East Timorese Culture

The primary author of this profile is Chara Scroope (2022).

• Arthur, C. E. (2019). Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
• AusTimorFN. (2021a). Australia and Timor-Leste Friendship Network. https://www.austimorfn.org/
• AusTimorFN. (2021b). Friendship Groups. https://www.austimorfn.org/friendship-groups/
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2017). Census 2016, Country of Birth of Person by Sex (SA2+) (No. 2016 Census of Population and Housing) [Data set].
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021a). 4-digit level ANCP Ancestry Multi Response by Australia (UR) (No. 2021 Census of Population and Housing) [Data set]. ABS Census TableBuilder.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021b). People in Australia who were born in Timor-Leste [Data set]. 2021 Census Country of Birth QuickStats. https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/5206_AUS
• Australian Trade and Investment Commission. (2024). Doing business in Timor-Leste | Explore markets. Go Global Toolkit: Powered by Austrade. https://export.business.gov.au/find-export-markets/market-explorer-tool/market-explorer-results/all/all/tls
• Barnes, S. (2011). Origins, Precedence and Social Order in the Domain of Ina Ama Beli Darlari. In A. McWilliam & E. Traube (Eds.), Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Ethnographic Essays (pp. 23–46). Australian National University Press. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c825263f-6e5a-4f2c-ad44-46f7dbbe5d71/459352.pdf
• Bovensiepen, J., & Rosa, F. D. (2016). Transformations of the Sacred in East Timor. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 58(3), 664–693.
• Broderick, P., Cassman, D., Hagan, M., Hoffman, B., Shechtel, L., Johnson, A., Fox, J., Owusu, H., Saunders, S., Karsh, M., Antonialli, D., & Swenson, G. (2013). Family Law: Parentage and Children in Timor-Leste. Stanford Law School, Rule of Law Program, Timor-Leste Legal Education Project (TLLEP). https://law.stanford.edu/publications/family-law-marriage-timor-leste/
• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. (2018). 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Timor-Leste. United States Department of State. https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/timor-leste/
• Central Intelligence Agency. (2024). Timor-Leste. The World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/
• Culture Crossing Guide. (2017). Timor-Leste. https://guide.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student.php?id=236
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2019). Insights: Timor Leste. Australian Government. https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/timor-leste-market-insight_0.pdf
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2021). Timor-Leste country brief. Australian Government. https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/timor-leste/timor-leste-country-brief
• Department of Home Affairs. (2018). Timor-Leste-born: Community Information Summary. Commonwealth of Australia. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/mca/files/2016-cis-timor-Leste.PDF
• Etheredge, L. (2021). Timor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Timor
• General Directorate of Statistics & ICF. (2018). 2016 Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings. GDS and ICF. https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/SR244/SR244.pdf
• General Directorate of Statistics, UNICEF, & UNFPA. (2017). Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2015: Analytical Report on Education. Directorate General of Statistics. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Education%20Monograph%20250418_0.pdf
• Government of East Timor. (2020). National Holidays in 2020. http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=23415&lang=en
• Government of East Timor. (2022). Administrative Division. http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=91&lang=en
• Government of Timor-Leste. (2002). East Timor’s Constitution of 2002 (G. H. Flanz, Trans.; Comparative Constitutions Project). Oxford University Press. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/East_Timor_2002.pdf?lang=en
• Government of Timor-Leste. (2022). Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Results. Direcção Geral de Estatística. https://timor-leste.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/censuspreliminaryresults2022_4.pdf
• Hajek, J., & Goglia, F. (2020). The East Timorese in Australia: Multilingual repertoires, language attitudes, practices and identity in the diaspora. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41(3), 264–281. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2019.1617295
• Hodge, J. (2012). Resisting Violence and Victimisation: Christian Faith and Solidarity in East Timor (1st ed.). Routledge.
• Human Rights Data Analysis Group. (2013). Timor-Leste FAQs. Human Rights Data Analysis Group. https://hrdag.org/timorlestefaqs/
• International Labour Organization. (2016). Structural Transformation and Jobs in Timor-Leste. International Labour Office. http://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-jakarta/documents/publication/wcms_536580.pdf
• Kammen, D. (2015). Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor. Rutgers University Press. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27976
• Kent, L. (2016). After the Truth Commission: Gender and Citizenship in Timor-Leste. Human Rights Review, 17(1), 51–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-015-0390-2
• Khan, N., & Hyati, S. (2012). Bride-Price and Domestic Violence in Timor-Leste: A Comparative Study of Married-In and Married-Out Cultures in Four Districts. Forkupers. https://timor-leste.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Bride-PriceandDomesticViolenceinTimor-Leste.pdf
• Klinken, C. W., & Hajek, J. (2006). Patterns of address in Dili Tetum, East Timor. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 29(2), 21.1-21.18. https://doi.org/10.2104/aral0621
• McGregor, A., Skeaff, L., & Bevan, M. (2012). Overcoming Secularism? Catholic development geographies in Timor-Leste. Third World Quarterly, 33(6), 1129–1146.
