{"id":149925,"date":"2025-02-28T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=149925"},"modified":"2025-02-28T18:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:52:32","slug":"library-acquisitions-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/library-acquisitions-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS &#8211; FEBRUARY 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>VICTOR\u00a0 MELDER\u00a0 SRI\u00a0 LANKA LIBRARY<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>E-mail: &lt; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:hemguru@hotmail.com\">hemguru@hotmail.com<\/a> &gt; OR &lt; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com\">melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com<\/a> &gt;<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Web Site &lt; <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vmsl-library.com\">www.vmsl-library.com<\/a> &gt;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75846 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Victor-Melder-Portrait160.jpg\" alt=\"Victor-Melder-\" width=\"160\" height=\"163\" \/>THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS &amp; OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT HEMAL OR VICTOR AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ACQUISITIONS\u00a0\u00a0 FOR\u00a0 THE\u00a0 MONTH\u00a0 OF\u00a0 FEBRUARY \u00a02025 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>BOOKS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Prisoner No 1056, How I Survived War and Found Peace by Roy Ratnavel, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Life in the Law, A Memoir by Nimal Wikramanayake, 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Tamils in Sri Lanka, A Comprehensive History (C 300 BC to C 2000 AD) by Dr Murugar Gunasiingam, 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(No\u2019s 1 \u2013 3, Donated by Sandy San, Carnegie)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Odyssey of War by Noel Nadesaan, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Veterinary Vignettes, Memoirs of a Veterinary Surgeon, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 4 \u2013 5, Donated by the Author, Bentleigh, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Little Known Stories of Old Ceylon by Hugh Karunanayake, 2024. (Donated by the Author, Blackburn, Vic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon Journal, Vol 1, No 2, December 2024, edited by Avishka\u00a0 Mario Senewiratne, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Donated by the editor, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, facilitated by Jeremy De Lima,Vermont South, Vic)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Other Side of Silence, A Novel by Pauline Schokman, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Volunteers from Ceylon, World War 1 and 2 by Group Captain Kumar Kirinde, 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 8 \u2013 9, Donated by Keith Bennett, Noble Pak, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Global Philosophy by W.V. Zinn, 1982<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">War Minus the Shooting, A Journey Through South Asia during Cricket\u2019s World Cup, by Mike Marqusee, 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Water Dancer, A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ruhuna, A Study of the History, Society &amp; Ideology of Southeern Sri Lanka by C. A. Chandraprema, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">An Enemy Within, A Novel by Punyakante Wijenaike, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sentiments in Today\u2019s Sinhala Poetry &amp; Their Roots in Sigiriya by Somi Skeerama, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Boundary Divisions of Medieval Sri Lanka by H. A. Abeyawardana, 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance, Inception, Evolution, Present and Future by Mahinda Ralapanawe, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 10 \u2013 17, Donated by Ranjith Soysa, Dandenong, Vic)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon: Tropic Wonderland, Tourist Bureau, Colombo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon, A General Description of the Island and its Inhabitants by Henry marshall, 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Reef, A Novel by Romesh Gunesekera, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Images of Sri Lanka Through Eyes, by H.A.I.Goonetilleke, 1975.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Concise History of Ceylon by Nicholas &amp; Paranavitana, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon &amp; Indian History by H.Perera &amp; M. Ratnasabapathy, 1951.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Among My Souvenirs by Keerthi Abeysekera, 1970.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Hinduism by K. M. Sen, 1959.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje, 1982. (two Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Brown Sahib Revisited by Tarzie Vittachi, 1987.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Fat Lady Sings poems by Michelle Leembruggen, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">My Personal Ark by Aubrey Weinman, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Tamil Tigress by Derek Bartholomesz, 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Stranger Than Fiction, Four Short Stories by Nihal Kodituwakku, 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Magical Times in Ceylon Sri Lanka by Nihal Kodituwakku, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Galle, A small Guidebook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon of the Early Travelers by H. A. I Hulugalle, 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Merrie Men of Uva, Recollections of a Tea Planter by Derek Bartholomeusz (Two Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Fond Reminiscence, A Memoir \u2013 Sheila De Zoysa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Maldive Mystery by Thor Heyerdhal, 1986.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Apothesis of Captain Cook, European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Gnanath Obeysekere, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">They Call Him Ken, The Life and Times of a Corporate Colossus by Savithri Rodrigo, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Elephant in Sri Lanka by Jayantha Jayewardene.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Tudugalla Wijewardene Family by Shantilal Wijesundera, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon Yesterday Sri Lanka Today by H. A. I. Hulugalle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys, 1949.