Married to Indonesia

In 1970, a 20-year-old Australian set off hitchhiking around Bali. Three months later his journey finished in Northern Sumatra...

August 20, 2002

WITH only a sprinkling of Bahasa Indonesia and a spirit of adventure, his love affair with Indonesia had begun.

Graeme Robertson's love affair with Indonesia culminated seven years ago with him becoming an Indonesian citizen in 1995. "In a sense I married this country and it doesn't matter if the people still consider me foreign because I consider them my people and I expect to spend my life here," he said.

This inspiring man has

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