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VICTOR\u00a0 MELDER\u00a0 SRI\u00a0 LANKA LIBRARY<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

E-mail: < <\/strong>hemguru@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/a> > OR < <\/strong>melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com<\/strong><\/a> ><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Web Site < <\/strong>www.vmsl-library.com<\/strong><\/a> ><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Victor-Melder-\"THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT HEMAL OR VICTOR AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BOOKS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Of Kings and Nobles \u2013 Notes on the Kandyan, Sitavaka\u00a0 & Senkadagala Kingdoms of Sri Lanka 1395 \u2013 1815 by Vajira<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Tennekoon,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Donated by the Author, Colombo, facilitated and brought to Oz by Assoc. Prof Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha, Balwyn, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Sri Lanka, Hidden Gems and More by Kenneth Mahamooth, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      (Donated by the Author, Dandenong, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Book of Magic, (The Fellowship of Three) by Dodwell Keyt, 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        (Donated by the Author, Rosebud, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. How Japan Bombed Tiny Ceylon, Pearl in the Indian Ocean During the Second World War by H. G. P. Jayasekera,\u00a0 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          (Donated by Major Anton Edema, Wattala, Sri Lanka, brought to Oz by C. Rodrigo, Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Kandy Danced 2020 by Shannon Raymond, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            (Donated by Jacky & Windsor Morris, Croydon, UK)<\/span><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Ridi Vihara by Sinharaja Tammita Delgoda, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n
            2. Buddha & His Teachings by Narada Maha Thera, 1987<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. Early History of Ceylon by G.C.Mendis, 19908.<\/span><\/li>\n
            4. Graffiti Writer by Lakmali Gunawardena, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n
            5. University of Colombo General Convocation address by Prof. C.G.Weeramantry, 1983.<\/span><\/li>\n
            6. Buried Cities of Ceylon by S. M. Burrows, 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n
            7. Maudie Girl and the Von Bloss Kitrchen by Carl Muller, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n
            8. Erasure of the Euro-Asian, Recovering Early Radicalism and Feminism in South Asia by Kumari Jayawardena, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n
            9. Glimpses of Ceylon\u2019s Past by Senarat Paranavaitana, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n
            10. Writing that Conquers \u2013 Re-reading Knox\u2019s Historical Relations of ceylon by Sarojini Jayawickrama, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n
            11. Guide to Ceylon by H.A.J.Hulugalle, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n
            12. Buddha to Krishna (Life and Times of George Keyt0 by Yashodara Dalmia 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n
            13. Among Those Present by D. B. Dhanapala, 1962.<\/span><\/li>\n
            14. Lost White Tribes, Journeys among the Forgotten by Riccardo Orizio, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n
            15. A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon by G.M. henry, 1955.<\/span><\/li>\n
            16. Kandy Road by Sir William Ivor Jennings, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n
            17. How to see Ceylon by Bella Sidney Woolf, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n
            18. British Governors of Ceylon by H.A.J. Hulugalle, 2002.<\/span><\/li>\n
            19. The True Paradise by Gamini Salgado, 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n
            20. Aquinas 1951-1952 (Magazine of the Catholic Students Society, University of Ceylon) Vol 10 by Thomas Perera (ed), 1952.<\/span><\/li>\n
            21. An Illustrated Guide to the Buried Cities of Ceylon by R. Jones-Bateman, 1932.<\/span><\/li>\n
            22. Moonstone Guide to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by M. Fernando & H. Peiris, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n
            23. Gajaman Story (Gajaman Puwatha) by Dayananda Gunawardena, 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n
            24. Weeramantry International Centre for Peace, Education & Research \u2013 Board of Research Council, 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n
