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China, Australia and Indonesia
Author: Jamie Mackie †
Volume 7, Number 3 (Spring 2011), pp. 1-4.
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About the Author
Professor Jamie Mackie, who passed away in April 2011, was one of the most important figures in the field of Asian studies in Australia over the past fifty years. He is perhaps best known for his outstanding contribution to the establishment and development of Indonesian and Southeast Asian studies at Melbourne University, Monash University, and the Australian National University, where he was a mentor to many young scholars through his own research, teaching and writing. Trained originally as an historian, Jamie was renowned for the remarkable breadth of his intellectual concerns that ranged across politics, economics and international relations. His contribution to scholarship and analysis, however, was never limited to the narrow confines of the academic world. He remained committed to informing those in policy-making circles, as well as the wider Australian community, about the challenging problems and complexities that must be faced if we are to better understand our Asian neighbours, and was a frequent advocate of sensible and practical solutions to promote harmonious relations between Australia and the countries in the region.
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