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Surat Dari Digul Abdurachman – Interview file

Date
1931-01-01
Place
Boven Digul
Thursday Island
Subject
Category
Author
Dulrachman
Keywords
Boven Digoel
Current holder
Link
Item number
AL/Thesis/169
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
In Copyright (although current copyright status is unclear)
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1931 to 1972
Description from source
Abdurachman / Dulrachman was a member of the nationalist movement; account of his escape from Boven Digul prison camp in 1929; recapture in Australia and subsequent return to Digul; he was taken again to Australia with other inmates by Dutch in 1942-1945; he is mentioned in “Black Armada” by Rupert Lockwood as a spokesperson for the Indonesian prisoners brought from Boven Digul prison camp to Australia before the Japanese occupied Indonesia. ‘Riwajat Dulrachman’; interview with Dulrachman by A. Lucas; biographical notes. Typed; handwritten, 18 pages.

This file was donated by Anton Lucas, Adelaide, S.A. Anton Lucas Collection.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Conversation or interview transcripts
Typescripts
Bibliographic citation
Journey
Boven Digul
Sydney
Brisbane
Jayapura (formerly Hollandia)
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