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.

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Newspapers

Images

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Indonesian

Bahasa Indonesia pada tahun 1966

National Library of Indonesia

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic

Chinatown 1971 – Broome

Broome Historical Society & Museum

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, English

Chinese architectural style telephone box and street sign in five languages, Carnarvon Street, Broome

State Library of Western Australia

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Indonesian

Education - Bahasa Indonesia taught in Australian schools in NT

National Archives of Australia, Sydney

World War I

Indonesian

French Javanese girl enroute from New Caledonia to Java, 1934

State Library of New South Wales

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Indonesian

Indonesian – St Mary's High School

National Archives of Australia

World War I

Indonesian

Javanese family enroute from New Caledonia to Java, 1934

State Library of New South Wales

World War I

Indonesian

Javanese men enroute from New Caledonia to Java, 1930s

State Library of New South Wales

World War I

Indonesian

Javanese passengers enroute from New Caledonia to Java, SS 'Van Rees', 1930s

State Library of New South Wales

Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Indonesian, English

Negative - H.J. Heinz Co, Woman Teaching Indonesian, Dandenong, Victoria, 04 Feb 1960

Museums Victoria Collections

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