Mid Theme Visit: Country Links - Timor-Leste and Australia

 

Mid-Theme Visit: Country Links

Timor-Leste and Australia

Hello, and have a nice time reading this article, containing the most modern country links exploration yet! You will notice that I used the word exploration, and this is because when researching into the past for articles, such as these, it is important to consider it exploring, as we discover obscure history maybe not connected in this way before.

For this exploration, regarding the time period, we will be travelling all the way into the 1970s, with the specific linking incident occurring roughly a quarter of a century after the second most recent article timewise. This time in history is known as the contemporary period, as it is directly linked with the current political situation, and is so close to the present, as it is marked by the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the end of the 20th century. We will also be visiting a part of the world we have not covered in depth yet, not only in the country links theme but in all the articles thus far – Oceania.

In this way, this link is particularly close to me, as I was born in Oceania, not Australia, but still the same continent, nonetheless.

Now, let us get to it.

South Pacific Trust Issues

Australia’s link here, is with Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, to avoid confusion. It is geographically tiny, and mixed in with all the Indonesian islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, just south of the main country itself. But, it does still hold interesting links with much bigger countries.

On that note, for some background, after centuries of colonial tugs of war between the Portuguese and the Dutch, Timor-Leste finally had a less far off overlord, in the form of Indonesia, due to Indonesia taking over in 1975 after Portugal left due to internal conflicts.

Indonesian officials were concerned of communism reaching such close proximity in Timor-Leste, due to this contradicting their own regime. Australia, under Gough Whitlam, who held national interests in the region, permitted Indonesia to take Timor-Leste. However, upon Indonesia being given the thumbs up, their army was deployed into the border town of Balibo, in October of 1975 on Indonesia’s land border with Timor-Leste.

Here, five Australian journalists capturing the event died at the hands of Indonesia’s soldiers, causing huge international disagreement, and tensions, even now due to many Australians arguing that this act was deliberate.

To address the relation here, Timor-Leste has a geopolitical link with Australia, due to Australian citizens being killed on Timor Leste’s ground for political reasons.

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