TIMELINE OF TIMOR-LESTE

• 43,000 years ago: First evidence of human occupation • 1600s: Timor invaded by the Portuguese who set the island up as a trading post and a source of sandalwood. • 1849: Timor splits following battle between Portuguese and Dutch. Portuguese take the eastern part in the Treaty of Lisbon. • 1974: Revolution in Portugal leads to promise to free colonies, encouraging parties to prepare for a new future. • 1975 August: Portuguese administration withdraws to the offshore island of Atauro. • 1975 October: Five Australian journalists killed in the village of Balibo along the border with West Timor, allegedly by Indonesian troops. There to report on Indonesia’s illegal invasion, they became known as the ‘Balibo Five’. • 1975 28 November: East Timor declares itself independent. • 1975 7 December: Indonesia invades, using its fight against communism…

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Australian Geographic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2019

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