Guide to the The East Timor issue 1974-1979 : activist publications and ephemera
East Timor issue (Ephemera OS 8)
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Collection Summary
- Title
- The East Timor issue 1974-1979 : activist publications and ephemera
- Date Range
- 1974-1979
- Collection Number
- East Timor issue (Ephemera OS 8)
- Extent
- 1 collection (4 boxes of miscellaneous pieces, 4 posters)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Printed Collections
Introduction
Scope and Contents
A researcher's collection of activist publications and ephemera on the Indonesian invasion of Timor and suppport by Australian activists for East Timor's independence.The ephemera collection contains flyers, books (some photocopied), brochures, pamphlets, posters, theatre programs, stickers and badges. Most were produced between 1974 and 1979 by Australian advocates for an independent East Timor with the majority produced after the Indonesian invasion in December 1975.
Item Descriptions
Series. Activist newsletters, mostly from Campaign for an Independent East Timor (ACT), 1978 - 1980 - Box 1 (Ephemera OS 8)
5 items,Folder of material mostly from Campaign for Independent East Timor (Sydney), undated (File) - Box 1 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Including flyers, bibliography, messages from FRETILIN leaders and press releases
Folder of material including issues 1-2, 5-7, 9-10 of Seli Hoo monthly news bulletin on Vnuaaku and New Caledonia; TIC News (from the Thai Information Center) on the Thai Communist Party; issues no. 1-2, 4 of Pacific Action Bulletin; and a press release from the Provisional Revolutionary Front of West Papua, undated (File) - Box 1 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Folder of issues 1-15 (1978-1979) of East Timor Report (Published by Campaign for an Independent East Timor, Manuka, ACT), undated (File) - Box 1 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Series. Serial publications and material from the Australia-East Timor Association, 1975 - 1977 - Box 2 (Ephemera OS 8)
5 items,East Timor kit, including reprints of articles and copy of Helen Hill's The Timor Story. Produced by the Australia-East Timor Association (Melbourne) and the Australian Unit of Students, undated (File) - Box 2 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Folder of newsletter nos 1-33 of Timor Information Service accompanied by note from John Waddingham, undated (File) - Box 2 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Folder of material from the Australian East Timor Association, including 3 stickers of Timor flag with motto: Independence for East Timor!, undated (File) - Box 2 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Folder of miscellaneous periodical issues on Timor, including Retrieval: newsletter of current events, Oct. 1977 (Timor, the war continues) and Apr. 1977 (Timor: a World War II soldier reports - interview with Cliff Morris); Australian Left Review no. 57 Mar. 1977 (incl. interview with Rogerio Lobato); Arena no. 46 (Timor, politics of conscience); Decolonization (U.N. publication), Issue on East Timor, no 7 August 1976; Dissent no. 35 Autumn 1977 (War in East Timor); the Political Student no. 1, 1976 (Australia's involvement in East Timor) (University of Queensland Politics Club), 1976 - 1977 (File) - Box 2 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Series. Books and booklets, 1974 - 1987 - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
16 items,The struggle for East Timor part 1 (Sue Nichterlein, 1978), 1978 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Government statements on the East Timor question (Dept. of Information, Indonesia, 1976), 1976 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,U.S. Congressional hearing and visit to East Timor (Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia, 1977), 1977 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Decolonization in East Timor (Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia, 1977), 1977 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,The struggle for East Timor (Europe-Third World Research Centre, 1976), 1976 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Newspaper articles on East Timor (Dept. of Information, Indonesia, 1977), 1977 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,East Timor on the road to independence: a background report (Campaign for Independent East Timor, Sydney, 1974), 1974 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,East Timor: the guilty men (Senator Arthur Gietzelt, 1976), 1976 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Aid and East Timor (Australian Council for Overseas Aid, 1979), 1979 (Item) - Box 3 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Series. Other ephemera and theatre material, 1977 - 1979 - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
13 items,Flyers and ticket for performance of Happy Birthday (East) Timor, December 1977, at Brisbane Repertory's La Boite Theatre, 1977 (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Handwritten review of Happy Birthday (East) Timor by Robert Cribb, undated (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Flyer and program (2 copies) for Viva Indonesia! By The Popular Theatre Troupe, Brisbane., 1979? (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,"Solidarity with Fretilin" (5 copies) and "Recognise the Democratic Republic of East Timor" (7 copies) stickers, undated (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Six ETNA stickers with slogans: "East Timor fights on! FRETILIN controls 80% of East Timor"; "Indonesia 1965 Suharto massacres over 500,000, East Timor 1976-1977 Suharto massacres over 50,000. Lest we forget: no aid, travel or trade with Indonesia!"; "East Timor: Indonesia's Vietnam?"; "Let East Timor speak!" [Radio Maubere sticker]; "East Timor - independence or death - Venceremos!" [Xavier do Amaral sticker]; Murdered by Soeharto, ignored by Fraser. Lest WE forget" [Balibo 5 sticker], undated (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Sign E. Timor petition flyer from Campaign for Independent East Timor, Sydney, undated (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Article on Kevin Sherlock, from the Star (Darwin), Aug. 30, 1979, 1979 (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Folder pamphlet on Campaign for Independent East Timor (Darwin Branch), 1977 (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,CARPA Campaign against repression in the Pacific fundraiser flyer, undated (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,East Timor, Australia and the Region National Conference poster and leaflets, 1979 (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Flyer for public meeting in Brisbane for Chris Santos, Information officer in Australia for Democratic republic of East Timor, 1977 (Item) - Box 4 (Ephemera OS 8)
1 item,Series. Poster and map, 1979- - Drawer 11 (Posters OS)
4 items,Theatre poster with image of gift-wrapped map of Indonesia and text: "Colonial powers, generals, American eagles and dinkum Aussies, the people of East Timor together with Popular Theatre Troupe presents Viva Indonesia! A documentary musical." Brisbane., 1979? (Item) - Drawer 11 (Posters OS)
1 metres,Physical Description Note
60 x 41 cm
Poster with stylised Timor flag and text: " Indonesia: out of East Timor! National winter mobilisation, July 15, 16, 17. All Indonesian troops out of East Timor! Indonesia: no aid, no trade! Recognise the Democratic Republic of East Timor! Solidarity with FRETILIN". Australia East Timor Association/Campaign for an Independent East Timor. AUSMEDIA; Victoria, undated (Item) - Drawer 11 (Posters OS)
1 metres,Physical Description Note
56 x 35 cm