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The Timor Sea (blue) is a rich source of oil and natural gas. The Australia–Timor-Leste spying scandal began in 2004 when the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) clandestinely planted covert listening devices in a room adjacent to the Timor-Leste (East Timor) Prime Minister's Office at Dili, to obtain information in order to ensure Australia held the upper hand in negotiations with ...
Formally known as the Timor Sea Treaty between the Government of East Timor and the Government of Australia was signed between Australia and East Timor in Dili, East Timor on 20 May 2002, the day East Timor attained its independence from United Nations rule, for joint petroleum exploration of the Timor Sea by the two countries.
The Timor Sea (Indonesian: Laut Timor, Portuguese: Mar de Timor, Tetum: Tasi Mane or Tasi Timór) is a relatively shallow sea in the Indian Ocean bounded to the north by the island of Timor with Timor-Leste to the north, Indonesia to the northwest, Arafura Sea to the east, and to the south by Australia.
Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station, resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military personnel, sailors and civilians. A further 88 civilians were killed in air raids.
E. Jack, Aust 4 November 1943 Named Leeuwin in 1950s. Active 1988 HDML 1326 E. Jack, Aust 19 January 1944 Royal Navy 1950. Transferred to Philippines in 1958. HDML 1327 Purdon, Aust 29 May 1944 Sold 1958 HDML 1328 MacFarlane, Aust 16 Jan 1945 Royal Navy 1950. Transferred to Philippines in 1958. HDML 1329 E. Jack, Aust 14 June 1944 Royal Navy 1950.
Former head office at the corner of Piazza Unità d'Italia and the Trieste seafront. The building displays the name "Lloyd Triestino" below the emblem. Lloyd Triestino was a major shipping company, created in 1919 when the city of Trieste became part of Italy in the settlement after the First World War.
21 November – Last day of commercial whaling in Australia. [citation needed] No sperm whales caught that day by the chaser ships (Cheynes II, III and IV) operated by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company at Albany, Western Australia. [citation needed] The last whale caught by an Australian whaling company was the day before, 20 November ...
The diplomatic history of Australia encompasses the historical events surrounding Australian foreign relations.Following the global change in the dynamics of international state of affairs in the 20th century, this saw a transition within Australia's diplomatic situation to broaden outside of exclusively commonwealth and western European nations.