Connections across the Timor Sea 1941-2010
Watercolours, letters, artefacts by Sgt George Milsom
Video installation by Jen Hughes
Photographs by Suai youth, Covalima East Timor
Exhibition opening Thursday 27 May 2010, 6 pm - 8 pm
Guest speaker, Abel Guterres Timor - Leste Ambassador to Australia
Exhibition dates Wed 26 May - 23 June, Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
The Gallery, ST KILDA TOWN HALL 99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda VIC
TRAM 3, 16, 67 or Train to Balaclava Station
Video installation by Jen Hughes
Photographs by Suai youth, Covalima East Timor
Exhibition opening Thursday 27 May 2010, 6 pm - 8 pm
Guest speaker, Abel Guterres Timor - Leste Ambassador to Australia
Exhibition dates Wed 26 May - 23 June, Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
The Gallery, ST KILDA TOWN HALL 99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda VIC
TRAM 3, 16, 67 or Train to Balaclava Station
Images:
George Milsom ‘Village Scene’, watercolour 20 x 28 detail 1943
Jen Hughes, ‘Mosaic’ 2010
Livania de Jesus ‘Unfinished Cathedral, Suai and cow’ photograph 2009
Council to extend friendship with Suai for another 10 years
The City of Port Phillip will extend the hand of friendship to Suai, East Timor for another ten years, after council voted to renew its friendship agreement in principle last night.
The original agreement, signed by Xanana Gusmao, President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (now Prime Minister) in 2000, pledged to help rebuild the country almost totally destroyed by Indonesian forces, after the overwhelming vote for independence in 1999.
“We started this friendship ten years ago and it has evolved and matured into a strong and effective relationship,” said Mayor Frank O’Connor.
“We are both coastal communities but very different and we have learned so much from each other. Local schools have made friendships, as have many other groups and individuals. The adage acting locally and thinking globally really does apply here,” he said.
The renewal of the agreement is due to be signed later this year, following the development of a strategic plan.
The City of Port Phillip will extend the hand of friendship to Suai, East Timor for another ten years, after council voted to renew its friendship agreement in principle last night.
The original agreement, signed by Xanana Gusmao, President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (now Prime Minister) in 2000, pledged to help rebuild the country almost totally destroyed by Indonesian forces, after the overwhelming vote for independence in 1999.
“We started this friendship ten years ago and it has evolved and matured into a strong and effective relationship,” said Mayor Frank O’Connor.
“We are both coastal communities but very different and we have learned so much from each other. Local schools have made friendships, as have many other groups and individuals. The adage acting locally and thinking globally really does apply here,” he said.
The renewal of the agreement is due to be signed later this year, following the development of a strategic plan.
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