Jacob Rumbiak’s address to ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: The Washington Solution’ a conference at George Mason University on 9 November 2010; convened by Professor Lester Kurtz (George Mason University) and Mr Herman Wainggai (West Papua…
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is an intergovernmental sub-regional forum set up in 1988 by Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to spearhead regional interests of common interest, including the political independence of West Papua and the Kanak in…
I first noticed RAIMUNDO MACKENNA sitting on the floor of the National Gallery in Federation Square. He was sketching in his notepad. He was focussed, his scribbling was deliberate; maybe professional I thought. So I asked him if he would…
The 2017 Sampari Art Exhibition and Sale for West Papua opens at 6pm on Friday 8 December, and closes at 5pm on Sunday 17 December<. The rich and complex exhibition features inspiring art about West Papua created for the exhibition,…
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,…
The West Papua Women’s Office in Docklands is asking Visual, Sculpture, Jewellery and Craft Artists to consider entering work in the 2017 SAMPARI ART EXHIBITION FOR WEST PAPUA, including the special category of Melanesian Art. The exhibition is showing in…
On 11 December 2016, during the West Papua Rent Collective’s Christmas party in the Australian Catholic University Art Gallery, Jacob Rumbiak launched the Trevor Grant Education Fund. Trevor Grant, a loyal and generous member of the Rent Collective, inaugurated the…
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…
The 2016 Sampari Art Exhibition and sale for West Papua in the Australian Catholic University’s Art Gallery in Fitzroy in December 2016, hosted by the Federal Republic of West Papua’s office in Docklands, included a special Wall of Melanesian prints. The…
Saluting Melanesia was an exciting ceremonial occasion, beginning with a solemn kava ceremony, which invited Oceanic communities to celebrate their origins and living cultures, including young Melanesians born or living in the diaspora talking about their cultural experiences, dancers performing…
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…
PETER WOODS won the People’s Choice Award at the 2015 Sampari Art Exhibition for West Papua, with his Papuana Nymphaea. The work brings to light the suffering of the West Papuans in the setting of Monet’s famous Nymphaeas series of…
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…
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.
