Item 771 - 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’.