Guide to the Papers of Michael Richardson [MSS 190]

Manuscript Name	Papers of Michael Richardson
Manuscript Number	MSS 190
Last Updated	September 2021
Extent	15 boxes
Location	Special Collections, UNSW Canberra
Abstract	Michael Richardson (Journalist and Researcher on East Timor). Collection of his research materials on East Timor political history and conflicts from 1970 to 2009. Including Richardson's photographs of the East Timor Declaration of Independence on 28 November 1975.

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Collection Subject Type

Military

Scope and Content

Michael Richardson was the Southeast Asia correspondent for The Age newspaper in the 1970’s, specifically following the crisis, coup and invasion of Portugese (East) Timor by Indonesia after Portugal withdrew, which was of great interest to Australia. He researched the political history and conflicts of East Timor for 30 years. He was a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies up until 2009. He donated his collection of papers to UNSW Canberra in 2009.

The Richardson Collection includes 85 photographic prints (plus some duplicate prints) from 4 rolls of film that were taken by Michael Richardson a journalist in East Timor in November 1975 prior to the invasion of Timor by Indonesia in December 1975. The photos include the ceremony for East Timor’s Declaration of Independence on 28 November 1975. There were only two people taking photographs at this event: Jill Jolliffe and Michael Richardson. The photos are extremely significant as the only known images of the Declaration of Independence and the only copies of these. The negatives are thought to be lost.

The History of Portugese Timor (East Timor) Declaration of Independence and Invasion (extract sourced from Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_East_Timor#Decolonisation,_coup,_and_independence
Developments in Portuguese Timor during 1974 and 1975 were watched closely by Indonesia and Australia. Australia's Labor Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, had developed a close working relationship with the Indonesian leader Suharto, and followed events with concern. On 11 August 1975, the UDT mounted a coup. Indonesia sought to portray the conflict as a civil war, which had plunged Portuguese Timor into chaos, but after only a month, aid and relief agencies from Australia and elsewhere visited the territory, and reported that the situation was stable. Nevertheless, many UDT supporters had fled across the border into Indonesian Timor, where they were coerced into supporting integration with Indonesia. In October 1975, in the border town of Balibo, two Australian television crews (the "Balibo Five") reporting on the conflict were killed by Indonesian forces, after they witnessed Indonesian incursions into Portuguese Timor.

On 28 November 1975, Fretilin made a unilateral declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor (República Democrática de Timor-Leste in Portuguese). This was not recognised by either Portugal, Indonesia, or Australia; however, the UDI state received formal diplomatic recognition from six countries that were led by leftist or Marxist–Leninist parties, namely Albania, Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Fretilin's Francisco Xavier do Amaral became the first President, while Fretilin leader Nicolau dos Reis Lobato was Prime Minister.

Indonesia's response was to have UDT, Apodeti, KOTA and Trabalhista leaders sign a declaration calling for integration with Indonesia called the Balibo Declaration, although it was drafted by Indonesian intelligence and signed in Bali, Indonesia not Balibo, Portuguese Timor. Xanana Gusmão, now the country's Prime Minister, described this as the 'Balibohong Declaration', a pun on the Indonesian word for 'lie'. The Indonesian invasion of East Timor began on 7 December 1975.

Date Range of Content

1970-2009

Biographical Note

Michael Richardson was the Southeast Asia correspondent for The Age newspaper in the 1970’s. He researched the political history and conflicts of East Timor for 30 years. He was a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies up until 2009.

Administrative Information

Access and Copying Conditions

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy

Copying: Copying of material created by Michael Richardson for private study and research AND publication is approved. Please credit/acknowledge Michael Richardson and The Age for reproduction of the photographs in this collection.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Michael Richardson, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 190, Box [Number], Folder [Number].

Provenance

The collection was donated by Michael Richardson in 2009.

Subject Keywords

Subjects

East Timor, Declaration of Independence, Coup 1975, Invasion of East Timor, Portugese Timor.

Personal Names

Michael Richardson [1945-

Occupations

Journalist

Container List

Box 1

Folder 1

Miscellaneous collection on “Irian Jaya” and “Dani people”

24 original/photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings on “Irian Jaya” (1972-1975)
3 “Irian Jaya” maps
4 copies of an untitled report/part of report on “Irian Jaya” and photocopied pages of the report
Innovation in Dani land, 17p., and photocopy of the same
Whitlam: talking out of turn, Newsweek, February 26, 1973, 1p. (2 sets)
S. E. A. Defence scene, Pacific Defence Reporter, January 1975, 2p.
Miscellaneous documents on (Includes: original/photocopied magazine pages...etc.)

