See the road well : shaping East Timor's frontier / Neil Sugget.

In 1999, Neil Sugget was selected to lead and train Australian Customs officers who volunteered to assist in creating a border service in East Timor, following the conflicts that had erupted during the popular vote for independence. This is his story of working with the East Timorese and the many di...

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Main Author: Sugget, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, A.C.T. : Abingdon : Pandanus ; Marston [distributor], 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Arriving in Dili
  • a front-row seat; Chapter 2 Chitties, sights and sounds; Chapter 3 Whose home is it?; Chapter 4 A glimpse into the Border Service; Chapter 5 Refugee vessel
  • homecoming; Chapter 6 Hera Port; Chapter 7 Early politics; Chapter 8 Exploring the possibilities; Chapter 9 The things we did; Chapter 10 The light is brighter across the road; Chapter 11 Feelings in the heat; Chapter 12 Frustrations; Chapter 13 East Timorese have their say; Chapter 14 Road to the border; Chapter 15 Anzac Day; Chapter 16 We're in place.
  • Chapter 17 At the borderChapter 18 Nunura market; Chapter 19 Local staff arrive; Chapter 20 Sunday best; Chapter 21 Open for business; Chapter 22 Trouble; Chapter 23 The woman and her money; Chapter 24 What have we done?; Chapter 25 Oecussi enclave; Chapter 26 Village life; Chapter 27 Can't wait to tell you everything, but ... ; Chapter 28 See the road well; Epilogue Since our departure; Glossary.