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DIAMOND JUBILEE DINNER – 30 AUGUST 2025

 

On Saturday 30 August 2025, AIA-ACT held a special Diamond Jubilee Dinner to celebrate our founding 60 years ago at ANU and to help celebrate "Hari Kemerdekaan" Indonesia's Independence Day on 17 August.

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The AIA-ACT annual Winter Dinner has been a feature event of superb value in the Australia Indonesia Community in Canberra for the last 15 years and again in 2025 it provided great food, great entertainment and great company in an easily accessed central location at the Deakin Soccer Club with good free parking. The dinner was a Indonesian themed Halal buffet and later dessert. The cost of the Event was heavily subsidised by AIA-ACT and 154 attended. 

 

The Guest Speaker was the Indonesian Ambassador, HE Dr Siswo Pramono. There were four spectacular dance performances by the Borobodur Dance and teachers from Universitas Negeri Jakarta who are visiting Canberra with the Embassy’s Indonesian Education Program. Pak Enoeg lead a wonderful Band with Deva singing in Indonesian and English.  Along with Pak Ragil playing Gamelan and music and songs led by Ibu Marcia’s Ukelele Group.  AIA-ACT President, Les Boag, was presented with Life Membership after being President for 14 years and Vice President Australia for 9 years before that.

 

A feature of our Winter Dinners has long been great Raffle Prizes and again Indo Café and Ibu Yetty provided a 10 course Rijsttafel for 6 worth $600, along with lots of other great value prizes.  This year the raffle raised $1,790.00 that AIA-ACT has fully allocated to help support the poor students at SMP2 Playen in the Gunung Kidul Regency.​​​​​​​​​​​