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">British Governors and Colonial Policy by V. L. B. Mendis, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Three Prime Ministers of Ceylon by J. L. Fernando, 1963.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Explore Sri Lanka, Vol 32, No 7, December 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon in Our Times, 1894 \u2013 1969 \u2013 Ceylon Cold Stores, Colombo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ten Thousand Days, A Book of Poems by C. T. J. De Silva.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Island Interlude by Esme Rankine, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Cultural Triangle, A UNESCO- Sri Lanka Project by M &amp; N. Kashimoto, 1983.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon Daily News, 1918-1943.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">My Chequered Life by Nihal Jinasena, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">My Beloved Elsie\u2019s Story by Mahendra Situnayake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0 (No\u2019s\u00a0 18 \u2013 53, Anonymously donated, Melbourne, Box of books left on door step)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"54\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Jungle Tide by John Still, 1930.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colombo, A Novel by Carl Muller, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Yakada Yaka by Carl Muller, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Jam Fruit Tree by Carl Muller, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Once Upon A Tender Time by Carl Muller, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Road from Elephant Pass by Nihal De Silva, 2003.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Hundred Years of Ceylon Tea 1867-1967, by D.M.Forrest, 1967<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel Baker, 1908.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">(No\u2019s 54 \u2013 62, Donated by Les De Kretser, Indooroopilly, Qld) facilitated\u00a0 by\u00a0 Anil Perera, Qld, bought to Melbourne by Dianne Melder)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"63\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Heart of the Forest by Dodwell Keyt, 2025 (Donated\u00a0 by the Author, Rosebud, Vic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Places Once Denied by Stefan D\u201dSilva, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rendering Unto Caesar by Bradman Weerakoon, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Wildlife Year, Readers Digest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Beaches of Sri Lanka by Tim Tidball, 202.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Wings in the Wetlands by Dr T.S.U.De Zylva, 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Flowers of Sri Lanka by S. R. Kottegoda, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Heirs of History b7 Loranee Senaratne, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa by Chandra Wikramage, 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Moment in Nature by Athula Dissanayake, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon Yesterday, Sri Lanka Today by H. A. I.\u00a0 Hulugalle, 1976. (2 Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon History in Stone by Major R. Raven-Hart, 1964.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Parliament of Sri Lanka, 1977 by H. P. W. Abeynaike, 1977.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">JVP Insurrection, 1987 \u2013 1989 by C. A. Chandraprema, 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Trials of Transition by Tarzie Vittachi,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Criminal Cases by Colvin R. De Silva.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Brown Sahib by Tarzie Vittachi, 1988.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon, Its Peoples and its Homes by Ray Blaz\u00e9, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Kingdom of Jaffnapatnam by P. E. Pieris, 1920.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon Under British Occupation by Colvin R. De Silva, 1942.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">9th Parliament of Sri Lanka by W. P. P. De Silva, 1988.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Discovering Ceylon by R. L. Brohier, 1973.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Wildlife Photographer of the Year \u2013 BBC, 2002.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A to Z Colombo \u2013 Survey Department, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Nature Photographer (2 Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Mirror of Paradise by Asgar Hussein, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Betwixt Isle by Raja C. Bandaranayake, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colombo Handbook \u2013 American Womens Association, 1978.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">City of the Lion by Carl Muller, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Suitable Boy by Vikrem Seth, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Memories of a Pen Pusher by Tissa Devendra, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Anil\u2019s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje, 1983.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Quest for Shangri\u2019la by Tissa Devendra, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Mango Tee by Anthes Senaratne, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Fires from Killi by Isha Herath, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colpetty People by Ashok Ferrey, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Christine, A Memoir by Christine Spittel Wilson, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Traditions of Sri Lanka by C. G. Uragoda, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Strange Tales and Jungle Magic by Trevor LaBrooy, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Murder in the Pettah by Jeanne Cabrai, 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sainted Blue Painted Black (Memoirs of Suneth Rajawasan) by Suneth Rajawasan, 2003. (2 Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Cross Currents by Michael Roberts, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sam\u2019s Story by Elmo Jayewardene, 2001. (2 Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">British Period Architecture by Prf. Lakshman Alwis, 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ours to Protect by Rohan Pethiyagoda, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Encounters by Gehan Rajapakse et al, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Manual of the Mammals of Sri Lanka by W. W. A. Phillips, 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka by W. A. Neson &amp; R. K. De Silva, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Cultural Rhapsody by Vinodini de Silva, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sacred Journeys by Rebecca Hinds, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Kingdom of Jafanapatam by Chitral Jayetilake, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">400-Years of Dutch-Sri Lanka Relations by Saman Kelegama &amp; Roshan Madiwela.