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'''Hotel Dili''' is a hotel on the waterfront in [[Dili]], [[East Timor]], established in 1933. It was purchased by Australian [[Frank Favaro]] (1935-2000) in 1971.<ref name="Trahair2004">{{cite book|last=Trahair|first=R. C. S.|title=Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFJLIIGVk10C&pg=PA75|accessdate=16 July 2012|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31955-6|page=75}}</ref> In 1975, Favaro harbored six Australians at the hotel during a battle, although they were said to "consistently refuse offers of evacuation."<ref name="Jolliffe1978">{{cite book|last=Jolliffe|first=Jill|title=East Timor: nationalism and colonialism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LU4bAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 July 2012|year=1978|publisher=University of Queensland Press|isbn=978-0-7022-1480-6|page=138}}</ref> The hotel had to be evacuated at one point due to an attack. [[Jane Nicholls]] describes the hotel as "wacky" and "East Timor's own ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''."<ref name="Nicholls1999">{{cite book|last=Nicholls|first=Jane|title=Flight 642: Jakarta to Dili|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfJwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 July 2012|date=January 1999|publisher=Bruce Sims Books|isbn=978-0-9577800-0-2|page=179}}</ref> |
'''Hotel Dili''' is a hotel on the waterfront in [[Dili]], [[East Timor]], established in 1933. It was purchased by Australian [[Frank Favaro]] (1935-2000) in 1971.<ref name="Trahair2004">{{cite book|last=Trahair|first=R. C. S.|title=Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFJLIIGVk10C&pg=PA75|accessdate=16 July 2012|year=2004|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-313-31955-6|page=75}}</ref> In 1975, Favaro harbored six Australians at the hotel during a battle, part of the [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]], although they were said to "consistently refuse offers of evacuation."<ref name="Jolliffe1978">{{cite book|last=Jolliffe|first=Jill|title=East Timor: nationalism and colonialism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LU4bAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 July 2012|year=1978|publisher=[[University of Queensland Press]]|isbn=978-0-7022-1480-6|page=138}}</ref> The "concrete structures of the Hotel Dili were deemed almost impervious to assault."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubPFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA223 |page=223 |title=East Timor: The Price of Liberty|first1=Damien |last1=Kingsbury |date=2009 |isbn=9780230621718 |publisher=[[Palgrave MacMillan]], [[Springer Publishing|Springer]] |location=New York |edition=1st |doi=10.1057/9780230621718}}</ref> The hotel had to be evacuated at one point due to an attack. [[Jane Nicholls]] describes the hotel as "wacky" and "East Timor's own ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''."<ref name="Nicholls1999">{{cite book|last=Nicholls|first=Jane|title=Flight 642: Jakarta to Dili|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfJwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 July 2012|date=January 1999|publisher=Bruce Sims Books|isbn=978-0-9577800-0-2|page=179}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/03/world/peacekeepers-patrolling-dili-silently-stalk-a-small-hotel.html |title=Peacekeepers Patrolling Dili Silently Stalk A Small Hotel |date=October 3, 1999 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}{{subscription required}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:02, 13 May 2024
| Hotel Dili | |
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 Hotel Dili | |
  Location within East Timor | |
| General information | |
| Location | Avenida dos Direitos Humanos, Dili, East Timor |
| Coordinates | 8°33′7″S 125°34′58″E / 8.55194°S 125.58278°E |
| Opening | 1933 |
Hotel Dili is a hotel on the waterfront in Dili, East Timor, established in 1933. It was purchased by Australian Frank Favaro (1935-2000) in 1971.[1] In 1975, Favaro harbored six Australians at the hotel during a battle, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, although they were said to "consistently refuse offers of evacuation."[2] The "concrete structures of the Hotel Dili were deemed almost impervious to assault."[3] The hotel had to be evacuated at one point due to an attack. Jane Nicholls describes the hotel as "wacky" and "East Timor's own Fawlty Towers."[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Trahair, R. C. S. (2004). Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-31955-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Jolliffe, Jill (1978). East Timor: nationalism and colonialism. University of Queensland Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7022-1480-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Kingsbury, Damien (2009). East Timor: The Price of Liberty (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave MacMillan, Springer. p. 223. doi:10.1057/9780230621718. ISBN 9780230621718.
- ^ Nicholls, Jane (January 1999). Flight 642: Jakarta to Dili. Bruce Sims Books. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-9577800-0-2. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Peacekeepers Patrolling Dili Silently Stalk A Small Hotel". The New York Times. October 3, 1999.(subscription required)
External links[edit]
- Official site Archived 2016-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
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