達維爾灣直到19世紀尾一直係海盜嘅傳統出沒地方[3]。當中,最出名嘅海盜叫Datu Kudunding[4]。英國人喺拿篤區經營達維爾灣煙草種植園有限公司 (Darvel Bay Tobacco Plantations Ltd),呢間公司喺 H. M. Lomas 嘅紀錄片「Urban Bioscope Expedition through Borneo」入面得到永生[5]。
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↑Black, Ian (1983) A Gambling Style of Government: The Establishment of the Chartered Company's rule in Sabah, 1878–1915 Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, p. 23, ISBN0-19-582535-7
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