Jamie Mackie (academic)

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James Austin Copland Mackie (27 September 1924–21 April 2011), known as Jamie Mackie,[http://web.archive.org/web/20210506035911/https://www.smh.com.au/national/war-hero-became-entranced-by-asia-20110516-1epr0.html War hero became entranced by Asia], Sydney Morning Herald, May 17, 2011 was an Australian academic, described by The Australian as one of the country's "pioneers of its post-war engagement with Asia" {{cite web | url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/mackie-james-austin-jamie-13754 | title=Obituary - James Austin (Jamie) Mackie - Obituaries Australia }} and by The Age as having had a "distinguished academic career to the study of post-colonial south-east Asia." Born in Kandy to the Australian manager of a tea plantation,{{cite web | url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/06/prof-jamie-mackie-a-forceful-advocate-close-indonesia-australia-relations.html | title=Prof. Jamie Mackie, a forceful advocate for close Indonesia-Australia relations | website=The Jakarta Post | date=May 6, 2011 }} he studied in Melbourne and Oxford before working "with the Colombo Plan in Jakarta from 1956 to 1958, working with the newly established National Planning Bureau." He taught at the University of Melbourne (1958–1967){{Cite web |title=Jamie Mackie |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/contributors/articles/jamie-mackie |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Lowy Institute}} and Monash University (1968–1978) and edited the ASAA Review. He is also credited with playing a major role in the dismantling of the White Australia policy, which severely restricted non-White migration. David Jenkins. “In Memoriam: Jamie Mackie (1924–2011).” Indonesia, no. 92 (2011): 183–90. https://doi.org/10.5728/indonesia.92.0183. After his death, the J.A.C. Mackie Memorial Endowment was established by the Australian National University to fund travel scholarships to Southeast Asia for undergraduate or graduate students.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=J.A.C. Mackie Memorial Endowment |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/giving/support-us/leading-in-our-region/jac-mackie-memorial-endowment |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=ANU |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-20 |title=Jamie Mackie Southeast Asia travel grant |url=https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/students/scholarships/jamie-mackie-southeast-asia-travel-grant |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=ANU College of Asia & the Pacific |language=en}}