Jose Da Costa was born during the violent occupation of East Timor and spent his first years in the jungle, hiding from the Indonesian army with his family. It wasn’t until he found himself the target of the military, that Jose was forced to take the biggest risk of his life...

Storyteller – Jose Da Costa
Story Producer - Rosa Ellen

Told at Darwin Festival in 2017, where the theme was 'Home'
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SPUN Stories is a live storytelling night based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. We're all about shining a light on the extraordinary personal stories of everyday Territorians - let us take you to some wild and wondrous places through our podcast! You can find out more about SPUN by visiting our website.
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Host + Producer - Jess Ong
Sound Editor - Rosa Ellen
Sound Production - Gaia Osborne
Executive Producer - Johanna Bell
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Our podcast is presented by StoryProjects, with funding support from Darwin International Airport.

Music used in this podcast episode is 'The Tiki Bar' by Laszlo Harsanyi. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. For more: freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi…arsanyi_Laszlo.