Blora Residency

[3] As the Dutch East India Company (VOC) became a greater presence in Java in the seventeenth century, they allied themselves with Mataram in exchange for trade and territorial concessions; they eventually came to control most of the northern coast of central Java including Semarang and the region around Blora.

[1] Blora Residency was created as a result of the 1925 Decree on the Administrative Organization which allowed for the subdivision of existing residencies in the Indies.

However, it took time to implement and was not put in place in Central Java province (Provincie Midden-Java) until 1928.

The first was Willem Ferdinand Dirk Philips (from 1 July 1928 to 2 June 1930), who had been Assistant Resident of Blora Regency before the Residency was created.

[7][8][9] The second was Jan Habbema (from 2 June 1930 to 1931), the former Resident of Rembang.