Jamie Mackie (academic)

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James Austin Copland Mackie (1924–2011), known as Jamie Mackie, was an Australian academic, described by The Australian as one of the country's "pioneers of its post-war engagement with Asia" [1] and by The Age as having had a "distinguished academic career to the study of post-colonial south-east Asia."[1] Born in Kandy to the Australian manager of a tea plantation,[2] he studied in Melbourne and Oxford before working "with the Colombo Plan in Jakarta from 1956 to 1958, working with the newly established National Planning Bureau."[1] He taught at the University of Melbourne (1958–1967)[3] and Monash University (1968–1978)[3] and edited the ASAA Review. He is also credited with playing a major role in the dismantling of the White Australia policy, which severely restricted non-White migration. [4] After his death, the J.A.C. Mackie Memorial Endowment was established by the Australian National University to fund travel scholarships to Southeast Asia for undergraduate or graduate students.[5][6]

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  1. ^ a b c "Obituary - James Austin (Jamie) Mackie - Obituaries Australia".
  2. ^ "Prof. Jamie Mackie, a forceful advocate for close Indonesia-Australia relations".
  3. ^ a b "Jamie Mackie". Lowy Institute. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  4. ^ David Jenkins. “In Memoriam: Jamie Mackie (1924–2011).” Indonesia, no. 92 (2011): 183–90. https://doi.org/10.5728/indonesia.92.0183.
  5. ^ "J.A.C. Mackie Memorial Endowment". ANU. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  6. ^ "Jamie Mackie Southeast Asia travel grant". ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2022-08-25.

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