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Liputan6.com, Darwin: Darwin City is located at the north end of the Australian continent was kept separate appeal for art lovers. In this city there is the Museum of the Northern Territory that became the pride of local residents. Inside were thousands of cultural objects typical indigenous communities, Aboriginal. But you know, this museum was also kept around 4,000 cultural objects imported from Southeast Asia. More than 3,000 of them from Indonesia. "Our collection is focused on Eastern Indonesia because the area is the area closest to the Northern Territory of Australia, where the museum we are" said Joanna Barrkman, curator of the Museum of the Northern Territory, recently.

Indonesia is also used as the name of a park on the campus of Charles Darwin University, complete with statues and pavilion brought from the country. "We feel as a part of the Southeast Asian region. Territory of Australia is very oriented to Southeast Asia and Indonesia," said Charles Webb, Vice Rector of Charles Darwin University.

And you know, when traced many of the residents of Darwin bernenek ancestors of Indonesia. "There are many people who have darwin Indonesian ancestry," the mayor said Graeme Sawyer Darwin. So, do not be surprised if you visit the museum in Darwin instead of artifacts typical of the country that you find. (Bog)