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Asia, Our Neighbour: East Timor Workbook  
URL:http://www.caritas.org.au/education/easttimor.pdf
Category:East Timor  Countries of the World 

A 26 page workbook to accompany the free 42 minute video of this title produced by Caritas Australia, Catholic Education Commission NSW, and the Australian Government. The video introduces 16 year old Augustino who lives in East Timor, and contrasts his life with 16 year old Laurence in Australia. Both boys are caught up in life threatening emergencies which force them to leave home. In East Timor Augustino flees the militia and Indonesian army violence; in Australia Laurence escapes the massive Shoalhaven bushfires. This resources introduces the nation of East Timor and explores the issues surrounding why people move. This series is designed to incorporate a cross-curriculum perspective of Asia and integrates justice across the curriculum. Suitable for middle school.

CHART Clearing House for Archival Records on Timor (1974 - 1999)  
URL:http://www.timorarchives.info/
Category:East Timor  Clearinghouses, gateways 

CHART is an evolving project. Its primary aims are to: identify material holders in Australia and encourage and assist them to preserve and document the content of their collections; develop and maintain a central database of the location and content of the dispersed collection of Timor materials in Australia and make this information available on the Internet through a CHART Web site; monitor archival developments in East Timor and identify materials in Australia which may be of particular interest to archive projects in East Timor; and identify 'key' and rare documents of the Timor story and promote their preservation through photographic or electronic imaging projects.

East Timor Web-and-Flow Hotlist  
URL:http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/east_timor/hotlist.htm
Category:Other countries of Asia  East Timor  Global Education Learning Quests 

In March, 2003 Kirsty Sword Gusmao returned to where she spent part of her childhood to launch 'The Friendship Schools Project' as part of her work with the Alola Foundation. This online activity is being developed to support Eaglehawk PS students and other schools interested in developing knowledge and understanding on East Timor. It provides a hotlist of informative internet sites.

East Timor Web-and-Flow Hunt  
URL:http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/east_timor/hunt.htm
Category:Global Education Learning Quests  East Timor  Other countries of Asia 

East Timor is one of Australia's nearest neighbours and the worlds newest nation. How much do you know about this country? Use this Knowledge Hunt to investigate further. Students are directed to focus on the question of what responsibility Australians have to support East Timor.

East Timor Web-and-Flow Sampler  
URL:http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/east_timor/sampler.htm
Category:Global Education Learning Quests  East Timor  Other countries of Asia 

This Subject Sampler provides students with the opportunity to reflect on the recent history of East Timor through a series of images drawn by East Timorese students.

Five Years On: Remembering East Timor  
URL:http://ozspirit.info/2004/87b.html
Category:Countries of the World  East Timor 

August 30 marks the five-year anniversary of the independence referendum in East Timor. This referendum saw the East Timorese strongly voice their desire for liberty from Indonesia. In order for East Timor to survive and become a peaceful and prosperous nation, the issues of poverty on an individual and national scale, as well as the growing problems of political instability, must be addressed. Issue 87 of OzSpirit (Caritas) includes a timeline, the text of a speech made by Dr Jose Ramos Horta (The East Timor Foreign Minister and Nobel Prize winner 1997) and activities on tuberculosis and health issues.

Friendship School Project  
URL:http://www.alolafoundation.org/
Category:Global Education Online Projects  East Timor  Gender 

The Alola Foundation is working for the advancement of the women of East Timor in areas such as: advocacy, economic empowerment, education and literacy, maternal and child health and humanitarian assistance. The Friendship School Project links schools, children and communities. There are improved learning and educational opportunities for children in East Timor and Australia through these partnerships.

International Federation for East Timor (IFET)  
URL:http://www.etan.org/
Category:Countries of the World  East Timor  Political Science & Policy  Regional and National Studies 

The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) is working to support United Nations efforts to ensure that the East Timorese people are able to make that decision in an atmosphere free of coercion and terror. As an international federation, IFET takes no position for or against the proposed autonomy plan. IFET Documents, Project Description, Principles & Mandate, Decision-Making Structure and reports are some of the resources available from the site.

Mary MacKillop Institute for East Timor  
URL:http://www.mmiets.org.au/
Category:Education  East Timor 

The Mary MacKillop Institute for East Timor, established in 1994, fosters a range of educational opportunities for the advancement of East Timorese people. The Institute assists the Church in East Timor in the work of literacy education, particularly through the Tetun language; supports the well-being of East Timorese people where a need is perceived or help is sought in health education, advocacy, humanitarian assistance, other educational opportunities and cultural initiatives.

National University of East Timor Library Project  
URL:http://www.untl.labor.net.au/
Category:International Libraries  East Timor  International Collaboration 

The Friends of the UNTL Library are a group of concerned people dedicated to supporting the reconstruction of East Timor who see the development of the University and its library as essential to the future development of East Timor. Its development is one of the most important and far-reaching steps being taken in the reconstruction of East Timor. It will be the source of the nation's future teachers, of its public servants, of its leaders in government and business, and in its technical and agricultural sectors. This site is designed to inform and to enable individuals and organisations to get involved in and support the UNTL Library Project.