The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers, part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), pass a truckload of jubilant East Timorese whilst patrolling the streets of Dili aboard an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV). Displaying a portrait of Xanana Gusmao, the East Timorese resistance leader, and waving the flag of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT), they are celebrating the expulsion of the Indonesian Army from East Timor following the arrival of INTERFET. The CNRT is a pro-independence group whose members were specifically targeted in the post-election violence of September 1999. Gusmao was elected president of the new nation of Timor Leste in May 2002.
East Timorese men gather at a post of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT). A poster of Xanana Gusmao, president of the CNRT, and a CNRT flag are hanging on the wall behind the men. The
Xanana Gusmao, President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) comforts a distressed woman at a cemetery, during the funeral of his father, Francisco Gusmao. Xanana Gusmao, a leader of
Xanana Gusmao gazes out over Dili from the verandah of a seminary at Dare, East Timor. He is attending the first National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) congress where he was elected president
In a makeshift office in a seminary at Dare, Xanana Gusmao (rear) makes a point during talks with an unidentified delegate at the first National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) congress. Xanana
Mourners gather around the open coffin of Francisco Manuel Gusmao during his burial at the Santa Cruz Cemetery. Francisco Gusmao, 84 years old at the time of his death, was the father of Xanana Gusmao
In a school playground, former National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) fighters perform drills with wooden rifles in preparation for joining the East Timorese army. The CNRT is a pro-independen
