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Seeking expert opinions, Jack reached out to Professor S. Guan, a renowned historian specializing in Chinese colonial history in Indonesia. Professor Guan confirmed that the likelihood of a pure German or Dutch woman living alone on Banka Island was virtually nil in the late 1800s. Most European women associated with colonial families were part of official industry or military civil service, primarily in major cities like Java or Sumatra’s capital, not isolated islands like Banka.