Series 02: Jefferson Lee papers relating to the activities of the Australia-East Timor Association (New South Wales) (AETA NSW)

MLMSS 11985/Box 4-29

series

1977-2013

9675915

4.16 metres of textual material (26 boxes), includes photographs and prints

BOX 4

Folder 56 (1)-56 (3)
Timor Music / 2. Books (East Timor) / 3. Theatre / Music / 4. Film video & book catalogues, 1993-2000
Timor events featuring poetry, film, theatre, photo and art exhibitions; book reviews, details for book launch events in which AETA participated or organised.
Folder 57 (1)-(3)
AETA Exec Mtgs / Gen. Mtgs / Notes 1995-1999
AETA meeting agendas, minutes and attendance sheets / drafts of AETA flyers / sundry Jeff Lee correspondence.
Folders 58 (1)-(2)
AETA 1992-1997 / Press releases / AETA leaflets / letters from members / Reply letters
Correspondence to AETA regarding newsletter content and activities of the association.
Folder 59 (1)-(2)
East Timor Leaflets / Demos / Promo Flyers / Meetings / Conferences, 1994-2004
Range of petitions, flyers for meetings, concerts and actions by AETA and similar solidarity groups / NGOs.

BOX 5

Folder 60 (1)-(3)
Address sheets / Phone numbers / Current AETA Newsletter copy, 1994-2004
AETA mailing contacts lists; addresses for parliamentarians, media, NGOs and Timor groups in Australia; originals and copies of signed Timor petitions.
Folder 61 (1)-(2)
Gunn / Lee book: Critical Review of Journalism & Scholarship on East Timor (1994). [Original folder unlabelled], 1994-1995
Book reviews and plans for launch / correspondence on Gunn and Lee East Timor book. Some records of book sales retained, bulk of transaction records discarded.
Folder 62
1995-1999 Diary of Events / Press releases / Photo exhibition on East Timor, 1995-2000
AETA press releases / Diary of coming events / selected 1995 items from Reg East Timor discussion list (Denis Freney obituaries) / Photos from 1996 photo exhibitions and AETA demonstrations.
Folder 63 (1)-(2)
AETA Internal correspondence / Office / Minutes of meetings, 1995-1998
AETA stationery / office records / press releases / correspondence / minutes of AETA meetings.

BOX 6

Folder 64 (1)-(2)
AETA 1996 – 2000
Mainly 1999-2000 AETA NSW notes / flyers / newsletters / events diaries / minutes / correspondence. Also includes similar material from other Sydney organisations / events with AETA participation or association.
Folder 65 (1)-(3)
Benefit flyers / stall applications / Accounts / copy of faxes, 1996-1998
Notes and flyers for AETA-organised benefits / concerts / book launches / AETA diary of forthcoming events / small number of items headed Timor Special Projects – coordinator Jefferson Lee.
Folder 66 (1)-(2)
E Timor AETA Newsletters 1997 – 2003
AETA minutes and lists of events / newsletters / Detail on opposition to Leichhardt council sister city link with Maliana.

BOX 7

Folder 67 (1)-(2)
East Timor April 26th benefit 2011 / Current file 2011
Denis Kevans’ memorial Peace Concert / program for Leichhardt Alternative Anzac festival / extract from Estimates Committee hearings February 2011 on proposed Australian refugee processing centre in Timor Leste / obituary for Penny Tweedie / book reviews and event flyers.
Folder 68 (1)-(4)
East Timor Year 2000
Journalism-related advocacy and activities / part(?)-manuscript of Jeff Lee’s published critique of media coverage of East Timor / Leichhardt Council friendship city relationship with Maliana / flyers for AETA events.
Folder 69 (1)-(3)
AETA East Timor 2004 / W Papua / Aceh, 2000-2006
AETA events and flyers / media and news clippings most for 2002/ includes West Papua news items.

BOX 8

Folder 70 (1)-(3)
AETA 2001
Canberra launch of John Martinkus book with speech by Wayne Sievers / Jefferson Lee report on his election observer visit to TL / AETA newsletters and event flyers / photographic exhibitions and community events.
Folder 71 (1)-(2)
AETA 2002
Planning notes and flyers for AETA events in 2002 including benefit concerts / Reconstructing East Timor conference / seminars / exhibitions / aid program details from AusAID.
Folder 72 (1)-(3)
AETA 2004
Timor Sea boundary campaign material / flyers and invitations for Timor events organised by academic and diplomatic organisations / copy of Woolcott 2003 paper on accountability in foreign policy / AETA newsletters.