            25. Madol Doova (translated by Ashley Halpe) by Martin Wickramasinghe, 1976.<\/span><\/li>\n
            26. Sinhala \u2013 English Dictionary by K.N.T.Amarasiri, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n
            27. The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1964.<\/span><\/li>\n
            28. The Dance of Shiva by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1952.<\/span><\/li>\n
            29. Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1956.<\/span><\/li>\n
            30. The RG Veda as Land-Nam-Bok by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1935.<\/span><\/li>\n
            31. The Origin of the Buddha Image by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1980.<\/span><\/li>\n
            32. A New Approach to the Vedas by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1933.<\/span><\/li>\n
            33. Tales of Old Ceylon by FIJJIK, 1963.<\/span><\/li>\n
            34. Mahawamsa by Wilhelm Geiger, 1950.<\/span><\/li>\n
            35. In the Footsteps of the Buddha by Rene Grousset, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n
            36. Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, Vol 1, by H. Parker, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n
            37. Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, Vol 3, by H. Parker, 1973.<\/span><\/li>\n
            38. The Message of the Buddha by K.N.Jayatilleke, 1975.<\/span><\/li>\n
            39. Sacred Images of Sri Lanka by Jackie Menzies, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n
            40. On the Truth of Decorative Art (photocopied and bound) by Lionel de Fonseka, 1913.<\/span><\/li>\n
            41. Downhill All the Way, 1919-1939 by Leonard Woolf, 1957.<\/span><\/li>\n
            42. The Journey not the Arrival that Matters, 1939-1969 by Leonard Woolf, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n
            43. Growing, 1904-1911 by Leonard Woolf, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n
            44. Sport in the4 Low Country of Ceylon by Alfred Clark, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n
            45. Ceylon Vagabond by Lala Adithiya, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n
            46. Buddhist Paintings from Sri Lanka (Kandy Period by Siri Gunasinghe, 1978.<\/span><\/li>\n
            47. Unforgettable (A Train Journey through India with Mrs Cora Abraham) by Cora Abraham, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n
            48. The Siege of Colombo by the Dutch by R.L. Brohier & G.V.Grenier, 1846.<\/span><\/li>\n
            49. The Buddha, A Book for the Young by Pupal Jayakar, 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n
            50. Jatakamala (illustrated by Stanley Kirinde) by Marie Masaues Higgins, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n
            51. Twenty Five Years of Life in the Jungle by Ven. Thambugala Anandasiri Thero, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n
            52. The Jataka, Vol 1 & 2 by E.B.Cowell, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n
            53. The Jataka, Vol 5 & 6, with Index by E.B.Cowell, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n
            54. Robert Knox by Ranjit Dharmakirti, 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n
            55. Fruit Farming by Kolitha Ratnayake, 2002<\/span><\/li>\n
            56. Play is the Thing by Henry Jayasena, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n
            57. In Ruhuna Jungles (Ceylon) by Douglas Raffel,<\/span><\/li>\n
            58. Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought (Collected Essays on the Traditional or Normal View of Art) by Ananda Coomaraswamy,<\/span><\/li>\n
            59. The Transformation of Nature in Art by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1956.<\/span><\/li>\n
            60. The Bugbear of Literacy by Anana Coomaraswamy, 1947.<\/span><\/li>\n
            61. Handbook for the Ceylon Traveller, Studio Times, 1974.<\/span><\/li>\n
            62. The Culavamsa, Part 2, by Wiljelm Geiger, 1953.<\/span><\/li>\n
            63. Francois Valentijn\u2019s Description of Ceylon by Sinappa Arasaraytnam, 1978.<\/span><\/li>\n
            64. Towards One World, Vol 2, The Australian years by C. G. Weeramantry, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n
            65. Towards One World, Vol 1, The Sri Lankan years by C. G. Weeramantry, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n
            66. A Call for National Reawakening by C. G. Weeramantry, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n
            67. Archaeological Guide to Sigiriya by Rajpal de Silva, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n
            68. Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon,\u00a0 Vol LXI, No\u2019s 1-4, Jan-Dec, 1983.<\/span><\/li>\n
