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    A deep dive into an island’s heart & soul
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Jul 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    A deep dive into an island’s heart & soul

    For the past few months I have had the great pleasure of working alongside Dr Lisa Palmer of Melbourne University on developing her...
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    Missing Things
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Missing Things

    Melbourne, 9 September 2020 You know you are starved for social contact beyond your immediate family circle when … You miss a call from a...
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    Kings College Londres oferese Kursu Inglés Báziku 2/Pre-intermediate online gratis - rejista ohin! ♥
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kings College Londres oferese Kursu Inglés Báziku 2/Pre-intermediate online gratis - rejista ohin! ♥

    Ba ema hotu-hotu ne'ebé iha interese atu aprende lian-Inglés, keta lakon oportunidade furak ida-ne’e. Informasaun kona-ba kursu ne'e mak...
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    Feto iha Rezisténsia Timor-Leste / Women in Timor-Leste's struggle for independence
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Jul 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Feto iha Rezisténsia Timor-Leste / Women in Timor-Leste's struggle for independence

    Ha'u kria mapa ba partisipasaun Feto Timor iha Rezisténsia ne'e uza aplikasaun furak ida naran "Thing Link." Hein katak informasaun no...
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    About a book
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Jun 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    About a book

    27 June, 2020 ​ The Xanana Gusmão Reading Room - my first ever labour of love in Timor-Leste - was inaugurated 20 years ago today. A week...
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    Avó Jacinta nia Istória / Grandma Jacinta's Tales
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • May 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Avó Jacinta nia Istória / Grandma Jacinta's Tales

    Ha'u hakerek livru badak ida-ne'e ho istória oioin kona-ba tempu rezisténsia Timor nian iha tinan 2015. Ministériu Edukasaun mak husu...
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    Hakarak aprende Lian-Inglés (nivel báziku) ho ha'u?
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Hakarak aprende Lian-Inglés (nivel báziku) ho ha'u?

    Hi, kolega sira. Se Ita hakarak aproveita tempu iha uma durante periodu Estadu Emerjénsia relasiona ho krize Covid-19, ha'u konvida Ita...
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    Kursu no livru lian-Inglés online no gratis!
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Apr 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kursu no livru lian-Inglés online no gratis!

    Kursu no livru lian-Inglés online no gratis!
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    Kursu Inglés Báziku (Elementary) online gratis - rejista ohin!
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Apr 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kursu Inglés Báziku (Elementary) online gratis - rejista ohin!

    Husi "Kings College London" oferse kursu lian Inglés báziku ba ema hotu-hotu ne'ebé iha interese atu aprende lian-Inglés.
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    Aprende iha uma! (Learning at home!)
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Aprende iha uma! (Learning at home!)

    Aproveita tempu durante periodu la fásil ida-ne'e hodi halibur membru família tomak ba atividade aprendizajen oioin!
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    New Books for a New Nation
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    New Books for a New Nation

    NBNN is a collaboration between the Timor-Leste Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Rotary Club of Melbourne, Lee Burgemeestre & me. :)
    22 views0 comments
    Friendship & People-to-People Connection: An Effective Development Model
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Friendship & People-to-People Connection: An Effective Development Model

    The Australia Timor-Leste Friendship Network is an umbrella for dozens of friendship groups across Australia.
    9 views0 comments
    Stop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery & Witness K
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Stop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery & Witness K

    The government’s prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery is an attack, not only on them, but on the rights and values of every...
    21 views0 comments
    Gratitude - The Short Film by Louie Schwartzberg
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Gratitude - The Short Film by Louie Schwartzberg

    This film offers a gentle reset when you are feeling a bit jaded with life.
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    Deveny-inspired Jottings ....
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Jan 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Deveny-inspired Jottings ....

    In late 2019 I had the privilege of participating in a writing workshop by Melbourne comedian and author, Catherine Deveny. During the...
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    Timor-Leste nia Lian Sira (The Languages of Timor-Leste)
    KirstySwordGusmão
    • Dec 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    Timor-Leste nia Lian Sira (The Languages of Timor-Leste)

    Lian mak define ita nu'udar ema no nu'udar nasaun ida. Lian mak ita-nia abut. EDUKASAUN MULTILINGE BAZEIA BA LIAN-INAN Termu sira: “Lian...
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    "A Woman of Independence"

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    BOOK INFORMATION
    ISBN: 9781742624020
    Format: eBook
    Pub Date: 10/11/2007
    Category: Biography & True Stories / Biography: general
    Imprint: Macmillan Australia
    Price: $16.99

    "Alias Ruby Blade"

     

    Feature Documentary Film (2012)

    Using astonishing footage of the years-long resistance, director Alex Meillier presents a highly personal account of the courage needed to create a new democracy in modern times.

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    You can buy "Alias Ruby Blade" on Google Play Movies, YouTube as download or rent it on Google Play Movies, YouTube online.

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    About Me
    I was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1966. As a student of the Italian and Indonesian languages at Melbourne University in the 1980's I became aware of the plight of the people of a small half-island called East Timor. A colony of Portugal for 500 years, East Timor or "Timor-Leste" was invaded by its huge neighbour, Indonesia, in 1975. It's a long story, but like many Australians and other citizens of the world, it made me angry and sad to learn that my own government aided and abetted that invasion in order to gain the upper hand in negotiating access to oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea, just north of Australia. At the cost of a quarter of a million Timorese lives. I decided to do something about it. And I still am today. 
     

    Contact Me:

    kirsty@alolafoundation.org

     

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