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25.01.2022 Yay Hooray....finally I am back....on Ebay.... offering some treasures each week for your selection and support. timorgirl....have a look, feedback is good, and if you see or dont see something that you are interested in your are welcome to get in touch as I have lots and lots of treasures in boxes waiting to go to good homes.

25.01.2022 I would like to tell a story. The story of how I came to be in Timor in 1990 and almost every year since in the field trading in authentic village textiles / ikat, carvings, curios and everything betel nut. Where to start. In 1989 I won a trip in a pub. True. I was living in Darwin, it was coming up to Christmas, my boyfriend [as with most Territorians] enjoys a beer, I bought a carton at the local and the bottle shop guys put in an entry for me. Blew me away when I was tol...d I'd won $800 towards overseas travel [1989 remember...800 went a lot further]. I was headed south for the remainder of the wet season and when I got back to Darwin in April I was camped with my sister. A bizarre sequence of events, in one afternoon, culminated in her dying at far too young an age. I was pretty flakey for a while there and the months ticked by as I pulled myself together. All too soon it was time to use my prize or lose it. I had had a bit to do with the Free East Timor underground movement in Darwin [Timor being our nearest northern neighbour] thus enquired about going to West Timor. There was a twice weekly return service between Kupang and Darwin run by Merpati [it's Merpati and I'll fly if I want to, fly if I want to]. Tune in again for the next part of this adventure... See more

21.01.2022 And in the meantime I have begun documenting the last few years of collections. With the able assistance of a Disability Employment lady we are making our way through the unopened boxes and rediscovering treasures such as this cowbell and spinner toy dolls....Christmas all over again....gotta love it.

15.01.2022 Timor Treasures is rocking along on ebay....visit me there or pop into my ebay store....timorgirl. January has been racing away on me and to keep up with documenting new treasures for your selection I have forgone getting my website functional again....I shall create time one day. Stay well stay sane....2021 looks like being a pretty wild ride.

11.01.2022 Meet Yermanis Manubau who hand rolls the string and then hand knots these sweet little bilum/kalai bags that are used by the West Timorese to carry home pineapples and bananas and other appropriate goodies from market.

01.01.2022 I am setting up at Uki Markets on the 3rd Sun each month and Murwillumbah Showgrounds market on the 4th Sunday of each month. I am under the main building so it is nice and cool with plenty of space. See you there for some treasure hunting. Till then stay well

01.01.2022 timorgirl ; eBay - I’m back. After several years of raising my child solo, managing a large property and getting a university degree it is time to return to this selling platform and share the treasures. I am Julie and have been collecting Timorese Treasures in the field since 1990 when I won a prize for overseas travel in a pub in Darwin [true]. I had no idea at the time that I had stumbled upon an Aladdin’s cave of authentic traditional tribal treasures. I purchased some... carved items and a few textiles and a new passion was born. Timor Treasures I traded those items at Mindil Beach markets and at the end of the dry season I gathered those dollars added a few more and bought a return ticket. I have been returning annually ever since [well most years] and been witness to many changes across the last 3 decades [yes book to be published.watch this space]. Clearly none of us are sure what will happen post COVID, if there is such a thing, but I do know that the villagers, carvers and weavers up in the mountains will be grateful when some outside dollars comes into their informal/circular economy. Therefore every purchase you choose to make with me will benefit the Atoni [people of West Timor] as soon as I can get back there. I distribute reading glasses and nutritious food seeds as the soil in the western half of Timor is very poor and water a very precious resource. Please contact me if you wish to contribute. See more