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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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    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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    "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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