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Papua Barat - Irian Jaya

Papua Barat – Irian Jaya

Papua Barat – Irian Jaya – Indonesia
Here are a few tattered pictures of Irian Jaya that might be of interest to someone.
The first one is of a village in the Wamana Valley. This place could get a “Better Homes and Gardens Award”
This one is of a Dutch fighter plane that was shot down during [...]

Irian Jaya

Irian Jaya

Irian Jaya
Papua Barat is the new name for Irian Jaya. There is some political tension in this place because of an independence movement by some of the Papuans. The whole transmigration thing annoys them.
The island of Java has a fairly high population so the government transplants Javanese throughout the island network of Indonesia to [...]