Gary Dean
The Thamrin attack from twelve storeys up -- Jakarta, 14 January 2016
Gary Dean recalls the 2016 Jakarta Starbucks bombing from his 12th-floor office window—eyewitness photos, messages, and Indonesia's swift aftermath.
Reflections 14 years after the Asian Tsunami
A journalist on compassion fatigue after Indonesia's 2004 tsunami and years of disasters—empathy, exhaustion and self-preservation.
a journey to the kyoto imperial palace in 2017.
A nothing story
Gary Dean recalls life as a quiet 14-year-old in suburban Perth, Western Australia, and the yearning for escape that shaped a lifelong journey abroad.
A fiery 2002 polemic: an expat Australian explains why he prefers Indonesia's chaos to Australia's smug, bureaucratic certainty.
My house in Yogyakarta in 1998.
Personal photo collection from Yogyakarta 1998 featuring a traditional Indonesian home with tiger-proof walls, Mercedes car, and daily life scenes.
Reformasi and the Fall of Soeharto
A March–May 1998 Yogyakarta diary: conversion to Islam, a Javanese marriage, and eyewitness scenes from Indonesia's reformasi protests.
Songs from 1983
Rare 1983 acoustic recordings by Gary Dean: solo guitar and voice tracks captured in Fremantle, Australia, with raw, original compositions.
