WP Open Day, Sun 30 Aug 2026

Posted on by Louise Byrne Posted in Featured, Open Days

Our Open Days are a mini festival of ideas, knowledge, and information, spiced with a bit of excellent food and acoustic music, so why not spend a couple of hours on a sunny Sunday tracking West Papua’s liberation and all…

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Sanap Wantaim, Melbourne, 2002: two-day ceremony for West Papua

Posted on by Louise Byrne Posted in Culture, Events

On 9 November 2002 in a quiet Aboriginal space on the banks of the Maribyrnong River a pig was ritually sacrificed by modern Melanesian chiefs on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. The next day, a Catholic…

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Jacob & the Cassowary, Bard’s Apothecary, 22 April 2026

Posted on by Louise Byrne Posted in Art, Books, Featured

At Bard’s Apothecary, an Irish bar in Melbourne, on 22 April 2026, Dr Olivia Ball from the Melbourne City Council launched an exhibition of Michael Molony’s paintings for Jacob and the Cassowary, the fatidic short story about the West Papuans…

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West Papua Open Day, 15 March 2026, Jacob and the Cassowary

Posted on by Louise Byrne Posted in Books, Events, Featured, Open Days

SUNDAY 15 MARCH 2026 1pm Papuan Lunch ($10 donation). 2pm Babuan Mirino, President, West Papua Women’s Office, Acknowledgement of Country 2.10 Ms Amanda Stone, launching Jacob and the Cassowary, the fatidic story from West Papua 2.20 Dr Jacob Rumbiak, Minister…

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