Indonesia on the Web

Links…Links…Links

There are some fantastic sites out there that are completely dedicated to listing websites about Indonesia. Three of the most comprehensive are:

National Library of Australia — Indonesian Internet Sites

http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/indo/indsites.html

Coombsweb WWW Virtual Library - Indonesia

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/IndonPages/WWWVLIndonesia.html

Living in Indonesia — A Site for Expats

http://www.expat.or.id/info/links.html

 

Education

Want to learn Bahasa Indonesia online? Need some ideas for classroom resources? Check these sites out:

Access Asia has excellent web resources for both students and teachers alike. Teachers should visit:

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/indonesia/teacher/index.htm

Students can enjoy practising Indonesian online with the "Go Indonesia!" site:

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/goindonesia/index.htm

The University of Victoria, Canada, has a range of online activities for beginner to advanced students, including crosswords, multiple choice, short answer and true/false exercises:

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/indonesian/

Northern Illinois University’s site contains language exercises, reading texts, sound files, and lots of great pictures:

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/

 

General Information

For general information about Indonesia, check out the following sites:

Indonesian Heritage has information on a variety of topics from wildlife to performing arts, to architecture and language. Well worth checking out:

http://indonesianheritage.com/

The Lonely planet website, like the popular guidebooks, is very up to date and informative:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/indonesia/

The General Information pages of Indonesian Embassies and Consulates worldwide are also good resources.

 

Javanese culture

The best website by far is "Joglosemar" (Jogja, Solo, Semarang). The site outlines everything you would ever need to know about wayang, dance, Javanese festivals and ceremonies.

http://joglosemar.co.id/

 

Arts

Australia-Indonesia Arts Alliance

www.aiaa.org.au

Asialink

http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/arts/index.html

 

Indonesian Embassies and Consulates in Australia

These websites are excellent sources for general information on Indonesia, information for travellers as well as Indonesian events in Australia.

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Canberra:

www.kbri-canberra.org.au

Consulate General, Sydney

http://www.indonsyd.org.au/

Consulate General, Melbourne

http://www.kjri-melbourne.org/

 

Indonesian Embassies and Consulates Worldwide

For a complete listing, go to:

http://www.dfa-deplu.go.id/links/mission.htm