We Love Indonesia Forever!

One Love , One Heart, One Family, One Blood!

Kim and Mirani

Last week, some members of the Indonesian community of Byron Shire had a picnic on the bank of the beautiful Brunswick River to re-confirm their love for Indonesia. AIAA member Gill Secombe, who had quickly organised a fundraising activitiy for Indonesian victims of the Bali bombing the week before, came up with the idea of a group photo of our children to express our love and unity with Indonesia to the world.

Our tiny rural Indonesian community represents most religions and ethnic groups of Indonesia- Australian muslims, Indonesian christians, followers of Hindu Dharma Bali - all the families of our community are of mixed Australian and Indonesian ancestory and include people of many different ethnic backgrounds - Balinese, Javanese, Chinese, Sundanese, Australian, Dutch, Scottish, French, Jewish as well as people from Lombok, Moluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan......

We couldn't keep the kids out of the water or to stay still in one place long enough, so we ended up with a series of photos which give a clue of the peaceful life that we share here in Northern NSW. Photography by Ali Crosby alicrosby@hotmail.com

 

Boys on the bank of the Brunswick River whose ancestors came from Bali, Java, Singapore, France and Australia. Rosa and Abi

Lorna De Jong and Her son Java. She named her son Java becuase of her love for Java and the Javanese people. Some members of the Indonesian community of Byron Shire with Efiq Zulfiqar from Krakatau (front row, second from right). Jade and Abi Tyas-Tunggal

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