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"The artist can do little positive in times of social distress to avert disasters, but he can, by helping to bring out national expressions in the most idiosyncratic way, strengthen the sense of community. When the public is interested in this event, which has not yet been seen to such an extent in Holland, many artists will feel strengthened in turn."
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- ↑ Hans Hägerdal (2024) "Enlightenment and Genocide: Johannes Andreas Paravicini's Mission on Timor in 1756." Diplomatica Vol. 6: No. 2. 258-283.
- ↑ Hans Hägerdal (2012), Lords of the land, lords of the sea: Conflict and adaptation in early-colonial Timor, 1600-1800, Leiden: KITLV Press.
- ↑ I Ketut Ardhana (2000), Nusa Tenggara nach Einrichtung der Kolonialherrschaft 1915 bis 1950, Passau: Universität Passau, pp. 129-40.
- ↑ Steven Farram (2003), From ‘Timor Koepang’ to ‘Timor NTT’ , Ph. D. Thesis, Northern Territory University.
- ↑ Early Residents (Opperhoofden) listed in Hans Hägerdal (2012), pp. 425-7; for the later Residents, see Regeeringsalmanak Nederlandsch Indië, 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff 1800-1942 (various titles).