Guide to the Papers of D.L. Jayasuriya, 1949-2008

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9642; MS Acc03.131; MS Acc03.083; .MS Acc03.251; MS Acc07.053; MS Acc09.062;. MS Acc13.069
Creator:
Jayasuriya, Laksiri and Jayasuriya, D.L., AM, Emeritus Professor (Dharmasoka Laksiri)
Extent:
3.9 metres and (26 ms boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Laksiri Jayasuriya, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
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).
Biographical / Historical:

Dharmasoka Laksiri Jayasuriya was born in Sri Lanka on 27 October 1931. He was educated at the Royal College in Colombo and the Universities of Ceylon, Sydney and London, where he gained his doctorate. He taught at the University of Ceylon from 1956 until 1969, when he became Professor of Sociology and Social Welfare at the University of Colombo. He returned to Australia in 1971 as the Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Western Australia. In 1974 he became Professor of Social Work and Social Administration, a position he held until 1992. He was also Director of the Centre for Asian Studies.

Professor Jayasuriya has been a member of several government advisory committees and public inquiries. He was a member of the Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council (1972-75), the Migrant Task Force Committee (Western Australia), the Australian Council of Social Services (1975-77), the National Advisory and Co-ordinating Committee on Multicultural Education (1984-87), the Western Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission and the National Multicultural Advisory Council (1997-98). He was a Vice-President of the Western Australian Council of Social Service and was on the board of Governors of the Australian Council of Social Services. He was also President of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, West Australians for Racial Equality and the Perth Asian Community Centre.

His publications include Social policy in the1980s (1983), Issues of cross cultural practice (1990), The changing face of Sri Lankan politics (1994), Immigration and multiculturalism in Australia (1997), Racism, immigration and the law (1999), The Asianisation of Australia? Some facts about the myths (1999) and Welfarism and politics in Sri Lanka (2000).

Professor Jayasuriya was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1985.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1797059).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Laksiri Jayasuriya, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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