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Review: Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-66

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-66 - Routledge

Pohlman’s study provides sensitive and powerful testimony of the impact of this violence on women and girls

Rev. Mery Kolimon: ‘The Indonesian Churches did not protect the victims of 1965’ - Willem van Gent

Reverend Mery Kolimon, researcher and advocate working on the 1965 killings in Eastern Indonesia, has a personal connection to this piece of history

President Sukarno with PKI Secretary General DN Aidit at an anniversary celebration for the PKI, 23 May 1965 - Howard Sochurek

A memoir by a former army officer offers insights into Suharto’s moves in October 1965

Keith Shann - The Canberra Times, 15 April 1977.

Australia’s role in the 1965 massacres

Paying tribute: Representatives from Indonesia, Australia and the United States of America paid tribute to the crew of the HMAS Perth and the USS Houston at a ceremony in March 2015 - Source: US Navy

Cultural institutions in Indonesia and Australia are collaborating to protect two World War II shipwrecks in the Sunda Strait

The Indonesian worship team lead the audience in song - CY Hoon

A new interdenominational Christian movement is gaining momentum in urban centres

Longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize Eka Kurniawan’s novel signals the birth of a sophisticated crime noir genre in Indonesian literature

Yogyakarta’s notorious Brajamusti elects a president

John was a devoted volunteer at Inside Indonesia for many years and an Australian who cared deeply about Indonesia and his precious friendships with Indonesians Betty Feith and Annie Feith My mother, Betty first met John in 1975 when she briefed an ecumenical group of young people in the Mount Waverley district who were heading off to Indonesia on a study tour. Not long afterwards, Betty was asked to lead a group of Burwood college students to Indonesia. She agreed on the proviso that she had two young assistants; John was one of those people. Their friendship began then and John also became a good friend of my Dad, Herb, and in more recent times with our large extended family. As we have lived with Betty for the last 11 years, we all became familiar with John’s, 'Hello Betty!' as he came up the path to visit her so regularly. I remember two years ago at Christmas, John thoroughly enjoyed a Nativity play rehearsal in our garden involving three generations of our family. John would always bring stories of his annual trips to Indonesia and often bring messages from mutual friends there. He also brought presents for mum, often Balsem Hijau, her magic green ointment which he knew she loved. John regularly visited Kamal, the village near Yogyakarta where Herb first stayed in 1953. At that time, very few foreigners spent time in villages. John became firm friends with Pak Dirjo (Herb’s friend since the 1950’s who is now nearly 90), as well as his children and grandchildren. John, like Herb before him, did a great deal to break down the barriers, not only between Indonesians and foreigners but also between rural and urban communities. John was actively involved with many networks in Melbourne including the journal Inside Indonesia, the Centre for South East Asian studies at Monash and most recently the Museum of Indonesian Arts group. He was also committed to ecumenical and peace concerns including Pax Christi and the Victorian Association for Peace Studies. In Indonesia, John was involved with the multi-faith group, Interfedei. John was a great networker and enjoyed putting people with common interests in touch with each other. He was a generous man who was always willing to help others. He looked forward to his trips to Indonesia and was very saddened when he was no longer able to go due to ill health. John saw it as his role to bring people of diverse backgrounds together to share in their search for a common humanity. *Annie Feith delivered this eulogy at John's funeral in Melbourne, Friday 19 February 2016.

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