Folder 2

Miscellaneous collection on “Coffee” exports, growing industry, market...etc. (1970-1982)

17 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: notes, correspondence, articles...etc)

Folder 3

Research material on Australian “Christmas Island” and “Phosphate industry” (1973-1993)

54 Newspaper/magazine clippings and photocopies of the same
Christmas Island Phosphate Commissioner appointed, Weekly Newsletter, Vol.33, No. 50, 1p.
Australia to export phosphate, Weekly Newsletter, Vol.34, No. 47, 1p.
Correspondence titled “Christmas Island: Australian Citizenship” from the chief migration officer, J. K. Champion, 6p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: News release, notes...etc.)

Folder 4

Documents on an informal visit of the Australian Prime Minister Whitlam to Indonesia, 5 September 1974

3 Newspaper clippings
Various documents on questions asked by Michael Richardson and other news agencies and answers given by the Prime Minister
Weekly newsletter of the Australian High Commission, Vol. 9, no. 34, 1p.

Folder 5

Hill, Helen. The Timor story, 22p. (includes an original copy and a photocopy)
Canberra. Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library, Legislative Research Service. The Timor story, Prepared by Dunn, J. S., 21 July 1976, 85p.

Folder 6

The case against Henry Kissinger and East Timor (1975-2002).

Printed articles from web:

The secret life of Henry Kissinger: minutes of a 1975 meeting with Lawrence Eagleburger, by Mark Hertsgaard, 7p.
Protesters confront Kissinger, 1p.
Selected postings from East Timor, 7p.
Kissinger and the loss of E. Timor, 3p.
The case against Henry Kissinger (former secretary of State), by Christopher Hitchens, February 2001, 36p.
The case against Henry Kissinger (former secretary of State, United States), by Christopher Hitchens, March 2001, 37p.
East Timor revisited: Ford, Kissinger and the Indonesian invasion, 10p.
International campaign against impunity, 2p.
Photocopies of 10 State Government documents

Folder 7

East Timor – Provincial Assembly

9 newspaper/magazine clippings on East Timor - Provincial Assembly and MPs arrestment...etc.
Miscellaneous collection on East Timor - Provincial Assembly (1981) (Includes: notes, correspondence...etc.)

Folder 8

Indonesian armed forces and General Benny Murdani (1984-1988)

14 Newspaper clippings on Indonesia’s armed forces and General Benny Murdani and photocopies of the same
2 photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings
The strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific Region: the challenges we face., Speech at the Temasek Society, Singapore, November 12, 1988 by L. B. Moerdani, Minister of Defence and Security, The Republic of Indonesia, 11p.
Indonesia’s new generation of military leaders, Pacific Defence Reporter, September 1987, pp.9-12
Crouch, H. Elections and the military in Indonesia, 2p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: notes, magazine pages...etc.)

Box 2

Folder 9

Research material on “Irian Jaya”:

19 Newspaper/magazine clippings on “Irian Jaya” (Some clippings are photocopied and includes 8 photocopies)
The Asian Magazine, Vol. 12, no. 13, 26 March 1972, 23p.
Hastings, P. National Strategic Studies Programme - National integration in Indonesia: the case of Irian Jaya - Workshop on “Armed Separatist Movements in Southeast Asia”, Singapore, 7-9 December 1983, 30p.
West Papua: Asia or Melanesia?: an interview with Rex Rumakiek, inside Indonesia, pp.20-27. (includes a photocopy of the same)
The flag that won’t go away, Inside Indonesia, pp.28-31
Recent developments in Irian Jaya, pp.6-10 (2 sets)
Confession of a military commander, Inside Indonesia, pp.15-20 (Includes a photocopy of the same)
Book chapter – Bell, I.; Feith, H.; Hatley, R. The West Papuan challenge to Indonesian authority in Irian Jaya, pp.539-556 (Includes a photocopy of the same)
Making Irian Jaya pay its way, Far Eastern Economic Review, June 13, 1975, pp.51-53
Of the Dani: contact with the outside world, The Asia Magazine, March 23, 1975

Folder 10

Timor gap and Oil in Timor (1988-2002):

82 Newspaper/magazine clippings (Some clippings are photocopied and includes 4 photocopies)
Suter, K. Oil in trouble waters: the Timor gap, Inside Indonesia, December 1988, pp.7-9
Printed presentation – McKee, G. Impact on exclusive economic zone delimitation on East Timor’s petroleum revenue, presented at the Timor Sea Petroleum Seminar, Dili, East Timor, 23 March 2002, 19p.
Lowe, V.; Carleton, C.; Ward, C. In the matter of East Timor’s maritime boundaries opinion, 11 April 2002, 28p.
The Northern Territory: Australia’s best Asian asset – A special report by International Business Asia. Pp.12-22
Forbes, V. L. Timor Sea zone of cooperation: legal and political issues and economic prospects (Malaysian Institute of Maritime Affairs (MIMA) Issue Paper no.3/95), 38p.
Fonteyne, J.-P. L. The Portuguese Timor gap litigation before the International Court of Justice: a brief appraisal of Australia’s position, pp.171-181
3 Joint Ministerial statements and a media briefing by Senator Gareth Evans on Timor gap, 26p.
Printed presentation on “Congratulations upon achieving your independence: good luck as you move ahead!, your natural gas is the key to national prosperity”, 27p.
Printed presentation on “Oceanic Exploration Company”, 6p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, agreements, news release, interviews, notes, articles...etc.)