• McWilliam, A., & Traube, E. (2011). Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Introduction. In A. McWilliam & E. Traube (Eds.), Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Ethnographic Essays (pp. 1–22). Australian National University Press. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c825263f-6e5a-4f2c-ad44-46f7dbbe5d71/459352.pdf
• Melton, J. G. (2010). Timor Leste. In J. G. Melton & M. Baumann (Eds.), Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (pp. 2870–2872). ABC-CLIO.
• Miller, J. (2019, December 7). 8 Facts about Education in Timor-Leste. The Borgen Project. https://borgenproject.org/8-facts-about-education-in-timor-leste/
• Minority Rights Group International. (2020, May). Timor-Leste. https://minorityrights.org/country/timor-leste/
• Molnar, A. K. (2010). Timor Leste: Politics, History, and Culture (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.
• Museums Victoria. (2017). Immigration History from East Timor to Victoria. Origins. https://origins.museumsvictoria.com.au/countries/east-timor/
• Pannell, S. (2011). Struggling Geographies: Rethinking Livelihood and Locality in Timor-Leste. In A. McWilliam & E. Traube (Eds.), Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Ethnographic Essays (pp. 217–240). Australian National University Press. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c825263f-6e5a-4f2c-ad44-46f7dbbe5d71/459352.pdf
• Paulino, V. (2012). Remembering the Portuguese Presence in Timor and its Contribution to the Making of Timor’s National and Cultural Identity. In L. Jarnagin (Ed.), Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia (Vol. 2). ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.
• Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat. (2008). Conflict-Related Deaths in Timor-Leste 1974-1999: The Findings of the CAVR Report Chega! Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat. http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/updateFiles/english/CONFLICT-RELATED%20DEATHS.pdf
• ProQuest. (2017). Culture Gram: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor). ProQuest.
• Seixas, P. C. (2016). Timor-Leste, Families in. In C. L. Shehan (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies (pp. 1–6). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119085621.wbefs326
• Statistics Timor-Leste: General Directorate of Statistics. (2016a). Population Distribution By Administrative Area—Volume 2 (Language) (No. Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2015) [Data set]. Wall Chart: 2015 Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census — Data Sheet. https://www.statistics.gov.tl/category/publications/census-publications/2015-census-publications/
• Statistics Timor-Leste: General Directorate of Statistics. (2016b). Population Distribution By Administrative Area—Volume 2 (Population and Household Distribution) (No. Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2015) [Data set]. Wall Chart: 2015 Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census — Data Sheet. https://www.statistics.gov.tl/category/publications/census-publications/2015-census-publications/
• Statistics Timor-Leste: General Directorate of Statistics. (2016c). Social and Economic Characteristics—Volume 3 (Occupation) (No. Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2015) [Data set]. Wall Chart: 2015 Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census — Data Sheet. https://www.statistics.gov.tl/category/publications/census-publications/2015-census-publications/
• The Asia Foundation. (2016). Understanding Violence against Women and Children in Timor-Leste: Findings from the Nabilan Baseline Study – Main Report. The Asia Foundation. https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/nabilan-main-report-screen-2017_06_08.pdf
• Transparency International. (2024). Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 (Annual CPI Report). https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023
• Trindade, J. (2020, July). Lulik: Exploring the Core Values of Timor-Leste. Communicating New Research on Timor-Leste 3rd Timor-Leste Study Association (TLSA) Conference. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342916779_Lulik_Exploring_the_Core_Values_of_Timor-Leste_1_2
• Tsuchiya, K. (2019). Representing Timor: Histories, geo-bodies, and belonging, 1860s–2018. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 50(3), 365–386. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463419000377
• Wallenfeldt, J. (2021). East Timor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/East-Timor
• Wikibooks. (2018). Tetum/Greetings. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tetum/Greetings
• World Bank. (2020a). Doing Business 2020: Comparing Business Regulations in 190 Economies. World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/32436/9781464814402.pdf
• World Bank. (2020b). Economy Profile: Timor-Leste: Doing Business 2020: Comparing Business Regulations in 190 Economies. World Bank. https://www.doingbusiness.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/country/t/timor-leste/TMP.pdf