Sjahrir seeks contact with Sukarno: chaotic situation in Bantam
Trouw (20 Feb 1946): Sjahrir leaves for Yogyakarta to confer with Sukarno, possibly widening communist and Islamic representation; reports looting in Batavia and chaos in Bantam, where officials were murdered or abducted and young girls taken. No Gerwani content.
Short reports
Dutch newspaper column of short news items (Aaltensche Courant, 1948-12-10, p. 2) on mostly Dutch and European matters. Only one line concerns Indonesia: a prahu with seven Indonesian women capsized in the Tjidadane river near Teloeknaga and all drowned. No Gerwis/Gerwani content; matched only by a topic search.
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1953, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1953, hlm. 1. Front page on the Tandjung Morawa tractor incident debate in parliament; no Gerwis or women's item, but context for the agrarian conflicts later celebrated by Gerwani.
Exams (University of Indonesia exam results)
Java-Bode, 25 February 1954, p. 2: list of University of Indonesia (Jakarta) faculty of letters exam results, including propaedeutic Chinese-studies candidate Soelami Mangundidjojo. The name resembles Sulami but the text gives no link to Gerwani; identification is doubtful and the item is otherwise irrelevant.
Goor: women's delegation with Sukarno (page)
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (20 Sep 1954), local page 'Goor' with a short item: a delegation of Indonesian women that met over Sukarno's marriage to Mrs Suwondo visited the president without public statements. Reports the divided Indonesian press and Suara Rakyat's lament. Other page items unrelated; Gerwani not named.
Letters to the Editor: SEATO's aim
Tribune (Sydney), 13 Oct 1954, p. 11: letters page covering SEATO, Eisenhower, Pakistan, housing and criticisms of Tribune. One letter claims Indonesia, India, Ceylon and Burma's abstention from SEATO shows Asian peoples want peace and independence; another praises the Union of Australian Women journal 'Our Women'. No
Harian Rakjat, 27 July 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 27 Juli 1955, hlm. 4. Page 4 of the paper before the 1955 election: SOBSI sugar workers' delegation, an Indian globe-trotter, news items; no Gerwani content.
Chairmanship of the Constituent Assembly
Java-Bode, 20 November 1956, p. 2: Constituent Assembly meeting in Bandung to elect its chair; five candidates (Abidin, Dachlan, Njoto of the PKI, Wilopo, Yamin) are reduced to Dachlan (Islamic front) and Wilopo (Pancasila front) after three withdrew. Mrs Suwarti (PKI) sits on the five-member election committee. No Ger
Classified advertisements, Java-Bode 1 April 1957
Java-Bode, 1 April 1957, p. 3: a page of classified advertisements (bookkeeper wanted, midwife wanted, tractor and car for sale, bank holiday notice, pharmacy opening). The 'Trimurti' in it is N.V. Trimurti, a firm seeking typists, not S.K. Trimurti. No relevance to Gerwani or Indonesian politics.
Women's Section: social notes, Townsville
Townsville Daily Bulletin 'Women's Section', 13 Aug 1960, p. 6: social notes (engagements, weddings, bowling club). Only passing link is a Townsville Women's Club talk on an Eastern tour describing dress of Indonesian women in Singapore among others. No Gerwani content.
Vashti's Voice, Women's Liberation Newspaper, issues 6-9 (1974-1975)
Issues 6-9 (March 1974 onward) of Vashti's Voice, a Melbourne women's liberation newspaper, covering rape crisis, abortion, women's theatre and conferences. The only Indonesia item found is a page of Jakarta family-planning posters in Indonesian; no legible mention of Gerwani survives in the poor OCR.