BOX 9

Folder 73 (1)-(2)
2007 2008 East Timor / overflow 2002-2007, 2003-2008
Tributes to HT Lee (2005) / flyers for solidarity events and discussions around Australia / film screenings / AETA Diary of events. Few newsclips.
Folder 74 (1)-(3)
AETA East Timor 2005
Elaine Briere Sydney book launch and screening of her film Bitter Paradise / flyers for Timorese community events including Tekee Tokee Tomak and Alola / reports to Leichhardt Council after councillors’ 2005 visit to Maliana.
Folder 75
East Timor AETA 2006
AETA newsletters and diaries of events for 2006 / flyers for events held in other states by ET solidarity groups including ETWA and ACTJET (Coalition for Transitional Justice).
Folder 76 (1)-(2)
AETA 2007
AETA and AFFET leaflets on Australian military action to capture Alfredo Reinado resulting in East Timorese casualties / AETA newsletters / news clippings and discussion items from East Timor mailing list.
Folder 77 (1)-(2)
East Timor 1998 Press / AETA
AETA letters and meeting notes for 1998 / correspondence and media releases / 1998 press clippings.

BOX 10

Folder 78 (1)-(3)
East Timor 2012-2013 / Overflow 1995 – 2009
AETA meeting records and newsletters / press clippings / compare folder 19.
Folder 79 (1)-(2)
ET 2000 Periodicals / Press, 2000-2002
Flyers for AETA events to mark Independence Day May 2002 / Denis Kevans words and background for satirical song about PP McGuinness / Newspaper clippings and magazine articles for Jan-May 2000.
Folder 80 (1)-(2)
East Timor 2012-2013 / Overflow 1995 – 2009
File title Pre-2000 Extraction. Newsletters from AETA (NSW) / Victoria / Tapol / Amnesty for 1995 to 1998; selection of press clippings 1995 to 1999 / AETA Vic. submission to parliamentary Human Rights sub-committee (date presumed to be 1993) / Conflict resolution framework paper by Michael Salla for 1996 East Timor conference in Sydney.

BOX 11

Folder 81 (1)-(3)
East Timor Press 2011
Range of flyers and articles from wide span of solidarity organisations / notes and extract from ADFA bibliography at Queenscliff Vic / AETA East Timor Action newsletter and Diary of Events 2000 onwards.
Folder 82 (1)-(3)
Indecipherable / Timor (AETA) / 1996 / 1998-2000
Reviews of books by Dunn and Ken Fry / Bob Hawke launch speech for Rawdon Dalrymple memoir / Writers Festival talks by Richard Woolcott / notes on Maliana / Balibo House Trust / UN and aid bodies flyers / AETA diary of events / videos about Timor.
Folder 83 (1)-(3)
Timor 2009
Flyers for AETA and Timorese community events / 10th anniversary of 1999 ballot / Farewell for departing Consul General Abel Guterres / programs for support organisations such as Alola Foundation and Rotary clubs / Tradewinds newsletter Oct 1999 and report on their Timor visit looking at coffee production / press kit for Balibo movie.

BOX 12

Folder 84 (1)-(2)
Timor 2010
Dossier by Ian Neubauer on Topu Honis East Timor projects / notes on Jude Conway’s lecture at Andrew McNaughtan Memorial event in Feb 2010 / East Timor Info flyers and AETA Newsletters / book launch details / press clippings.
Folder 85
East Timor AETA 2012 / 2010 – 2011
Newsletters from Australian friendship groups such as Manly Friends of Oecusse and APHEDA / AETA flyers / news clippings.
Folder 86 (1)-(3)
East Timor 2013 / 2010 – 2013
Flyers for Gordon Peake book launch Beloved Land / 8th and 10th anniversary Andrew McNaughtan lectures / event details including photo exhibitions and seminars / Clinton Fernandes book / Ego Lemos feature / The Boite concerts Mai Fali Eh!
Folder 87 (1)-(2)
Invoices / Receipts / East Timor stalls
AETA trading invoices 2001 to 2005.
Folder 88
East Timor / Conference Receipts / Subscriptions / Renewal of subs / Invoices books CDs video, 2001-2013
AETA office financial records for purchases and sales.

BOX 13

Folder 89 (1)-(3)
Periodical articles on East Timor / Indonesia, 1982-1999
Academic articles and book chapters / conference papers / reports; chiefly Australian with some international sources. Also includes a few activist communications, including Fretilin NSW fund-raising appeal.
Folder 90 (1)-(2)
East Timor book draft / A Critical View, 1989-1992
Published articles on East Timor (notably versions of the Geoffrey Gunn / Jefferson Lee item on coverage of ET by academics and journalists since 1975); draft copy of master’s thesis by Andris Balmaks; selected papers from 1992 ANU conference on Indonesian media.

BOX 14

Folder 91 (1)-(3)
Pamphlet box, 1990-2006
Chiefly post-ballot analyses / earlier background papers and newsletters / children’s resources from Mary MacKillop Institute / post-CAVR meeting notes.
Folder 92 (1)-(2)
Timor Gap oil / ICJ / ET Refugees / RRT, 1991-2004
Predominantly materials on Timor Gap / Oil issue - News clippings / articles / submissions / legal opinions. Front of folder contains a few AETA and other items not obviously concerned with Timor Gap issue.

