| 1 | Surrounded by the Indian, Southern and Pacific oceans, Australia is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. | |
| 2 | The remote village of Passabe lies on the precarious border between East and West Timor. | |
| 3 | The western half of the island, formerly Netherlands Timor, became part of Indonesia in1949. The eastern half was an overseas province of Portugal from1914 until1975. | |
| 4 | Next Ms Gillard set out a plan for a "regional centre" in Timor-Leste (East Timor) to process asylum-seekers. | |
| 5 | In the 16th century, the Portuguese established an isolated presence on the island of Timor, while the surrounding islands came under Dutch control. |
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