Folder 11

East Timor and Indonesia (1991-1992):

East Timor: Amnesty International statement to the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Amnesty International, 7 August 1991, 24p.
East Timor: the Santa Cruz massacre, Amnesty International, 14 November 1991, 7p.
East Timor: after the Massacre, Amnesty International, 21 November 1991, 9p.
Indonesia, East Timor, Santa Cruz: the government response, Amnesty International, 6 February 1992, 12p.
Indonesia/East Timor: Fernando de Araujo, prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International, May 1992, 10p.
East Timor: “In accordance with the law” statement before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Amnesty international, July 1992, 14p.
Indonesia/East Timor: the suppression of dissent, Amnesty International, July 1992, 27p.
Death in East Timor: a mother whose sin was the only foreigner killed by the recent army shooting East Timor, writs of her experience, Third World Network Features, 4p.
Asia Watch, Vol. 3, no. 26, 12 December 1991, 26p.
Asia Watch, Vol.4, no. 1, 3 January 1992, 5p.
Asia Watch, Vol.4, no. 19, 23 June 1992, 11p.
25 Newspaper clippings (including 1 photocopied clipping)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: interviews, news release, notes, articles...etc.)

Folder 12

East Timor and Indonesia (1994-1995):

Book chapter - In the shadow of Mount Ramelau: some sketches of East Timorese cultures, pp.24-43
Indonesia tourist map, 1994-1995
East Timor de-bunking the myths around a process of decolonization, remarks by H. E. Ali Alatas, 16p.
Proposal for radical and fundamental solution of East Timor problem, 9p.
Indonesia and East Timor facts and fiction: implementing the recommendations of the UN Commission on Human rights, Amnesty International, 16 February, 1994, 23p.
East Timor: who is to blame?, Amnesty International, 13 July 1994, 37p.
East Timor: protesters beaten, detained, “disappeared”, Amnesty International, August 1994, 9p.
2 Amnesty International – urgent action news
Mixing oil and blood, Asiaweek, 14 September 1994, pp.44-46
McBeth, J. Change in the wind: Jakarta may be rethinking its Timor policy, Far Eastern Economic Review, 6 October 1994, pp.26-30
Australia and Indonesia: partnership in diversity, 8p.
Human Rights Watch Asia, Vol. 6, no 13, November 1994, 36p.
Some other Human Rights Watch Asia documents
Indonesia reviewing the party: Gilkar faces the challenge of new aspirations, Asiaweek, 26 January 1994, pp.40-41
31 Newspaper/magazine clippings
9 photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings
Backgrounder, 1 November 1994, no. 004/APEC/94, 2p.
Backgrounder, 1 November 1994, no. 021/APEC/94, 1p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: notes, correspondence...etc.)

Folder 13

East Timor:

Petroleum Gazette, Vol. 27, no. 6, April 1992, 32p.
Submission of the Attorney-general’s Department to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee inquiry into East Timor, 7p.
Phillips Oil Company Australia. Oral statement before the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee – Inquiry into East Timor, 8 September 1999, 4p.
12 Newspaper clippings
2 photocopied newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: emails, news release, notes, interviews...etc.)

Box 3

Folder 14

East Timor and Indonesia (1995):

Indonesia and East Timor - human rights in 1994: a summary, Amnesty International, January 1995, 10p.
Indonesia and East Timor: political prisoners and the “Rule of law”, Amnesty International, January 1995, 19p.
Indonesia and East Timor: 30 years in power – 30 prisoners, Amnesty international, January 1995, 61p.
19 Newspaper/magazine clippings (including 1 photocopied clipping)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: interviews, correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 15

East Timor (1995-1999):

East Timor: briefing for ASEM Foreign Ministers meeting, March 1999, Amnesty International, February 1999, 5p.
Photocopied newspaper clippings, 11p.
Various interviews, speeches, statements by Ministers, Ambassadors ...etc. (7 items)
BBC news (25 items)
Miscellaneous documents (correspondence, interviews, notes, articles, news release...etc.)

Folder 16

East Timor - Portugal (1995-2002):

Canberra. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Briefing papers: International Court of justice – Portugal v Australia (concerning East Timor), 42p.
21 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes, news release...etc.)

