MS 9642 comprises papers relating to multiculturalism in Australia, including reprints and photocopies of articles, conference papers, government reports, parliamentary debates, and ministerial statements and pamphlets, 1949-1992; minutes, agenda papers and correspondence of the National Advisory and Co-ordinating Committee on Multicultural Education, 1984-1988; talk to the Australian Arts Council in the series, Great religious books (1955); and, ABC Nation's forum of the air: Can Asians understand the West? broadcast on 30 June, 1954 (26 boxes).
The Acc03.131 instalment comprises papers relating to ethnic affairs and multiculturalism, conferences and professional activities, Asian relations and public engagements, Australia-Sri Lanka projects, Asian studies and cognate activities and development studies, the Buddhist Society, activities prior to coming to Australia in 1971, Sydney student days, 1950-1955, and Sri Lanka, academic record, media reports, curriculum vitae and miscellaneous matters, and, correspondence relevant to public affairs, professional and academic work (8 cartons).
The Acc03.183 instalment comprises papers relating to Law and Religion Project (Living and Harmony) and WA constitutional Committee Forum, University of WA files, papers relating to racism and correspondence (1 folder)
The Acc03.251 instalment includes correspondence, cuttings and other papers (1 box).
The Acc07.053 instalment comprises correspondence, publications, writings and other papers relating to the National Multicultural Advisory Committee, ethnic affairs and multiculturalism, Jayasuriya's university and professional activities and documents, "Symposium: marking 100 years of "White Australia" policy 2001", Australia-Sri Lanka projects, and, Buddhist activities in Western Australia (8 boxes).
The Acc09.062 instalment includes meeting agendas and papers for the National Multicultural Advisory Council, WA Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission, Migrant Issues and Migrant Services Directory Project, National Advisory Coordinating Council of Multicultural Education (NACCME), WA Government Anti-Racism Steering Committee; correspondence with parliamentarians, University of Western Australia, various colleagues, Committee of Inquiry into Crime; Buddhism and religious affairs; papers relating to public engagements; copies of publications and associated correspondence; files relating to Sri Lanka including Australia-Sri Lanka cricketing episodes, donation of books to Sri Lankan universities, Colombo University psychology programmes and social policy research; updated curriculum vitae and personal documents, awards, certificates including Order of Australia (AM) 1985 (2 boxes).
The Acc13.069 instalment comprises personal papers, including correspondence, relating to Jayasuriya's academic and public engagements; reports, published and unpublished articles; publications relating to multiculturalism, Sri Lankan and Buddhist studies (5 boxes).
Social psychologist and academic. Emeritus Professor Laksiri Jayasuriya held the foundation Chair of Social Work at the University of Western Australia where he is presently Senior Honorary Research Fellow in Social Work and Social Policy. Jayasuriya was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences in 2000 and was a member of several Australian government committees. His publications include Immigration and multiculturalism in Australia (1997), The Asianisation of Australia (1999), and Welfare and electoral politics in Sri Lanka (2000). In 1985 Jayasuriya was appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for service to community relations.
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