Not a history

Not a history

(or bits and pieces from a shoebox )

Sorting out (as one does during Covid -19) and came across a box of papers and photos. Have added them to blog starting with early years and more to follow. Just consisting of events in Sydney (and elsewhere) that I happen to attend and had a camera. Apologises to all other events that took place elsewhere.

The Start

 

Information kit  produced in 1995

(thanks to John Wings editorial skills)

Still on net at  https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cline/papua/

An early report

Report at 

  https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2020/07/report.html

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Arrival of the 43 West Papuan asylum seekers

The arrival of the 43 asylum seekers in northern Australia in January 2006 created a large amount of media coverage (the cartoonists had a field day) on the issue of West Papua both locally and internationally. It created a diplomatic crisis with Indonesia who withdrew its ambassador to Australia in March 2006. (Ambassador Thayeb returned to Australia in June 2006). In a show of support activists and NGO’s from around the world lobbied the Australian Government urging it to grant asylum to the West Papuans /wrote opinion pieces /letters and held flag raising ceremonies. 

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