Timor-Leste is a rugged island nation where cloud-forested mountains meet Coral Triangle reefs, drawing wildlife travelers for world-class snorkeling and diving alongside chances to spot migrating ...

The 2/40th Infantry Battalion was the only battalion in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) recruited almost entirely from Tasmania. Initially it was planned that it would consist of three rifle ...

Previous versions of this paper were authored by Marty Harris and Dr Nathan Church, with assistance from Nicholas Fuller, Laura Rayner and Brooke McDonagh. All hyperlinks in this research paper are ...

Black Force, under Brigadier A. S. Blackburn (7th Division), became prisoners of the Japanese after Java fell on 9 March 1942. Other Australians captured on Timor (from 2/40th Infantry Battalion, ...

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has rejected claims that Australian authorities took too long to respond to distress calls from an asylum seeker boat which went down off the coast of Java, killing ...