Solok Serani) off Kelawei Road, in Pulau Tikus, Penang.
The Eurasian Association is a testament to the Eurasians that used to have their village, called Kampung Serani, in the Pulau Tikus district. The Eurasians trace their history back to the second wave of Eurasians to settle in Penang around 1811, when they came over with their leader, Father John Pasqual from Phuket, which was under attack from Myanmar.
Penang Eurasian Association (1 March 2009)The Eurasians had made their home in the vicinity of College General (where Gurney Plaza and the upcoming Gurney Paragon are located today). College General, a seminary for Roman Catholic priests, was founded in Ayutthaya, Siam, as the Seminary of Saint Joseph in 1662 by the Society of Foreign Mission of Paris (Missions Étrangères de Paris, MEP), had in the following centuries been relocated a few times to different sites in the Orient, before settling in Pulau Tikus, Penang.
Contact
Penang Eurasian AssociationThe Heritage House
Solok Serani
107-A Kelawei Road
10250 Penang
Penang Eurasian Association (1 March 2009)
How to reach the Penang Eurasian Association
From Kelawei Road, turn in at Solok Serani, with the Arcadia Apartment on your right. Go all the way to the end of the road, and you will see the association.The Penang Eurasian Association is 
on the Map of Jalan Kelawai, Penang
Further Reading
Learn about the early history of the Eurasians and the Roman Catholics in Penang through the following pages in Penang Travel Tips:- Church of the Immaculate Conception
This is the church that began as a chapel that the Eurasians established back in 1835. - St Chastan Monument
Monument to one of the two teachers at College General who was martyred in Korea, beatified in 1925 and canonised in 1984. - St Joseph's Novitiate
The St Joseph Training College that was once next to College General, now the site of Gurney Paragon. - Church of the Assumption
Church built by the first wave of Eurasians that came over with Father Arnaud-Antoine Garnault at the invitation of Captain Francis Light. - Pulau Tikus
District that was formerly comprised a Eurasian and a Burmese/Thai village, today an upscale suburb of George Town.
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