Section of angle iron from a security fence, damaged during the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on 9 September 2004
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- Type
- Fences
- Date
- 2004
- Place
- Jakarta, Sumatra, Indonesia
- Materials
- Steel
- Collection
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Jakarta Embassy bombing collection no. 1
- Accession number
- 2005.0060.0010
Description
Length of 25mm angle iron. One end is cut at an angle, and it has a kink in the edge. The two outward-facing sides have traces of green paint. The inward facing sides are rusty. It has an overall covering of soot.
About the collection
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Jakarta Embassy Bombing collection No. 1 contains material relating to the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta. The collection consists of the shattered remains of the Australian ambassador's blast-resistant office window, shrapnel damaged Australian flag, the Australian Embassy's bomb damaged cast iron Australian Coat of Arms, a broken Driver's clock, and three small pieces of green metal fence post which were shot into the Embassy's glass façade by the explosion. The collection is supported by a series of photographs which clearly illustrates the devastation left by the car bomb at the Australian Embassy and in the adjacent street. On 9 September 2004, a terrorist car bomb detonated outside the gates to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta killing 10 people and wounding over 140 others. Following in the wake of repeated terrorist related bombings in Indonesia, most notably the 2002 Bali bombings, the Australian Embassy bombing material not only demonstrates the threat of terrorism to contemporary Australian society, but also reflects the differing relationships Australia and Indonesia have shared from the volatile years preceding the Vietnam War through to the joint grief and mourning of the present.
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