Folder 17

East Timor - Noble peace price (1996-1997):

Address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II in response to the New Year greetings of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, 13 January 19975p.
69 Newspaper/magazine clippings
14 photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings
BBC news (8 items)
Miscellaneous documents (correspondence, news release, notes, articles...etc)

Folder 18

East Timor, Indonesia and Australia:

Australian aid to East Timor, stories by Geoff Adlide, AusAID, December 1996, Issue of Focus, 26p.
BBC news (3 items)
101 Newspaper/magazine clippings
3 photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Box 4

Folder 19

East Timor, USA and Indonesian invasion in 1975

3 Newspaper clippings
3 photocopied newspaper clippings
Australian homeland security: who is responsible, Reflections on the war on terror address by Hon. Kim C. Beazley MP, Australian Defence Studies Centre Conference, National Convention Centre, Canberra, 31 October 200213p.
Third World Network Features, September 2002, 5p.
Government clients: year in review, pp.8-33
In the community, pp.34-48
Booz| Allen | Hamilton, Annual report, 17p.
Printed presentation - Introduction of Hon. Kim Beazley. Homeland security Conference – Canberra 31 October 2002, Opening dinner: hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton, 10p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, articles, news release...etc.)

Folder 20

East Timor - Nelson Mandela’s initiative in East Timor peace process (1997)

29 Newspaper articles
2 photocopied newspaper clippings
BBC news (5 items)
Miscellaneous collection (includes: correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 21

Indonesia and East Timor (1999)

100 Newspaper/magazine clippings
7 photocopied newspaper clippings
BBC news (12 items)
Miscellaneous collection (correspondence, news release, notes...etc)

Folder 22

Indonesian crisis and Eat Timor (1998)

27 Newspaper/magazine clippings
BBC news (6 items)
Miscellaneous collection (correspondence, news release...etc.)

Folder 23

Timor Gap (1999)

Mollah, R. An update on the latest developments: the Timor Gap Zone of cooperation. The Fifth SEAAOC’99 (South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference), Darwin, 21-22 June 1999, 9p.
D’Souza, A. LNG for China: a case study (1999), 9p.
Exploration activities update in the Timor Gap Zone of cooperation area “A”: status report to June 1999, 9p.
Some pages from Northern Territory Oil and Gas fact sheet (19p.)
28Newspaper clippings
3 photocopied newspaper clippings
An original copy of “Sunday Territorian Special Feature: Oil and Gas Territory” newspaper, 13 June 1999, 20p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, articles, news release, maps, notes...etc.)

Box 5

Folder 24

East Timor (1999)

Interviews with Australian/Timor Ministers and officials (6 items)
85 Newspaper clippings
3 photocopied newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, notes, articles...etc.)

Folder 25

East Timor and ASEAN (1999)

34 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (31p.)
BBC news (5 items)
Summary of speech by Singapore Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar to the 54^th United nations General Assembly, new York, 24 Sept. 1999, 2p.
Full text of speech by Prof. S. Jayakumar, minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, at the 54^th United Nations General Assembly, New York, Friday 24 September 1999, 8p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 26

East Timor and Australia (1999)

Interviews/discussions with Ministers and other officials (6 items)
34 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (30p.)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes, news release...etc.)

Folder 27

Documents on East Timor background information (1999)

Miscellaneous correspondence
3 Newspaper/magazine clippings
3 photocopied newspaper clippings

Folder 28

East Timor – black hawks (1999)

3 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (5p.)
Miscellaneous correspondence

Folder 29

East Timor – Coffee growing industry, exports, market...etc. (1999-2008)

34 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (14p.)
BBC news (32 items)
Thrird World network Features, August 2002, 4p.
Photocopy of “The La’o Hamutuk Bulletin, Vol. 3, Nos. 2-3, April 2002, 20p.
East Timor: a survey f the coffee sector, survey conducted between April and May 2001 in the five major coffee producing districts of East Timor18p.
To keep up the growth, it must go globally quickly, Business Week,9 Sept. 2002, pp.58-64
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: notes, correspondence, articles, web pages...etc)

Box 6

Folder 30

East Timor (1999)

Indonesia Political Watch, Vol.11, no. 8, 10 May 1999, 20p.
Indonesia Political Watch, Vol.11, no. 9, 24 May 1999, 24p.
Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Portuguese Republic on the question of East Timor, 20p.
Agreement regarding the modalities for the popular consultation of the East Timorese ...., 16p.
3 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous documents (correspondence, notes, news release...etc.)

Folder 31

East Timor (1999)

Newspaper clipping on “Timor: evidence of Army in ‘Dirty War’” and related documents
Documents related to “East Timor: longer stay for Interfet than anticipated”
Documents related to “East Timor/West Timor – Military refugees”
Interview: Major General Peter Cosgrove, Interfet [The International Force for East Timor]
9 Newspaper clippings

Folder 32

East Timor - Economic issues and international peacekeeping forces (1999)

Miscellaneous correspondence
Interview: Colonel Robert Lowry, Indonesian military expert; Richard Wilcott, former Australian Ambassador in Jakarta on “Operations and goals of the multinational peace keeping force when they arrive in East Timor, 8p.
61 newspaper/magazine clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (33p.)

