The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified Australian Federal Police Officers, both members of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), drinking coconut milk from coconuts. They are watched by East Timorese villagers and an United Nations District Electoral Officer (foreground). UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organise, conduct and supervise the referendum, held on 30 August 1999, to allow the East Timorese to choose between autonomy within Indonesia or independence. Following the overwhelming vote for independence, the pro-Indonesian militia launched a campaign of destruction, arson and murder, killing approximately 1500 people and forcing 300,000 others into West Timor as refugees. Due to this the mandate of UNAMET was extended from 31 August 1999 to 30 September 1999, although most members were evacuated by 20 September when the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) was sent in.
An East Timorese United Nations (UN) employee (left) and an African District Electoral Officer reading a newspaper and leaning against a UN Land Rover (registration number UNAMET296). The United Natio
An unidentified East Timorese man and boy sitting in a United Nations Land Rover, used by members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET). UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to o
Informal portrait of Saku (no further information), an Australian District Electoral Officer with the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAME). UNAMET were sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to orga
Members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) registering local East Timorese to vote in the upcoming referendum for independence. UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organis
Local East Timorese watch as a United Nations Puma helicopter lands on the sports ground at Gleno. The United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organise, c
Local East Timorese gather around a United Nations Puma helicopter that has landed on the sports ground at Gleno. The United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999,
