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Australian National University Archives Brij Lal papers on Fijian politics, society and the Constitution
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Brij Lal papers on Fijian politics, society and the Constitution

  • AU ANUA 378
  • Series
  • 1988 - 2012

Papers relating to the Fiji Constitution Inquiry and Advisory Committee held in 1988-1989 and the Fiji Constitution Review Commission (FCRC) held in 1995-1996. Papers include meeting agenda, minutes, submissions, correspondence and consultation reports. Professor Lal was the Commissioner for the FCRC. Papers added in 2013 include papers on politics in Fiji, in particular, political unrest, the Indian Diaspora in Fiji, personal correspondence, Fijian local and family histories. Of significance is a file on the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (1996-2000) belonging to Graeme Dobell, Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABC Radio until 2008.

Lal, Brij Vilash

Folio with materials relating to the Commission of Review of the Constitution of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji and materials relating to a conference: The Indian Diaspora: identities, trajectories and transnationalities, Trinidad, 12-16 May 2015; and Brij Lal's retirement

Includes a copy of the Commission of Review of the Constitution of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji, signed by K.K.T. Mara, President and Commander-in-Chief, 15 March 1995, appointing Sir Paul Reeves as Chairman and Tomasi Rayalu Vakatora and Brij Vilash Lal as members of the Commission, together with photographs of the Commissioners and Fiji Republic Gazette (Vol.9, No.24, 21 Apr 1995), notifying the establishment of the Commission to Review the Constitution and setting out its terms of reference. Also included are farewell messages and awards received by Brij Lal at the celebration of his retirement from the ANU on 26 February 2016 and a transcript of Chris Gregory’s speech at the launch of Brij Lal’s 47th book, Historical Dictionary of Fiji, which occurred on the same occasion; and a program and leaflet for University of the West Indies conference, The Indian Diaspora: identities, trajectories and transnationalities, Trinidad, 12-16 May 2015, at which Brij Lal gave the keynote address, ‘Girmit: journeys and transformations’.

Assorted manuscripts by Brij Lal and others

Includes: Drifting Sandalwood: Reader's Report by Brij Lal (2002)
Democracy: Pure and Simple by Brij Lal (2002)
The Debris by Brij Lal
Remembering May 14th by Brij Lal
Sitiveni Rabuka: Men, Motive, Mission A Review Article
Launching of the book "A Vision For Change- A D Patel and the Politics of Fiji" by Leader of Opposition Hon. Jai Ram Reddy on Friday 8th August 1997
Fiji: The Conundrum by Brij Lal
Pacific Problems by Brij Lal
Fiji Elects a New President by Brij Lal
Girmit 2000 by Brij Lal

Collected historical documents of or about Fiji

Includes:
• Fiji Ministry of Information, News release, ‘Statement from Lt. Col. Rabuka, Royal Fiji Military Forces’, 14 May 1987, 1p., p/c
• ‘Commission to Review the Constitution’, Fiji Republic Gazette, Vol.9, No.24, 21 Apr 1995
• Man’s Emigration Pass, Calcutta, 15 May 1901, for Chiria on board SS Fazilka proceeding to Fiji, 1p., p/c
• Department of Education, School Certificate Examination, 1964, Geography, p/c
• Poster, ‘Fiji Silenced, Public Forum, 17th August 1987, Teachers Federation , 300 Sussex St...’, authorised by the Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific Co-ordinating Committee

Book reviews of Brij Lal’s Mr Tulsi’s Store, and reviews of Lal's other works (Fiji before the Storm, Fiji Constitutional Review Commission Research papers, and Chalo Jahaji), with related documents and correspondence

Includes Lal’s review of Government by the Gun: the unfinished business of Fiji’s 2000 Coup, by Robbie Robinson and William Sutherland, Ts., 4pp., and some correspondence

Papers re Brij Lal’s biography of A.D. Patel, A Vision for Change and other documents

