“Why did Amungme elders put border markers all the way around the Ertzberg mountain of ore in 1967 during the exploration phase? Because that was a sacred area. Indonesian law considers the deep jungle to be empty, to have no…
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The social and environmental impacts on Nemangkawi, 2015
Louise Byrne
Posted in Australian Politics, Documentaries, Events, Human Rights, Sampari Art Exhibition
Melbourne poets for West Papua in ACU Art Gallery, Dec 2015
On 6 December 2015, during the Sampari Art Festival, a host of celebrated Melbourne poets assembled in the ACU Art Gallery for a night of ‘the spoken word’ about the occupied territory. The poets included Di Cousens, Randall Stephens, Lana…
Australia’s top universities debate West Papua sovereignty, 2016
On 8 December 2016, six students from Melbourne, Monash and Deakin Universities debated West Papua’s status as an independent state. The exhibition debate was hosted by the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) in the Australia Catholic University during the Sampari…
Uncle Larry Walsh welcomes new WP office, June 2014
Aboriginal Elder, Uncle Larry Walsh, a Taunwurrung man of the Kulin Nation, welcomed guests to the launch of the West Papua office in Docklands on 14 June 2014. Uncle Larry was one of a number of prominent speakers at the…
Anglican Priest returns from West Papua’s war-zone, 2014
“No justice, No peace, No autonomy in West Papua” Jacob Rumbiak hosted a press conference for Rev. Peter Woods, an Anglican priest and former missionary, who had just returned from the Birds Head region in West Papua. Peter’s main message…
Chicken & Corn soup in coconut bowls, Timorese coffee & Papua cupcakes, plus book launch
Bonded through Tragedy, United in Hope Hilton Deakin with Jim and Therese D’Orsa May 2017, Garratt Publishing, Victoria (Australia) BOOK LAUNCH Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne, Thursday 1 June 2017 : 6pm Special Guest: Bishop of Parramatta,…
Emma Thurlow wins West Papua’s 2016 Sampari Art Award
EMMA THURLOW: My highland warrior is seen through the telescopic sights of a rifle, his head surrounded by the leaves of his homeland, which also reference organisations that ignore the atrocities committed against these owners of the land PNG born…
West Papua Exhibition: cartoons in australian media in 2006
West Papua: exhibition of cartoons published in the Australian media in 2006 ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (2-11 December 2016) This is an exhibition of twenty-nine works by Australia’s most gifted and beloved cartoonists published in 2006, after…
Sampari 2016: art, poems, cartoons, film, melanesian culture
SAMPARI 2016 ART EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy OPENS Friday 2 December 2016 : 6pm CLOSES Sunday 11 December 2016 : 5pm GALLERY HOURS Monday-Wednesday 11-6pm Thursday-Friday 11-8pm Saturday-Sunday 10-4pm Sampari, the name of…
Lance Collins, Author, Critical analyst, WP Rent Collective
Lance comes from the bush, and has a deep love for the environment and a lot of respect for humanity. He has a deeply ingrained sense of what’s right and wrong, of what’s moral and ethical, and what should be…
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The issue of West Papua has been marginalised and ostracised by the Australian Government and Opposition. We need your practical support today so we can take our struggle directly to the Australian people. The West Papua Rent Collective is proudly supporting our struggle. We need ten new members to ensure that we can continue to maintain our work and presence in the heart of Melbourne.
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