BOX 15

Folder 93 (1)-(2)
East Timor / Hansard / Academic Research Papers / Book Chapters / Research Papers, 1992-1999
Mainly research papers and published articles. Includes papers from ICJ/UNSW Timor Legal Issues conference (March 1992) and extensive Hansard printouts (mainly 1994).
Folder 94 (1)-(2)
1995 East Timor conferences / 2. Chomsky / 3. Darwin / 4. Academic paper on Timor / APCET ETAN, 1992-1996
Annotated copies of academic articles on Timor by Australian and international authors.
Folder 95 (1)-(2)
NGO Aid to East Timor / Letters to politicians, 1993-2001
Notes / reports on support activities in early post-ballot period; issues of Timor Post newspaper for 2001; some earlier documents including 2-pg text of 1995 Australia-Indonesia security agreement (Alatas and Evans).

BOX 16

Folder 96
Pamphlet box label: AETA Newsletters Timor, 1994-1996
AETA newsletters / Matebian News clippings for late 94 to Jul 95 / other background papers.
Folder 97 (1)-(3)
East Timor Internet File 1995-1996
Printouts from reg.easttimor and tapol.etimor with some annotations. Mainly 1996.
Folder 98 (1)-(4)
Press 2002 / Periodicals, 1992-2002
Media and journal articles. Some AETA correspondence.

BOX 17

Folder 99 (1)-(3)
East Timor tour 2001, 2000-2001
Collected materials from J Lee Timor visit. Information bulletins from UNTAET and UN agencies in Timor / Lao Hamutuk analyses of transitional situation / media and event flyers. Some minor Aust. Newsclips.
Folder 100 (1)-(2)
East Timor / book chapters / Conference papers, 2000-2003
Academic and magazine articles / photocopy of 72-page Portuguese-language poetry booklet Enterrem meu coracao no Ramelau Poesia de Timor Leste / study materials for Australian Politics course at University of Western Sydney.
Folder 101 (1)-(3)
E. Timor DRS / 2005 Press / conference papers / E. Timor trip / reports / journal articles / Timor Sea campaign / ADC
Conference papers incl background on 2005 World Population Day census in Timor Leste / also Cooperating with Timor-Leste conference in Melbourne / Event flyers / media articles and news clippings for early 2005.
Folder 101 (2) contains 3 small original ink on paper screen prints by Xisto, Arsenio and Aphu.

BOX 18

Folder 102 (1)-(3)
Timor Oz press clippings 1985-1991
Australian news clippings / magazine articles / flyers from solidarity groups.
Folder 103 (1)-(3)
1993 East Timor, 1992-1993
Articles, correspondence (several Gunn/Lee exchanges), abstracts and notes from Indonesia Update conference (ANU, Aug. 1993); flyer for newly-formed ETRA; sequence of Australian media clippings Jan-Dec 1993.

BOX 19

Folder 104 (1)-(3)
East Timor Press 2001
Magazine articles / book reviews / undated draft Charlie India Echo Tango – Brian Manning description of the radio operations in NT bush (extract from book A Few rough reds: Stories of rank and file organising 2003) / News clippings (bulk of folder).
Folder 105 (1)-(3)
East Timor 2006 2007 Press file, 2002-2007
News clippings chiefly first half 2006 then Jan – Mar 2007 / occasional earlier press item. Journal articles – notably relating to Search Foundation and related debates on 2006 crisis in Timor. Also (draft?; Clinton F?) manuscript on ‘transnational solidarity’.

BOX 20

Folder 106 (1)-(4)
East Timor Balibo 2007 Coroner’s Court papers, 2002-2007
Background documents and reports of proceedings for NSW Coronial Inquiry into deaths of Brian Peters and Malcolm Rennie in Balibo 1975 / witness statements / notes on daily evidence by attendees including Australian media and Jefferson Lee.
Folder 107 (1)-(2)
Indonesian Press on E. Timor (Indonesia G..p - indecipherable – Sources), 1977-1996
Clippings on Timor from Indonesian papers (Jakarta Post) and some international media, mainly 1991-1996.
Folder 108 (1)-(3)
East Timor media 2008, 1986-2008
Media items and magazine articles from mid-1980s through to 2008.

BOX 21

Folder 109 (1)-(3)
Press 1992 / East Timor current / Post- Dili Massacre (Nov-Dec 1991) 1992
News clippings – mostly The Australian and SMH. Some miscellaneous AETA notes. Also includes Woolcott paper on myths and realities address to Sydney Institute (26 May 1992) and Newsweekly’s reprint of Harold Crouch’s assessment in The Age of the Indonesian inquiry into Santa Cruz.
Folder 110 (1)-(3)
East Timor 1994 and Indo press
Items from mainstream media and (few) solidarity publications.

