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It is almost 25 years since the Australian -led International Force East Timor (Interfet) brought security and eventual peace to newly independent Timor-Leste .
The highly disciplined military operation led by a future governor general, Peter Cosgrove , saved countless East Timorese from the murderous militias backed by the Indonesian military.
Australia only reluctantly stepped in, under enormous pressure from the US , to lead the UN -mandated military mission.
We should remember too just how, while promoting itself as the global saviour, the then federal Howard government bent over backwards to afford Jakarta diplomatic cover.
The exhibition includes wedding tais (one each for bride and groom) displayed courtesy of Balbina da Conceição , an East Timorese war widow decorated for her long role in the local resistance.
Tais symbolise the human and cultural endurance of a people who were vastly overwhelmed but were never defeated by a ruthless colonial oppressor.
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