Folder 33

East Timor – Economic viability (1999)

Now is the time to build the future!. Reconciliation, unity and national development in the framework of the transition towards

independence. Message by President Xanana Gusmao on the occasion of the popular consultation, 8p.

3 newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (3p.)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes; correspondence, notes...etc.)

Folder 34

East Timor -Human rights abuses (1999)

9 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (6p.)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes...etc)

Folder 35

East Timor – The Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) (1999)

15 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes...etc)

Folder 36

East Timor (1999)

20 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes...etc)

Box 7

Folder 37

East Timor (1999)

East Timor: seize the moment, Amnesty International, 21 June 1999, 50p.
BBC news (3items)
World Bank news release (2 items)
7 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, speeches, news release...etc.)

Folder 38

East Timor (1999)

42 Newspaper clippings
1 photocopied newspaper clipping
BBC news (5 items)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, interviews...etc.)

Folder 39

Timor – National building (1999)

Correspondence on national building
Correspondence and news on PDI
Correspondence on UN mandate...etc.
Documents on Britain, Europe and New Zealand...etc.
Miscellaneous collection on Aceh (Includes: correspondence, 4 photocopied newspaper clippings, news release...etc.)
5 Newspaper clippings

Folder 40

East Timor – New Dili Campaign (1999)

18 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (12p.)
BBC news (5 items)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 41

East Timor news (1999)

Miscellaneous collection dated Sunday 19^th Sept. 1999 (Includes: correspondence, 5 newspaper clippings, 7 photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)
Miscellaneous collection dated Monday 20^th Sept. 1999 (Includes: correspondence and news...etc.)
Miscellaneous collection dated Tuesday 21^st Sept. 1999 (Includes: 6 newspaper clippings and photocopies of the same, correspondence, notes...etc.)
3 Newspaper clippings dated Wednesday 22^nd Sept. 1999
Miscellaneous collection dated Thursday 23^rd Sept. 1999 (Includes: 2 photocopied newspaper clippings, news, notes....etc.)

Folder 42

East Timor notes (1999)

Miscellaneous notes from June 1999

Box 8

Folder 43

East Timor notes (1999)

Discussion on the ongoing peace process in East Timor: interview with Jose Ramos Horta, East Timor Separatist Leader, CNN, 26 Nov. 1999, 7p.
Miscellaneous notes

Folder 44

East Timor – Peacekeeping lessons (1999-2000)

The UNITAR-IPS-JIIA Conference on “The nexus between peacekeeping and peace-building”, Summary of discussions, Singapore, 22-23 November 1999, 12p.
The UNITAR-IPS-JIIA Conference on “The nexus between peacekeeping and peace-building”, Co-chairs’ recommendations, Singapore, 22-23 November 1999, 2p.
12 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (4p.)
Miscellaneous correspondence

Folder 45

East Timor - Reconstruction (1999)

United Nations transitional administration in East Timor, Regulation 99/3, 8p. (along with an email)
Draft summary report of the joint Assessment mission to East Timor, 15p.
Humanitarian assistant matrix, NGO, East Timor, 4p.
10 Newspaper clippings
4 photocopied newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release...etc.)

Folder 46

East Timor - Separatism in Indonesia (1999)

Thirdworld Network Features, July 199, 2p. (includes a photocopy of the same)
Asia: Taiwan’s high-stakes game, The Economist, 21 August 1999, pp.19-22 (includes a photocopy of the same)
14 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (11p.)
Miscellaneous collection (includes: correspondence, news release...etc.)

Folder 47

East Timor – The media (1999)

3 Newspaper clippings
2 photocopied newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news...etc.)

Folder 48

East Timor - The militia (1999)

4 Newspaper clippings and photocopies of the same
Interview – Australian led peacekeeping troops have brought stability to Dili, but the real test won’t come until they move into the outer regions of East Timor. Int. Colonel Keith Jobson, Defence Force Spokesmen, URS Boegli, Red Cross. Live from Deli, 5p.
Interview – Report on the new evidence showing link between the Indonesian Army and the terrorist Militias in East Timor....Int. Antonio Lopez, Socialist Party of East Timor; Agun Anon, People’s Democratic Party of Indonesia; Desy Anwar, journalist; journalist Mike Carey with intelligence ‘Intercepts’
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news...etc.)

