Wrote to Indonesian women
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Jan 1962, p. 10: Perth UAW secretary Mrs M. Lester says the UAW wrote to Indonesian women leaders and to Gerwani, described as WIDF-affiliated, supporting Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea and saying Australian leaders do not speak for many sympathetic Australians. It also wrote to ALP leader Calwell opposing his stance.
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Januari 1962, hlm. 10: sekretaris UAW Perth Ny. M. Lester mengatakan UAW mengirim surat dukungan kepada pemimpin perempuan Indonesia dan kepada Gerwani, yang disebut afiliasi WIDF, mendukung klaim Indonesia atas Nugini Barat dan menyatakan pemimpin Australia tidak mewakili banyak warga yang bersimpati. UAW juga menulis kepada pemimpin ALP Calwell.
“They had also communicated with Gerwani, the Indonesian women's organisation affiliated to the Women's International Democratic Federation... (p. 10)”
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Jan 1962, p. 10: Perth UAW secretary Mrs M. Lester says the UAW wrote to Indonesian women leaders and to Gerwani, described as WIDF-affiliated, supporting Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea and saying Australian leaders do not speak for many sympathetic Australians. It also wrote to ALP leader Ca
shared: Union of Australian Women, Arthur Calwell, M. Lester, West New Guinea (Papua)
Tribune (Sydney), 10 Jan 1962, p. 1 front-page editorial backing Sukarno's proclamation of West Irian as an Indonesian province and attacking the Menzies government and ALP leader Calwell. Gerwani appears only in a photo caption: delegates welcome Sukarno at the opening night in Jakarta of the recent Gerwani National C
shared: Arthur Calwell, West New Guinea (Papua), Australia, West Irian campaign
Tribune (Sydney), 10 Jan 1962, p. 1 front-page editorial backing Sukarno's proclamation of West Irian as an Indonesian province and attacking the Menzies government and ALP leader Calwell. Gerwani appears only in a photo caption: delegates welcome Sukarno at the opening night in Jakarta of the recent Gerwani National C
shared: Arthur Calwell, West New Guinea (Papua), Australia, West Irian campaign
Tribune (Sydney), 6 Jul 1960, p. 3: Perth UAW deputation to the Dutch Consul protests the Dutch naval force sent to New Guinea. Maud Quinn cites the UAW's close ties with Indonesian women and its belief that West Irian can be settled by negotiation; the group notes Dutch Labor opposition. Gerwani not named.
shared: Union of Australian Women, West New Guinea (Papua), Perth, West Irian campaign
Tribune (SA edition), 14 Jun 1961, p. 2: Perth Union of Australian Women observes the WIDF-called Week of Solidarity (28 May-2 June) with countries struggling for independence. Members send cables and cards to women's organisations in Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cuba; a visiting Indonesian speaker at a luncheon discus
shared: Union of Australian Women, West New Guinea (Papua), Perth, West Irian campaign
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
shared: Union of Australian Women, Australia, letter, Australia and New Zealand
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1965, p. 15: strike features (Foyle's bookshop, London; Mt Isa miners, Australia) and a letter from Indonesian reader Juli Agustini Soehodo, written for the 20th anniversary of Victory Day. She links Japanese occupation, Indonesia's 17 August anniversary and the heroine Herlina in West Irian, and c
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Australia, letter, West Irian campaign
Tribune (Adelaide/SA edition and Sydney edition), 26 Apr 1961: South Australian Union of Australian Women prepares for Afro-Asian Solidarity Week. It sent greetings to Gen. Nasution on his Australian visit supporting Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea and urging an Australia-Indonesia peace pact, and wrote on Cuba an
shared: Union of Australian Women, West New Guinea (Papua), Australia, West Irian campaign