            69. Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, Vol LXII, No\u2019s 1-4, Jan-Dec, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n
            70. Culavamsa, Part 1, by Wilhelm Geiger, 1953.<\/span><\/li>\n
            71. The Revered Book of Five Hundred & Fifty Jataka Stories, Vol 1, No\u2019s 1-2000 by Ranjini Obeysekere, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n
            72. Those Long Afternoons, Childhood in Colonial Ceylon by E.F.C.Ludowyke, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n
            73. The Cult of the Goddess Pattini by Gnanath Obeysekere, 1984.<\/span><\/li>\n
            74. A Short History of Ceylon by E. F. . Ludowyke, 1967.<\/span><\/li>\n
            75. A Civet Cat in Our Well (illustrations by Sybil Wettasingthe) by Vijitha Fernando, 2003.<\/span><\/li>\n
            76. The Lord of Lanka (Story from Ramayana in Cartoons) by Ama Chitra Katha, 1977.<\/span><\/li>\n
            77. Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Conze, 1959.<\/span><\/li>\n
            78. Lovable Athamma by D. C. Ranathunga, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n
            79. Barbara Sansoni, 40 Years of Design, Colour and Weaving by Dominic Sansoni, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n
            80. Handsome Beggars, the Rodiyas of Ceylon by M. D. Raghavan, 1957.<\/span><\/li>\n
            81. The Jataka Storie, Vol 3-4 by E.B. Cowell, 1969<\/span><\/li>\n
            82. Aliya: Stories of the Elephants of Ceylon by Teresa Cannon & Peter Davis, 1995<\/span><\/li>\n
            83. Diaries in Ceylon, 1908-1911 by Leonard Woolf, 1983.<\/span><\/li>\n
            84. History of Indian and Indonesian Art by Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1965.<\/span><\/li>\n
            85. Knox\u2019s Words by Richard Boyle, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n
            86. Puppetry in Ceylon by J. Tillakasiri, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n
            87. Last Days of the Buddha: Maha Parinbbana Sutta, Buddhist Publication Society, 1998<\/span><\/li>\n
            88. The Life of the Buddha by H. Saddhatissa, 1976.<\/span><\/li>\n
            89. The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n
            90. The Footprint of the Buddha by E. F. C. Ludowyke, 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n
            91. Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, Vol 2, by H. Parker, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n
            92. Polonnaruwa Period by S.D.Sapramadu, 1973<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              (No\u2019s 6-97, Donated by Ruvan Weeraratna, Hughesdale, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. An Answer to Prayer by Urusla Aruma.<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Thy Will be Done bu Ursula Aruma.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                (No\u2019s 98-99, Donated by the Author, Springvale, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Love & Women, Personal Narratives by Nanda Pethiyagoda,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  (No 100, Donated by Sam Perera, Perera Hussein Publishing House, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                  MAGAZINES.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Veteran, Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen\u2019s Association, 78 Anniversary Issue, 1944-2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    (Donated by Major Anton Edema, Wattala, Sri Lanka, brought o Oz by C. Rodrigo, Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

                    NEWSLETTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. Community Newsletter, Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Autumn Edition, March 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      OTHERS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Souvenir – Trooping the Colour by the Ceylon Light Infantry, 26 February 1934 (Two Copies)<\/span><\/li>\n
                      2. Souvenir \u2013 Centenary Celebrations, Sri Lanka Light Infantry, 5 April 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      3. Souvenir \u2013 HRH The Prince of Wales to Ceylon, March 1922.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      4. Souvenir \u2013 The Centenary Regimental Dinner, 2nd<\/sup> (Volunteer) Battalion, Sri Lanka Light Infantry, 1 April 1982.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      5. Aubrey Collette Cartoon, Regimental Uniforms (undated)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        (No\u2019s 1 – 5, Donated by Major Anton Edema, Wattala, Sri Lanka, brought o Oz by C. Rodrigo, Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

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