Folder 49

East Timor, Indonesia and UN Security Council (1999)

21 Newspaper clippings
8 photocopied newspaper clippings
Interview – Australia has offered to host a reconciliation meeting for the rival factions in East Timor, int. with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, 13^th may 1999, 14p.
Transcript of Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Doorstop interview, Adelaide, 21 May 1999, 10p.
Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, transcription, proof copy E&OE, 25 May 1999, 5p.
Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Alexander Downer MP, 25 May 1999, 4p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes...etc)

Folder 50

East Timor - United States (1999)

6 News release from the White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Auckland, New Zealand
7 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)

Folder 51

East Timor - Vote delay (1999)

Interview with Minister for Foreign Affairs, MR Alexander Downer, Michael Carey, ABC Radio, New York, Monday 14 June 1999, 4p.
4 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings, notes...etc)

Box 9

Folder 52

East Timor (1999)

Miscellaneous collection on Xanana Gusmao / Belo
- Correspondence and photocopied newspaper
- 3 newspaper clippings
- Correspondence regarding Kosovo
- Miscellaneous collection on politics
  - Correspondence and photocopied newspaper clippings
  - BBS news (1 item)
  - 1 Newspaper clipping

Folder 53

East Timor - Xanana Gusmao’s call to arms (1999)

Interview – briefing on East Timor 3 day forum to be held in Canberra next week, Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institutions, 19 April 1999, 12p.
BBC news (7 items)
106 Newspaper clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (50p.)
Indonesia: the land of the rising sun. A tourist guide
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release...etc.)

Folder 54

East Timor (1999-2000)

85 Newspaper clippings
2 photocopied newspaper clippings
Fitting sanctions, JDW, 3 May 200, pp.21-28
East Timor: the promising land, BRW, 17 March 2000, pp.58-62
Charismatic former guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao brings hope that his beloved East Timor will finally be freed from centuries of fear, Time, 20 March 2000, pp.14-20
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)

Folder 55

Indonesia: East Timor (1999-2000)

2 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous correspondence

Folder 56

Indonesia/East Timor inquiry (2000)

20 Newspaper clippings
BBC news (5 items)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 57

East TimorMilitia and other miscellaneous (1999)

18 Newspaper clippings
Timor peacekeeper dismisses critics: claims that mission moves too slowly are ‘Rubbish’ general asserts, 3p.
Miscellaneous collection (includes: correspondence, notes...etc.)

Box 10

Folder 58

Australia’s role in building East Timor (2000)

Media release – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer’s visit to East Timor along with some relevant correspondence
3 Newspaper clippings and photocopies of the same

Folder 59

East Timor (2000)

14 Newspaper clippings
3 photocopied newspaper clippings
BBC, World Bank and other media release (6 items)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings, notes...etc.)

Folder 60

East Timor (2000)

ILO unveils assistance plan for east Timor, 21 March 2000, 1p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, photocopied newspaper clippings....etc)

Folder 61

East Timor (2000)

Report on the rebuilding East Timor: various interviews, ABC Radio National, Background Briefing 9.11 a.m., 7 May 2000, 39p.
BBC news (4 items)
World Bank and other news release (4 items)
Miscellaneous collection (includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, notes...etc.)

Folder 62

East Timor – Education, economy (2000)

4 Newspaper clippings
1 photocopied newspaper clipping (3p.)

Folder 63

East Timor and West Timor (2000)

30 Newspaper clippings
BBC news (2 items)
Miscellaneous documents (correspondence, notes, news release, photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)

Box 11

Folder 64

East Timor – Food industry (2000)

2 correspondence
1 photocopied newspaper clipping

Folder 65

East Timor - International affairs, ASEAN (2000)

1 email
1 newspaper clipping

Folder 66

East Timor - International affairs and release of documents on East Timor in the National Archives, Australia (2000)

3 Newspaper clippings and photocopies of the same
News release, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia – Release of documents on East Timor

Folder 67

East/West Timor – International affairs / Militia and crimes (2000-2001)

14 Newspaper clippings
BBC news (3 items)
Moreau, R. East Timor is, literally, rising from the ashes. But the demons of the past – the militiamen – still haunt fledgling country, Newsweek, 4 September 2000, pp.13-16
Miscellaneous collection (includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings, notes...etc.)

Folder 68

East Timor -International affairs and Foreign policy (2000-2001)

1 email and 1 newspaper clipping

Folder 69

East Timor - International affairs and funds (2000-2001)

3 printed emails
BBC and World Bank news release (3 items)
3 newspaper clippings (1 original and 2 photocopied)

Folder 70

International affairs and Kosovo (2000)

1 newspaper clipping and photocopy of the same
Miscellaneous notes...etc.

Folder 71

East Timor – Oil and gas resources (2000-2001)

37 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Photocopied newspaper clippings (31p.)
News release (6 items
Miscellaneous correspondence

Folder 72

International affairs – Papua New Guinea (2000)

7 Newspaper clippings and photocopies of the same

Folder 73

East Timor – International Affairs, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)

1 email
Part of “The Australian Financial Review Magazine”, 16p.

