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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Alll,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In case any members of the Pacific Institute who may not know - you are most warmly welcome to Brij’s farewell on Friday! (Details below),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Vicki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vicki Luker <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Vicki Luker <vicki.luker@anu.edu.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Brij's farewell, 3pm, Friday 26th February, Coombs Tea Room, Coombs Building, Fellows Road, ANU<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you all know, our friend and colleague Professor Brij V. Lal is retiring.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many of you will have already have heard of his farewell, so if you have received an earlier email on the subject, never mind!
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are saying goodbye (and also launching Brij’s most recent book: an historical dictionary of Fiji that Chris Gregory will baptise) from 3pm on Friday, 26<sup>th</sup> February, Coombs Tea Room, Coombs Building, Fellows Road, ANU.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Brij would be delighted to see you, if you can make it, at this historic event!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know some of you will be away, others are sending messages (to
<a href="mailto:vicki.luker@anu.edu.au">vicki.luker@anu.edu.au</a>) , but everyone is warmly welcome! Please pass this invitation on to anyone you think might need to know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are around the ANU and would like to sign a card and/or make a donation towards gift and catering, please drop in to see Nic Halter (<a href="mailto:nicholas.halter@anu.edu.au">nicholas.halter@anu.edu.au</a>) in Coombs 5121 before
COB Thursday 25<sup>th</sup> February. Nic is working for the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program and expects to be in during office hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But if you would like to sign the card and/or make a donation on the day, that will be fine too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As for food and catering: a few of us will be providing refreshment, but if you would like to bring something to drink or something to eat (finger food would work best), please do so!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a proper and heartfelt farewell, but an unofficial occasion - so if, like me, you were unable to get to Brij’s ‘extinguished lecture’ at the end of last year, all is not lost (except, of course, all too soon, Brij himself!)!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By the way, could you let me know, <b>if you haven’t done so already</b>, whether you plan to come? Among other things, that will help us set up the room…
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vicki<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dr Vicki Luker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Executive Editor,
<i>The Journal of Pacific History</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Lecturer, School of Culture, History and Language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">College of Asia and the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Australian National University ACT 0200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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