Organised by Byabarra Public School principal Vana Ford, the guests at the opening included the Indonesian Consul General, Sudaryomo Hartosudarmo and his wife.

Ms Ford said the opening was successful largely due to a hard-working group of supporters.

"The first part of Inodnesia in the Bush has been a great success for the students, staff and school communities from 10 local schools," Ms Ford said.

"It was amazing to have students from Wauchope High School as part of the experience.

"Over 400 students were involved over a period of three weeks.

"(But) it would not have happened without the hard work and dedication of the staff at Byabarra Public School. Heather Rawson has been a partner every step of the way and her teaching expertise, particularly in creative arts, invaluable.

"Tony Mondy, Christine Pearce, Jarad Alexander, Janet Schmitzer and Dave Anderson are tireless workers in helping the students at Byabarra achieve their best."

With the official opening and performance by students at the Byabarra School, visitors and guests then viewed the 'Theatre of Grass' at the Blue Poles Gallery.

The exhibition is a body of students' work of grass puppets, a popular and traditional game in the rice growing agricultural areas of Java.

This humble but enigmatic art form has been shared with thousands of people by visiting artist Jumaadi, originally taught by his father in a village on the east coast of Java, Indonesia.

"This exhibition is a result of a three week residency project during which Jumaadi ran workshops at each participating school.

Jumaadi was accompanied by Sydney-based Batik artist Giyanto Martorego and Gamelan composer Suwandi Widianto ( from Surabaya).