Indonesian
Scholar Paul Thomas has rightly identified Indonesian as ‘Australia’s first Asian Language’. Sources on Australia from Indonesia go back to its colonial period, when it was called was called the Netherlands East Indies. The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) holds many sources in Indonesian such as the newspaper Penjoeloeh, which was published in Melbourne during WWII, and sheds light on Indonesian experiences in Australia. The Australian National University (ANU), the NLA, the NAA and Monash University Library have extensive holdings of Indonesian sources related to its war of Independence and the period after 1949.
From the archive Filter this collection
Cold War
English, Indonesian
State Library of New South Wales
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese, Malay, Portuguese, Dutch, English
State Library of Victoria
World War II
English, Indonesian, Dutch, Malay, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi
National Library of Australia
Cold War
Indonesian
Australian National University
World War II
Dutch, Indonesian, English, Esperanto, Italian
Sydney Jewish Museum
World War II
Indonesian, English
State Library of South Australia
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, English
Bendigo Military Museum
Settlement
Indonesian, Malay
State Library of New South Wales
Cold War
English, Indonesian
State Library of New South Wales
National boundaries
Indonesian
The University of Sydney
Newspapers
World War II
Indonesian
State Library of New South Wales