Author: Matt McLeary

  • PILGRIMAGE TO COWRA WITH AIA ON MARCH 19-20, 2022

    PILGRIMAGE TO COWRA WITH AIA ON MARCH 19-20, 2022 In the small Australian country town of Cowra, about 300 km inland from Sydney, lie 13 Indonesian graves. They are located in the public cemetery beautifully maintained by Cowra Council. So who are these Indonesians who died far from their homeland?   The story goes back to…

  • COWRA JOURNEY INDONESIAN COMMUNAL HISTORY 19-20 March 2022

    COWRA JOURNEY INDONESIAN COMMUNAL HISTORY 19-20 March 2022 Did you know that during WW2, during 1942-1943, about 1,200 Indonesians including women and children, were detained in Cowra, NSW? Unfortunately, many of them died unprepared for the Australian weather in June, which marks the start of winter. Among the Indonesians buried in Cowra cemetery are political prisoners of…

  • MEDIA RELEASE: NSW Indonesia group targets unemployed artists and Jakarta’s poorest with AUD$5000 COVID-19 donation

    MEDIA RELEASE: NSW Indonesia group targets unemployed artists and Jakarta’s poorest with AUD$5000 COVID-19 donation MEDIA RELEASE:  NSW Indonesia group targets unemployed artists and Jakarta’s poorest with AUD$5000 COVID-19 donation AIA NSW Donations ————————————————————-

  • “Young Soeharto” book

    “Young Soeharto” book   Click here for the “Young Soeharto” book review: Soehartobook

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