Old-ish activist, new-ish archivist locating, describing, preserving, digitising, accessing documentary records on East Timor, 1974-1999.
Perth and Melbourne, Australia
Joined February 2009
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Seeking help to identify creators of historic Timor photos. Can you help? bit.ly/28QALNU #timor #archives
Great @wragge tool: analysing 'closed' files @naagovau. Jan 2016: 77 of 81 Timor files closed pending agency advice. bit.ly/1TDRZtX
Full set of Denis Freney / CIET's 1977-85 solidarity pub. 'East Timor News' now online at: bit.ly/1sgwg3Z #archives #timor
Timor's criticism of Australian maritime boundary policy echoed in new-found 1988 Xanana Gusmao letter. bit.ly/26Jr4pA #archives
Update on developments at Timor-Leste's National Archive. In short: Watch this space. bit.ly/1RTatJy #timor #archives
Some thoughts on current difficulties facing the Max Stahl audiovisual centre in Dili. bit.ly/1SysKaX #archives #timor
Former Jakarta embassy staffers still in denial about rights violations in Timor on their watch? bit.ly/1KA7YKW #archives #timor
The late Kevin Sherlock's famed Timor Collection soon to be viewable at Darwin Uni Library. More info at: bit.ly/1h14brx #archives
Mmmmm. This makes me wonder about Timor-Leste, too. Enough distance? Perhaps not quite yet... teapaw.org/giantpandinha/status/6…
40 years on from Mozambican independence "there is enough distance for… new ways of telling history" clubofmozambique.com/solutio… via @muiake
Inconsistent restrictions on a document at @naa undermines confidence in access decisions process. bit.ly/1Rn3419 #timor #archives
Many 1975-1990 Timor files among those awaiting DFAT access decisions - and that can take up to two years. teapaw.org/wragge/status/61041164…
Not clear from story: Benjina is part of the better-known Aru Islands in the southeast Moluccas, Indonesia. teapaw.org/tonyowright/status/601…
Now online: Tapol & Timor Link - the influential UK-based Timor advocacy journals. bit.ly/1yQbAgr #archives
Progress continues in Timor Leste's emerging archival institutions. A summary of my impressions in March 2015. bit.ly/1HVSSfD #timor
Gough Whitlam's Timor role resurfacing. Useful reply to Gary Hogan's poor piece in Lowy Interpreter this week. See: bit.ly/1wCTnn1
Sad day. Outstanding, unfailingly generous Timor lit collector & bibliographer, Kevin Sherlock, is no longer with us. bit.ly/1nXOrc9
Sidney Jones Aug19 talk on post-election Indonesia. Fundraiser for CHART / Timor Archives. bit.ly/1vzUeY1
Looking for help on authenticity and content of rare 1980 inside-Timor Fretilin newsletter. bit.ly/1shcnIA #timor #archives
Shedding more light on a key 1981 Timorese resistance document - but still some questions remain. bit.ly/1ieTkEY #timor #archives
Three students now working at CHART. Digitising ACFOA HR Office Timor papers for access online and in T-L #archives
