Special Achievements

• 2005 - First Australian woman to be First Lady of East Timor (married President Xanana Gusmao).

Additional Information

• June 2015 - Sword Gusmão was appointed an officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "For distinguished service to Australia-Timor-Leste relations through the development of mutual cooperation and understanding, particularly in the education sector, and as an advocate for improved health and living conditions for the Timorese people.

References

• Curro, Tracey.  (2006, March).  Mother of the nation.  WW, 60-64.
• Curro, Tracey.  (2006, July).  Heartbreak in East Timor.  WW, 41-42.
• (2008, October).  Kirsty Sword:  First Australian First Lady of a foreign nation.  WW, 94.

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Description: Kirsty Sword Gusmão, first lady of Timor Leste, accepts a shipboard plaque from the USS Reuben James (FFG 57). Date: 21 February 2010, 20:38:37 Source: USS Reuben James Arrives in Dili, East Timor Author: Ensign Ben Dalton, Reuben James Public Affairs

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