Activity
Create a poster or brochure about East Timor and it's relationship with Australia and Indonesia.
Using the resources provided, and the list of questions below, put together a piece that discusses the dynamics of this key international relationship.
Create a poster or brochure about East Timor and it's relationship with Australia and Indonesia.
Using the resources provided, and the list of questions below, put together a piece that discusses the dynamics of this key international relationship.
- Where is East Timor located?
- Why was East-Timor part of Indonesia?
- What kind of government did Indonesia have when it took over East-Timor?
- Why did East-Timor want to be separate?
- How are Timorese people culturally different from most of Indonesia?
- Why didn’t Indonesia want this?
- What kind of government did Indonesia have when it let East-Timor have a vote to leave?
- How did this happen?
- How was the United Nations involved?
- Why was there violence?
- What did the UN decide?
- What was Australia’s role in East-Timor becoming an independent country?
- Why did Australia get involved?
- Was Australia’s mission in East-Timor a success or failure? Why?
- Who does East-Timor get along with best, now-a-days?
- Who does East-Timor trade with?
- What does East-Timor have to trade?
- Why is oil so important to East-Timor?
- Why is there a dispute over the Timor Sea between Australia and East-Timor?
- Who needs this oil more, Australia or East Timor? Why?
- Is East-Timor wealthy or poor (compared with the other two)?
- Is Indonesia wealthy or poor (compared with the other two)?
- Is Australia wealthy or poor (compared with the other two)?
- Does East-Timor have good food security compared to Australia?
East Timor or Timor Leste (The rising sun of the east) is the worlds newest country but it has an amazing history. Australia also has a deep connection with this new nation. |
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General information
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tt.html
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/timorleste
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/timorleste
East Timor's history and political struggle.
Australia's involvement
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The Aftermath - Australia and East Timor's relations now.
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