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Cover-up : the inside story of the Balibo Five / Jill Jolliffe.

By: Copyright date: © 2001Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 360 pages : 16 unnumbered pages plates ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0908011687
Other title:
  • Inside story of the Balibo Five
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 959.8037 23
Contents:
Map of Timor in 1975 -- 1. The Balibo Five -- 2. East Timor 1975 -- 3. The Stage is Set -- 4. Death -- 5. Information Withheld -- 6. First Inquiries: a defector emerges -- 7. An Anonymous Eyewitness -- 8. Balibo Forgotten -- 9. The Sherman Inquiry -- 10. Sherman Scrutinised -- 11. Making 'Foreign Correspondent' -- 12. 'Black Ops': a shadow scenario -- 13. Between Terror and Freedom -- 14. Freedom's Grim Dawn -- 15. Answers At Last -- 16. More Revelations -- 17. The CIVPOL Inquiry -- 18. Chris, the Cowardly Balibo Killer.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 959.8037 JOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90250

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-344) and index.

Map of Timor in 1975 -- 1. The Balibo Five -- 2. East Timor 1975 -- 3. The Stage is Set -- 4. Death -- 5. Information Withheld -- 6. First Inquiries: a defector emerges -- 7. An Anonymous Eyewitness -- 8. Balibo Forgotten -- 9. The Sherman Inquiry -- 10. Sherman Scrutinised -- 11. Making 'Foreign Correspondent' -- 12. 'Black Ops': a shadow scenario -- 13. Between Terror and Freedom -- 14. Freedom's Grim Dawn -- 15. Answers At Last -- 16. More Revelations -- 17. The CIVPOL Inquiry -- 18. Chris, the Cowardly Balibo Killer.

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.

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