Folder 74

East Timor – International Affairs, UN

The UN’s kingdom of East Timor, Survival, Vol.42, no.3, pp.27-39
BBC news (1 item)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes...etc.)

Folder 75

East Timor – UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (2000-2001)

5 Newspaper clippings
Opening speech by the representative of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT), Conference on Support to East Timor, Brussels, 5-6 December 2000, 5p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings and notes...etc.)

Folder 76

East Timor (2000-2001)

11 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Humanitarian intervention: definitions and criteria, Vol. 3 Part 1, June 2000, 2p.
East Timor’s birth pains,, The Economist, 26 August 2000, pp. 17-19
BBC and other news release (3 items)
Interview – Political segment with Glenn Milne, Int. Alexander Downer, 10p.
Interview – Alexander Downer, 6p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings, notes...etc.)

Folder 77

Timor Gap (2000-2001)

32 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 12

Folder 78

East Timor – Oil funds (1999-2008)

11 articles printed from web
Russia needs a stabilisation fund, 3p.
Petroleum fund: Norway’s national investment account, 4p.
Weekly Defence monitor, Vol. 4, Issue 15, 6p.
Oil funds: problems posing as solutions, Finance and Development, Vol.38, no 4, 7p.
Norway Country Brief, July 2003, 4p.
Statement by HE Prime minister Mari Alkatiri, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) London Conference, 17 June, 2003, 2p.
World Bank agrees to continue oil, gas lending, World Environmental News, 2p.
Russia pondering ways of spending oil revenues, 3p.
Natural resources, often a curse, can also serve the public, 4p.
International Monitory Fund. Norway – 2001 article IV consultation, concluding statement of the mission, December 6, 2001, 10p.
2 correspondence
Printed presentation on “A global overview of oil funds for the IGAD Symposium” by Melby, Eric D. K., August 2002, 23p.
15 Newspaper/magazine clippings
3 photocopied magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, 1 speech, news release, printed web pages...etc.)

Folder 79

West Timor – International Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2001)

BBC news on “How is UNHCR responding to Atambua murder trial”, 3p.
News by BC Indonesia on “Timor-UN”, 1p.

Folder 80

East Timor (2001-2002)

Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, notes, maps, contact details, schedules...etc.)

Folder 81

East Timor (2001-2002)

UNTAET Press Office Fact Sheet Nos.2-3, 7-12, 15, 19-20, April 2002
Presentation to the Constituent Assembly, by Sergio de Mello, Special representative of the Secretary-General and Transitional Administrator, 10 May 2002, 11p.
World Bank. Background paper for Donor’s meeting on East Timor, Dili, 14-15 may 2002, 13p.
Printed presentation on “Why openness to trade and investment matters for East Timor” by Helder da Costa, 17 November 2001, 14p.
East Timor’s political parties and groupings. Briefing notes by Pat Walsh, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, April 2001, 28p.
East Timor: country reports in human right practices – 2001, 12p.
Biographical notes on Mari Bin Amude Alkatiri, Chief Minister, Second transitional government of East Timor, 2p.
Carrying the people’s aspiration: a report on focus group discussions in East Timor (February 2002), 3p.
Country Brief: East Asia and Pacific - East Timor, 5p.
East Timor at a glance, 3p.
Organization chart – Second transitional government of East Timor
1 newspaper clipping
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 82

East Timor/Australia – Maritime boundaries/Oil and gas (2001-2002)

UNTAET Press Office Fact Sheet no.18, April 2002
Speech by Mr. Choo Chiau Beng, executive director of Keppel cooperation and Chairman of Keppel Fels at the Christening ceremony of Chiles discovery at Keppel Fels Pioneer Yard, 9 March 2002, 12p.
Speech by Dr. Stephan Brand, President of Phillips Petroleum Company, at the Christening Ceremony of Chiles discovery at Keppel Fels Pioneer Yard, 12p.
Australian gas industry: positive prospects but tough challenges, Gas Insights, no. 5, April 2002, 4p.
Office of the Timor Sea: frequently asked questions, 7p.
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, interviews, news release, notes...etc.)

Folder 83

East Timor/Australia – Maritime boundaries/Oil and gas (2002-2003)

70 Newspaper/magazine clippings
16 news items printed from web
4 interviews with Hon. Alexander Downer, MP
Miscellaneous collections (Includes: correspondence, news release...etc.)

Box 13

Folder 84

East Timor - Megawati government (2001-2006)

Asia Pacific Issues, No.80, May 200612p.
Indonesia: implications of the Timor trials, Indonesia Briefing, Jakarta/Brussels, 8 May 2002, 14p.
Indonesia and Timor-Leste: international responsibility for justice, Amnesty International, 10p.
BBC news (8 items)
1 newspaper clipping
Photocopied newspaper clippings (17p.)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, news release...etc.)

