New South Wales

New South Wales is home to the largest community of Indonesians in Australia and so it makes a lot of sense for AIYA NSW to be active in engaging the wider community to learn more about our great countries partnership. AIYA NSW was founded in 2012 and is led by an enthusiastic group of young people looking to build greater awareness of another through a range of exciting activities.

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Committee Members

Alexandra is currently studying a Bachelor of International and Global Studies majoring in Indonesian studies at The University of Sydney. Having studied the Indonesian language since kindergarten, she is passionate about learning about Indonesia’s cultural and linguistic diversity and sharing this knowledge with others by working as an Indonesian tutor. Alexandra was a 2023 New Colombo Plan Scholar where she spent 6 months studying at Universitas Indonesia followed by a 6 month internship at Bali Children Foundation. This solidified Alexandra’s goals of strengthening the Indonesian-Australian bilateral relationship.

Alexandra Lyons

Chapter President

Jimmy Acton

Vice President

Malik Nurahman

Treasurer

Kimberly Gunawan

Communications Officer

Nadine is part of the Professional Programs Team for the AIYA NSW 2023/2024 Chapter. While she was a student at Sydney University, she was an active committee member and executive for two chapters of the Indonesian Students Association at USYD. She completed her Bachelors in Civil Engineering (Honours) at Sydney University in December 2022, and has been working for Transdev Sydney Ferries as a Network Scheduler since January 2023.

Nadine Darryn Wijaya

Professional Programs Officer

Balqis is currently pursuing an MEngSc degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology at The University of New South Wales. She first knew about AIYA through AIYA South Sulawesi's scholarship-sharing session back in 2021. Through that session, she gained insights about studying in Australia and the rest is history.

Balqis Sukma Pertiwi

Communications Officer