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sojourns in Vanishing Jungles by Douglas Ranasinghe, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Learning to Fly by Stephani Gomes, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">This, That and the Other, Vol 1, by Sepala Illangakoon, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Yaal Players by Vimala Ganeshanathan, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka: The Resplendent Isle by Dominic Sansoni &amp; Richard Simon, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rainforest Safari by James Parry, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">For the Leopard by Dale Hancock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Yala, A Special Place by Nooah Geelan &amp; Rohan Pieris, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Fractured Paradise by Paul Harris, 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Nature\u2019s Masterpieces, Readers Digest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Time With the Leopard by Dale Hancock, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Come Walk With Me by Nelun de Thabrew .<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rainforest Safari by James Parry, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Mammals of Sri Lanka by Asoka Yapa &amp; Gamini Ratnavira, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Nature of Sri Lanka by Luxhman Nadaraja.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Tones of Times by PRatap Gooneratne, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka Nature Pictorial by Dr T. S. U. De Zylva, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rural Folk Beliefs and Magical Arts of Sri Lanka by M. S. Fernando, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka The Emerald Isle by Devika Gunasena &amp; Tissa Devendra, 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka, A Way of Life by Stefan D\u2019Silva, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Leopards and other Wildlife of Yala by Gehan de Silva Wijeratne, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka, A Personal Odyssey by Nihal Fernaando, 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Reflections of the Wild by Rohan Gunasekera et al.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Killali Crossing by C. Suryikumaran, 2002.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Best of Amita by Amita Abeyesekera.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Murder Most Foul by A. C. Alles, 1987.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">National Parks of Ceylon by Lyn De Alwis, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Glimpses of Sri Lankan &amp; Australian Relations by Rodney Arambewela &amp; Cedric Forster, 1968.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka by Dominic Sansoni, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Political and Business Birds of Australia by Allan Langoulant, 1990.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka, A Sketch Book by Kumar Pererira &amp;Peter S. Jones, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Anguish of \u201983, Sri Lanka\u2019s Ethnic Crisis and the Way Out by C. Suriyakumaran, 1990.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Island of Blood by Anita Pratap, 2001. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Confrontations in Sri Lanka (Sinhalese, the LTTE and others) by Mixchael Roberts, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colonial Kollupitiya and its Environs by H. M. Mervyn Herath, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colonial Kolupitiya and its Environs ( Enlarged and revised version) by H. M. Mervyn Herath, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">This That and the Other From Over Here, Vol 2, by Sepala Illangakoon. , 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">This That and the Other From Over Here, Vol 3, by Sepala Illangakoon, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Narrating Tamil Nationalism \u2013 subjectives and issues by Mihcael Roberts, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Lore of the Law and Other Memories by S. L. Gunasekera, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Galle Quiet As Asleep by Norah Roberts, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Jungle Journeys in Sri Lanka \u2013 Experiences and encounters by C. G. Uragoda, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Questions of Travel, by Michelle de Kretser, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Insight Guide Sri Lanka by John Gottberg Anderson, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Tamil Tigress by Niromi de Soyza, 2011,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A to Z Colombo and Suburbs Atlas and Street Index \u2013 Sri Lanka Survey Department, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A to Z Street Guide &#8211; Colombo and Suburbs, T. Somasekeram. 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Men and Memories by Buddhika Kurkularatne, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Cop in the Crossfire by Merril Gunaratne, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Kalutara, An Odyssey by Bradman Weerakoon, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Lanka\u2019s Yesteryears, Facts and Fiction by Alfred Gogerly Moragoda, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Colombo, A Novel by Cart Muller, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A Murder in Ceylon, The Sathasivam Case by Ravindra Fernando, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Fifty is Company by Malkanthi Karunaratne, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Epic of Tea \u2013 Politics in the Plantations of Sri Lanka by A. P. Kanapathypillai, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Nugegoda, Glimpses of the Past by H. M. Mervyn Herath,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Spit and polish by Carl Muller, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Nothing in the World (A Journey of the Spirit) in Tsunami Affected Southern Sri Lanka by Carrie Lock, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Jigsaw by Deidre Jonklass Cadiramen, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sudha by Maurice Perera, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Early History of Ceylon by G. C. Mendis, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Roads and Town Atlas by Sri Lanka Survey Department, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka in Crisis \u2013 Road to Conflict by Victor Ivan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Viragaya, The Way of the Lotus by Martin Wickramasinghe, 1985.