Folder 85

East Timor - Megawati government (2001-2005)

BBC news (3 items)
33 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)

Folder 86

East Timor - West Africa (2002-2006)

Book - Herbst, J.; Mills, G. 2003. The future of Africa: a new order in sight?. New York, USA: Oxford University Press, 86p. (ADELPHI paper 361)
Make poverty history: tackle corruption, Centre for Independence Studies Issue Analysis no. 67, 19 January 2006, 12p.
BBC news printed from web (19 items)
Articles printed from Overseas Security Advisory Council’s website (6 items)
20 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings (18p.)
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, web pages, news release...etc.)

Folder 87

East Timor - Defence and security (2001-2007)

Force development plan for the East Timor defence force 2001-2002, 41p. (untied pages)
Australian Strategic policy institute (ASPI). New neighbour, new challenge: Australia and the security of East Timor. An ASPI policy report, 48p. (united pages)
Institute of Strategic and international Studies (IEEI). The security of East Timor in the regional context, 47p.
UNTAET Fact Sheet nos. 16-17
Office of National Security Advisor, Issue Paper 1, 11p.
Office of National Security Advisor Issue Paper 5, 12p.
2 interviews – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Alexander Downer
5 Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, news release, notes...etc.)

Box 14

Folder 88

East Timor - Xanana Gusmao (2002)

Biographical notes on Xanana Gusmao, President elect, 3p.
Themes of presidential campaign, 6p.
Profile: Xanana Gusmao, BBC news, 16 April 2002
Address to the Constituent Assembly by the President-elect, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, 19 April 2002, 3p.
1 printed email

Folder 89

Indonesia: Dissent and openness (2002)

Council for Asia Europe Co-operation. Task force: comparing experiences with post-conflict state building in Asia and Europe – The case of East Timor, Bosnia and Kosovo, 10p.
BBC news printed from web (3 items)
Yahoo news (1 item)
Miscellaneous correspondence
2 newspaper/magazine clippings

Folder 90

East Timor – Language (2002-2006)

The education horizon, Chapter 4, East Timor HDR, 11p.
UNTAET Fact Sheet 14, April 2002
3 Newspaper/magazine clippings

Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, news...etc.)

Folder 91

East Timor (2002)

Miscellaneous notes

Folder 92

East Timor - Australia (2002)

Timor: independent travellers maps
Map – Propinsi Timor
An evalution of the budget by H.E. President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, 16 July 2002, 3p.
Cochrane, J. Reality bites, Newsweek, 27 May 2002, pp.14-16
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news items...etc.)

Folder 93

East Timor and Australia - New oil and gas revenue - sharing treaty (2003-2007)

Australian Government. Department of Foreign Affairs. Australia-East Timor maritime arrangements, 2p.
8 Interviews with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Alexander Downer, MP
4 colour maps/illustrations
Australia – East Timor maritime boundaries
2002 Timor Sea treaty
The Timor through
JPDA – lateral boundaries
36 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, photocopied newspaper/magazine clippings...etc.)

Folder 94

East Timor – Tourism (2002-2008)

3 Newspaper clippings
Timor and wetar, Birdlife EBA Factsheet 164, 3p.
A brave new world, Business Traveller Asia-Pacific, May 2002, pp.54-55
Land that time forgot, Time, 19-26 August 2002, pp.14-16
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, printed web pages, news release...etc.)

Box 15

Folder 95

Petroleum Fund of Norway (2005)

Articles printed from web
- The government petroleum fund 1990-2003, 8p.
- Report, 30p.
- Risk and management of the petroleum fund, 3p.
- Is Norway’s oil pool deep enough?, 3p.
- Energy thorny issue for Norway’s election winners, 2p.
- 1 correspondence
- 11 Newspaper clippings

Folder 96

East Timor - ARF/ASEAN memberships (2004-2005)

1 printed email and some news release

Folder 97

East Timor (2006-2007)

40 Newspaper/magazine clippings
Miscellaneous collection (Includes: correspondence, news release, web pages, photocopied newspaper clippings...etc.)

Box 16 (AV)

Photographs.

85 photographic prints (plus some duplicate prints) from 4 rolls of film that were taken by Michael Richardson journalist (East Asia correspondant for The Age) in East Timor in November 1975 prior to the invasion of Timor by Indonesia in December 1975. The photos include the ceremony for East Timor’s Declaration of Independence on 28 November 1975. There were only two photographers at the event Jill Jolliffe and Michael Richardson. The photos are extremely significant as the only known images of the Declaration of Independence and the only copies of these. The negatives are thought to be lost.

Copying of material created by Michael Richardson for private study and research AND publication is approved. Please credit/acknowledge Michael Richardson and The Age for reproduction of the photographs in this collection and cite the source. Please contact us to obtain high resolution images.

Photograph location, film roll and negative number

Details: Place, people, date of photograph (Draft information supplied by researchers, to be confirmed when possible. Please contact us if you have any amendments or additions).

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