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Author Sugget, Neil.

Title See the road well : shaping East Timor's frontier / Neil Sugget
Published Canberra, ACT : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2005

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 W'PONDS  320.9598 Sug/Str  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1 Arriving in Dili - a front-row seat 7 -- Chapter 2 Chitties, sights and sounds 14 -- Chapter 3 Whose home is it? 22 -- Chapter 4 A glimpse into the Border Service 26 -- Chapter 5 Refugee vessel - homecoming 32 -- Chapter 6 Hera Port 40 -- Chapter 7 Early politics 48 -- Chapter 8 Exploring the possibilities 54 -- Chapter 9 The things we did 65 -- Chapter 10 The light is brighter across the road 73 -- Chapter 11 Feelings in the heat 84 -- Chapter 12 Frustrations 95 -- Chapter 13 East Timorese have their say 101 -- Chapter 14 Road to the border 112 -- Chapter 15 Anzac Day 122 -- Chapter 16 We're in place 133 -- Chapter 17 At the border 143 -- Chapter 18 Nunura market 152 -- Chapter 19 Local staff arrive 161 -- Chapter 20 Sunday best 169 -- Chapter 21 Open for business 178 -- Chapter 22 Trouble 191 -- Chapter 23 The woman and her money 198 -- Chapter 24 What have we done? 205 -- Chapter 25 Oecussi enclave 213 -- Chapter 26 Village life 223 -- Chapter 27 Can't wait to tell you everything, but 234 -- Chapter 28 See the road well 246 -- Epilogue Since our departure 251 -- Glossary 259
Summary In 1999, Neil Suggit was selected to lead and train a contingent of Australian customs officers who volunteered to assist in creating a border service in East Timor. Confronted by the complexities of international politics, the officers learnt that if you really want to help you must embrace the culture of the people
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
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Subject Australian Customs Service -- Officials and employees.
United Nations. Transitional Authority in East Timor
United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Timor-Leste.
Customs administration -- Timor-Leste.
Peacekeeping forces -- Timor-Leste.
Political atrocities -- Timor-Leste.
Peacekeeping forces -- Australia.
Peacekeeping forces, Australian -- Timor-Leste.
SUBJECT Australia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588 -- Timor-Leste. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021667
Timor-Leste http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021667 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Timor-Leste -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004011674
Timor-Leste -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103064
Timor-Leste -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004014555
Genre/Form History.
Erlebnisbericht
Author Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
LC no. 2005440660
ISBN 1740761316
Other Titles Shaping East Timor's frontier