Petition Tag - timor

*The number of proposed apartments / dwellings would cause unnecessary congestion, pollution and noise.

*A bus service is already operative on Bryants Rd, which is within easy walking distance, any addition to the route would only increase congestion.

*The proposed 'New Vehicular Connection' would encourage motorists to use same to access Bryants Road as a short cut, causing an excessive flow of traffic at peak times.

*The area is home to a multitude of wildlife, including birds, turtles, ducks, koalas, fish, snakes & foxes, and the proposed development would (if it doesn't kill them) force them away from their natural habitat and deprive them of their source of food.

*Local infrastructure, such as schools and child-cares, are already at their peak with long waiting lists applying. The increased population envisaged by the proposed development would add to this problem.

*It could be seen that the Logan City Council would benefit with the ability to collect more rates and fees with the proposed increase of dwellings and residents to the area.

*Can the Council provide assurance that all its councillors, including the Mayor of Logan, do not have a 'conflict of interest' as owners of properties in the area defined as 'Timor Ave Area, Loganholme', including properties on Arafura Ave and Timor Ave, which properties are not subject to resumption by the 'Parkland' proposal.

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During 1942, seven hundred Australian soldiers of the 2/2 and 2/4 Independent Companies were sent to the neutral Portuguese colony of Timor, just off the north-west coast of Australia.

The Japanese army was moving south rapidly and the island of Timor was seen as a possible place from which Australia could be attacked. The few Australians conducted a successful guerilla campaign against the thousands of Japanese military who subsequently arrived. The Timorese people sided with the Australians, feeding, sheltering and guiding them.

Young men carried the Australians' packs, led them through the jungles, advised on the best attacking positions and proved themselves loyal companions. They took them to their homes and the families shared what they had, nursing the Australians when they were wounded or sick. The toll on the Timorese was heavy, with at least 40,000 civilians dying as a result of Japanese reprisals and Australian bombing raids on Japanese positions. The Australians who returned testify to the courage, generosity and kindness of the Timorese.

There has yet been no official Australian recognition of this unique contribution to the welfare of Australians during the War, nor of the toll exacted on the small Timorese population.

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