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Indonesian History

Links to information on Indonesian history

Comprehensive Coverage

"Sejarah Indonesia" By Charles Gimon ©

• Beginnings to 1500: Old Kingdoms and the arrival of Islam
• 1500 to 1670: Great Kings and Trade Empires
• 1670 to 1800: Court Intrigues and the Dutch
• 1800 to 1830: Chaos and Resistance
• 1830 to 1910: Imperialism and Modernization
• 1910 to 1940: Rise of Nationalism
• 1940 to 1945: Second World War
• 1945 to 1950: War of Independence
• 1950 to 1965: Sukarno years
• 1965 to 1998: Orde Baru: Suharto years
• 1998 to today: The Reformation

Hartford Web Publishing World History Archives
History of the Republic of Indonesia

• Economic History
• Modern Political History Documents
• Retrospective history of Indonesia
• Social History
• West Papua Documents
• Working Class History

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"Beginnings to 1500: Old Kingdoms and the arrival of Islam"

Majapahit

• http://majapahit.virtualave.net/
• EastJava.Com

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"1500 to 1670: Great Kings and Trade Empires"

• European contact with West Papua

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"1670 to 1800: Court Intrigues and the Dutch"

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"1940 to 1945: Second World War"

• West Papua history by Irja.Org
• Dutch In Indonesia (Wonderful mpg movies!)
  http://www.semarang.nl/

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"1945 to 1950: War of Independence"

• Papua Web Chronology of Papua
  http://www.papuaweb.org/chrono/

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"1950 to 1965: Sukarno years"

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"1965 to 1998: Orde Baru: Suharto"

East Timor

• George Washington University National Security Archive "East Timor Revisited: Ford, Kissinger and The Indonesian Invasion, 1975-76"
  http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/

Irian Jaya Act of Free Choice

• Vrijheid voor de Papoea's
  http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Papoeas/
• http://cryptome.org/merauke.htm

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"1998 to today: Reform"

Reform Movement Leaders

• MPR Speaker Amien Rais's Home Page
  http://www.m-amienrais.com/
• Former President KH Abdurrahman Wahid's Home Page
  http://www.gusdur.net/

East Timor

• Judicial System Monitoring Program
  http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/
• Masters of Terror
  http://yayasanhak.minihub.org/mot/

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Regional Information

For information relating to the history of specific regions click here for Regional Information.

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Academic Seminars

• Division of Pacific & Asian History, RSPAS, ANU Canberra
  http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/
  • Pacific & Asian History Seminars
    http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/seminars.php

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