Essays

This essay is part of a series commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Centre, with leading writers and commentators from Indonesia and Australia each looking closely at their own society, cultures and political situations. Membaca versi Bahasa Indonesia EVERY TIME ANYONE asks me how I came to Australia, I tell them I was adopted from China. It’s a […]

This essay is part of a series commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Centre, with leading writers and commentators from Indonesia and Australia each looking closely at their own society, cultures and political situations. Membaca versi Bahasa Indonesia As a child growing up in Iran in the late 1980s, the dubbed and censored version of Skippy the Bush […]

This essay is part of a series commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Centre, with leading writers and commentators from Indonesia and Australia each looking closely at their own society, cultures and political situations. Bahasa Indonesia When you are about seven months pregnant, your husband and you go to a local hardware store. When you return twenty minutes […]

This essay is part of a series commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Centre, with leading writers and commentators from Indonesia and Australia each looking closely at their own society, cultures and political situations. Bahasa Indonesia.  Translated by Jenny Lindsay 21 May 1998 It was the third day in a row that I had got up early to […]

The Australia-Indonesia Centre is proud to announce the commencement of new longform essay series, showcasing prominent thinkers from both nations. This bilingual essay series will showcase leading Australian and Indonesian writers reflecting on the important issues facing their societies today and into the future. The series aims to highlight the ways in which the peoples of Australia and Indonesia […]