Includes correspondence with Rod Alley, Lela Singh, Jai Kumar, Surrendra Prasad, J.G. Rodger, H.M. Lodhia, Kenneth Bain, Atul Patel, Lord Denning, Manubhai Dahyabhai Patel, Sir Derek Jakeway, Lord Denning, Chandrasen Chattur Singh, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, Ray Baker, Sir Robert Sanders, A.C. Reid, and others, and related papers including:
• A.D. Patel, Presidential Policy Speech, Jun 1968, Ts., 9pp., roneo
• C. Chattur Singh, Indians and the War Effort, Ts., 6pp.
• Brij Lal, ‘Vision for Change’, speech at launch of Lal’s book, drafts
• Battan Singh & others V. Amirchand and others, Privy Council Appeal No.24 of 1946 from the Supreme Court of Fiji, Judgement delivered 30 Jul and 8 Dec 1947
• Chattur Singh to AD, 27 Jul 1965
• Krishamurti to AD Patel, 28 Oct 1952
• Swami Rudamund (?) to Patel, 17 May & 20 Jun 1962
• ‘Reddy launches book on A.D. Patel’, 11 Aug 1987
• Jai Ram Reddy, ‘Message from Party and Leader of the Opposition, NFP Convention’, Daily Post, 24 Jul 1997
• Harish C. Sharma to Editor Daily Post, 5 Feb 1998

Speeches and press articles by Brij Lal, together with reviews of his publications and press reports on his activities

Includes Yash Ghai, review of Lal’s, In the Eye of the Storm, 2011; Brij Lal, Nelson Farewell PAH, 24 August 2011; Brij Lal, speech at the launch of Pratap Chand’s, A Fijian Memoir: Footprints of a Girmitiya’s Grandson, Jul 2013; Eulogy prepared and delivered by Rasheed Ali for Sir Vijay Raghubar on Friday 29 September 2006, Ts., 4pp.; Sandra Tarte’s review of Lal’s, Fiji before the Storm, Sep 2009; Andy Mills’ review of Lal’s, Intersections, Dec 2014; Teresia Teaiwa’s review of Lal’s, Bittersweet, 2004; David Chappell’s review of Lal’s, A Vision for Change, and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara’s, The Pacific Way, 1998; Transcript of Radio Australia interview with Brij Lal, ‘Australia and New Zealand should re-think Fiji involvement’, 11 Jan 2013; Brij Lal’s review of Gaiutra Bahadur’s, Coolie Women, Nov 2014; Brij Lal’s review of Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles’, New Flags Flying, Mar 2013; Brij Lal’s review of Sunil Amrith’s, Migration and Diaspora in Modern Asia, Sep 2012; Brij Lal’s review of David Brewster’s, The Turtle and the Caduceus, Apr 2013; Brij Lal’s notes for his speech at the launch on his, In the Eye of the Storm, Auckland, Oct 2010; Brij Lal’s notes for his speech at the launch on his, In the Eye of the Storm, Canberra, n.d.; Brij Lal’s review of Michael Green’, Persona Non Grata, Jun 2014
Brij Lal’s review of Ashwin Desai & Goolam Vahed’s, Chatsworth, Jun 2014; Father Kevin Barr, ‘A Surprising Day in My Life’, Fiji Coup blog report 16 Jan 2013, on Bainimarama’s abusive telephone call and text messages; Brij Lal’s review of Larry Thomas’ documentary films, Bitter Sweet Hope and Struggling for a better living, n.d. (2007?); Brij Lal’s review of Gerad Tikasingh’s, Trinidad during the 19th Century, n.d. ; Patricia Grimshaw’s review of Lal’s, Pacific Islands History, 1994; Photographs of Brij Lal with Professor Jim Fox, Alexander Downer, Padma Lal and others at the launch of The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Canberra, 2000, together with two un-captioned photographs taken in Fiji of a village and a young Indo-Fijian girl.

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