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Kunjungan Persahabatan ke Negeri Kanguru

Friendly Visit to the Land of the Kangaroo

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Api Kartini travel report by Rusiyati, an Antara journalist, on her month-long visit to Australia (1960) at the invitation of the Australian International Women's Day committee. Describes staying with working-class, clergy, artist and industrialist families, meetings of 25-250 women, equal-pay campaigns, and Australian women's wish for contacts and correspondence with Indonesian women. Mentions U-2 incident and Paris summit failure.

Laporan perjalanan Api Kartini oleh Rusiyati, wartawan Antara, tentang kunjungannya hampir sebulan ke Australia (1960) atas undangan Panitia Hari Wanita Internasional Australia. Menggambarkan menginap di keluarga buruh, pendeta, seniman dan industrialis, pertemuan 25-250 wanita, kampanye upah sama, serta keinginan wanita Australia menjalin kontak dan korespondensi dengan wanita Indonesia. Menyinggung insiden U-2 dan gagalnya KTT Paris.

“Australian women 'very much want to know more about the struggle of Indonesian women' and to correspond directly with them.”

People

Rusiyati

Organisations

International Women's Day Committee (Australia)Antara News Agency

Places

AustraliaIndonesiaParis

Topics

Australia and New ZealandWIDF and international women's movementwomen's rights and emancipationpeace and anti-imperialismlabour and workers

Tags

delegation abroadtravel reportequal payinternational women's day

Details

Date
1959
Creator
Api Kartini
Publication
Api Kartini
Document type
periodical article (Api Kartini magazine issue/page)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.2 Api Kartini Magazine 1959 to 1964/Api Kartini articles (1959-1964) - single articles (Alexander Street WASI)/Api Kartini (1959) - Kundjungan Persahabatan Kenegeri Kangguru Friendship Visit to the Land of the Kangaroo [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.92) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.2 Api Kartini Magazine 1959 to 1964 › Api Kartini articles (1959-1964) - single articles (Alexander Street WASI)
Summary basis
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