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Wisdom of the Child by W. L. Mendis, 1968.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Tales of Willie Bua and Others by Clarence Fernando, 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">100 Days in Sri Lanka \u201987 by Tyronne Fernando, 1988.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 1, by A. C. Alles, 1977<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 2, by A. C. Alles, 1978<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 3, by A. C. Alles, 1979.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 5, by A. C. Alles, 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 6, by A. C. Alles, 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 7, by A. C. Alles, 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 8, by A. C. Alles, 1982<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 9, by A. C. Alles, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 10, by A. C. Alles, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 11, by A. C. Alles, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Famous Criminal Cases, Vol 12, by A. C. Alles, 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Only Man is Vile by William McGowan, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Dutch Period Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka \u2013 Ddepartment of National Museums.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Buddhism in Sri Lanka by G. Malalasekera, 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Broken Palymra by Ranjan Hoole, 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Botanic Gardens of Sri Lanka By D. T. Ekanayake, 1955.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Rajavaliya \u2013 A Historical Narrative of Sinhalese Kings by B. Gunasekera, 1954.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">After All Women are Human too and other stories by Upatissa Attygalle,2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Robert Knox in the Kandyan Kingdom by E. F. C. Ludowyke, 1948.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Ceylon of the Early Travellers by H. A. J. Hullugalle, 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Those Long Afternoons, Childhood in Colonial Ceylon by E. F. C. Ludowyke, 1959.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Interludes by Dr Lucian De Zilwa, 1964.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Begone Godmen, Encounters With Spiritual Frauds by Abram T. Kovoor, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Gods, Demons and Spirits by Abraham T. Koovoor, 1990.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Giraya by Punyakante Wijenaike, 1990.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">No\u2019s 63 \u2013 208, Donated by Maxine and Kumar Perera, Glen iris, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>MAGAZINES.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union (DBU), Colombo, Vol XXX, July 1940.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Serendib, Journal of SriLankan Airlines, July-August 2000 (2 Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Loris, 3 assorted magazines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Travel Lanka, assorted magazine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Explore Sri Lanka, fore assorted magazines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Nature, assorted magazine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka Nature, Vol 3, No 1, January 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Loris, Vol 22, No 2, December 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 1 \u2013 8, Donated by Maxine and Kumar Perera, Glen Iris)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>NEWSLETTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Silverscene\u2019, Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January \u2013 March 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Newsletter, Tamil Senior Citizen Fellowship (Victoria) Inc, , No 67, February 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u2018Thomiana\u201d,\u00a0 Thomas\u2019 College Old Boys Association, Australia Branch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Newsletter, t Peter\u2019s College OBSC, Melbourne, Sommer 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 66, No, February 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">\u2018The Harbinger\u2019, Newsletter of the Australia\/Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 50, No 1, 2025, February 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>OTHERS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Souvenir, 77th National Independence Day, Sri Lanka 1948 \u2013 2025), Box Hill Town Hall, Box Hill, February 8, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Large sheaf of Ceylon\/Sri Lankan genealogical material, genealogies, certificates etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">(Donated by Windsor &amp; Jacky Morris, Croydon, UK)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Souvenir, 132nd Battle of the Blues, Thomian College, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Sri Lanka Tourist Map<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">(No\u2019s 3 \u2013 5, Donated by Maxine and Kumar Perera, Glen Iris)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VICTOR\u00a0 MELDER\u00a0 SRI\u00a0 LANKA LIBRARY 1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia. Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040 E-mail: &lt; hemguru@hotmail.com &gt; OR &lt; melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com &gt; Web Site &lt; www.vmsl-library.com &gt; THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS &amp; OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. 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