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Revealing the previously hidden details of one of the most shameful episodes in Australia's history, this book provides a unique, first-hand account of the deaths of five young television reporters who were killed by the Indonesian military in the East Timor border town of Balibo in October 1975. (Libraries Australia record)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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East Timor : Questions of Intelligence
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 103-128) 'On 2 December 2009, the film censorship authorities in Jakarta, backed by the Indonesian government, handed the Australian director Robert Connolly and his producers a splendid gift: They banned their film Balibo, which had been due for screening at the Jakarta Film Festival. The official statement was that this film, a part-fictional version of events that took place in East Timor thirty-four years ago, was 'negative propaganda', and that the Balibo case was 'closed'.' (Author's introduction, 103)
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Still Bleeding over Balibo
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 4 no. 8 2009; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Shooting Balibo : Blood and Memory in East Timor 2009 single work autobiography ; Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Balibo 2008 single work film/TV -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 August 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Shooting Balibo : Blood and Memory in East Timor 2009 single work autobiography -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Black Ice 2009 single work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel ; Your Mother Would Be Proud : True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure 2009 anthology autobiography
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Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Black Ice 2009 single work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel ; Your Mother Would Be Proud : True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure 2009 anthology autobiography -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 August 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Shooting Balibo : Blood and Memory in East Timor 2009 single work autobiography -
Still Bleeding over Balibo
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 4 no. 8 2009; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Shooting Balibo : Blood and Memory in East Timor 2009 single work autobiography ; Cover-Up : The Inside Story of the Balibo Five 2001 single work biography ; Balibo 2008 single work film/TV -
East Timor : Questions of Intelligence
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 103-128) 'On 2 December 2009, the film censorship authorities in Jakarta, backed by the Indonesian government, handed the Australian director Robert Connolly and his producers a splendid gift: They banned their film Balibo, which had been due for screening at the Jakarta Film Festival. The official statement was that this film, a part-fictional version of events that took place in East Timor thirty-four years ago, was 'negative propaganda', and that the Balibo case was 'closed'.' (Author's introduction, 103)
Last amended 23 Jun 2009 16:12:40
Subjects:
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Balibo,
cTimor-Leste,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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