BOX 22

Folder 111
Timor 1994
Press clippings from Australian and Asian sources.
Folder 112 (1)-(5)
Press clippings 1995
1995 clippings on Timor from Australian papers; includes one compilation by Matebian News, and news summary from reg.easttimor list for Nov 1996.

BOX 23

Folder 113 (1)-(3)
Press East Timor, 1996
East Timor items from press sources and ET mailing list.
Folder 114 (1)-(3)
Australian news clippings July – Dec 1999

BOX 24

Folder 115 (1)-(3)
Timor 1999
News clippings from Australian media Jan - July 1999. Includes some AETA fragments.
Folder 116 (1)-(3)
East Timor Press 2000
Academic and magazine articles published in 2000 / small quantity of handwritten planning notes / Timor Post issue 29 April 2000 / Australian news. clippings for Aug-Dec 2000.

BOX 25

Folder 117 (1)-(2)
ET Press 2004
News clippings / media releases on Timor seabed boundary and resources / obituaries for Andrew McNaughtan / NGO aid details.
Folder 118 (1)-(2)
AETA Monthly Newsletter 1993-1995
AETA NSW Newsletters 1993 to 1995 / handwritten notes / Miscellaneous supporting docs.

BOX 26

Folder 119
Indecipherable / Timor (AETA) / 1996 / 1998-2000
AETA NSW Newsletters. ‘East Timor Action’ (1996-1997) and ‘AETA Newsletter’ (1999-2000).
Folder 120
News Internat. (unsorted) / E.T.A.N. US / Timor Link (UK) / TAPOL N/L (UK) / Maubere News (Ireland) / ETAN (USA), 1985-1998
Solidarity newsletters (mainly international) and reports on international solidarity events. Newsletters include Timor Link / Tapol / ETAN Network News / Estafeta; reports on APCET (1994). Also includes AETA (Vic) report on political prisoners and ETISC pictorial on human rights violations.
Folder 121 (1)-(2)
East Timor and Human Rights / 1. Amnesty / 2. Asia Watch / 3. Human Rights Defender N/L (UNSW) / 4. UNHRCommission / 5. Indonesian H. Rts Comm., 1992-1999
Predominantly Amnesty International / Asia Watch / Human Rights Watch reports. Some other human rights reports and a few United Nations official records.
Folder 122 (1)-(2)
Groups East Timor / 1. ETRA / 2. Fretilin / 3. UDT / 4. ET Human Rights Office / 5. ASIET; AKSI / 6. E.T. Cultural Centre, 1993-1996
Complex mix of pamphlets / event flyers / newsletters / articles / statements / policy positions from a wide range of solidarity groups / NGOs / political parties.

BOX 27

Folder 123 (1)-(2)
Matebian News, 1993-1998
Matebian News issues for Jun 93-Feb 98; newsletters from APHEDA, Mary McKillop Institute, Community Aid Abroad, 1998 ACFOA Issues paper on Indonesian economic crisis.
Folder 124 (1)-(3)
ACET <indecipherable> Letters / News / 1 AETA / 2 AETA (Melbourne) / 3 CIET (SA) / 4 CIET / 5 FOET, 1994-1996
Newsletters from Australian support groups (AETA / AFFET / CIET SA / FOET WA / Aust Coalition for a Free East Timor) / planning notes for AETA events.
Folder 125 (1)-(3)
Legal Aid, 1995-1996
Chomsky visit media / planning documents for activists’ meetings such as ACET / items printed from East Timor mailing list. Some AETA fragments.

BOX 28

Folder 126 (1)-(2)
Petitions / for ET Oil campaign (photocopied) / Supporting letters, 2003-2004
Signed Timor Sea Justice petition sheets from all states / mailing lists.
Folder 127 (1)-(2)
Timor Elections June 18th – July 18th 2007 / Timor trip 2007
Material for observers at Timor Leste parliamentary elections on 30 June 2007 / election posters and statements from TL parties / assessments from Observer missions / citizen education booklets in Tetun / tourism brochures / report to Leichhardt Council on election observation visit.

BOX 29

Folder 128 (1)-(2)
2011 Calendar / TL Embassy opening
Friends of Timor Leste fundraiser calendar 2011 - multiple laminated photo pages / photos of ceremony for ambassador Abel Gutteres.
Folder 129 (1)-(2)
East Timor Press 1997, 1996-1997
Mainly news clippings (Australian; SMH; GLWeekly; Canberra Times). Also includes Rob South / FOET critique of Whitlam 1994 statements before Murdoch Uni Student Law Society meeting and Gunn/Lee research notes for ‘A critical view’.

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