{"id":37504,"date":"2019-08-04T06:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T06:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=37504"},"modified":"2021-12-06T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T08:43:46","slug":"victor-melder-sri-lanka-library-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/victor-melder-sri-lanka-library-3\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b02ec7;\"><strong>VICTOR\u00a0 MELDER\u00a0 SRI\u00a0 LANKA LIBRARY<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0cf55a;\"><strong>7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>E-mail &lt; <\/strong><a style=\"color: #0cf55a;\" href=\"mailto:melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com\"><strong>melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> &gt;<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Web Site &lt; <\/strong><a style=\"color: #0cf55a;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vmsl-library.com\"><strong>www.vmsl-library.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> &gt;<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18436\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/victor.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Meldor\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS &amp; OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 <span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">ACQUISITIONS\u00a0\u00a0 FOR\u00a0 THE\u00a0 MONTH\u00a0 OF\u00a0 JULY\u00a0 2019 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>BOOKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Constitutional Reform and Crisis in Sri Lanka edited by Asanga Welikala, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Sri Lanka: The Recent Past, Brief Essays in History &amp; Politics by Prf. K. M. de Silva, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies in South and Southeast Asia, edited by Prof. K. M. de Silva, 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Sri Lanka: Come Wind, Come Weather. A Political History of Sri Lanka Since Independence in Narrative Form, Vol 1,2015,by Prof. K. M. de<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Sri Lanka: Come Wind, Come Weather. A Political History of Sri Lanka Since Independence in Narrative Form, Vol 2,2016,by Prof. K. M. de<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"6\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">A Field Guide to the Bats of Sri Lanka by Wipula Bandara Yapa, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Kandy Asala Maha Perahera by Lorna Dewaraja, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The \u2018Traditional Homelands\u2019 of the Tamils. Separatist Ideology in Sri Lanka: A Historical Appraisal, by Prof K. M. de Silva, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Odyssey &amp; Living Legacy of sieur de La Nerolle. The French Lieutenant of the Expedition Escadre de Perse to Ceylon in 1672 by Yasmin\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rajapakse, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 1 \u2013 9, donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"10\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Marian Epic, Tewatta\u2019s Fulfilment. The Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, February 6, 1974.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Enchanted Circle, A Sri Lankan Memoir of the Rosary by Manny Candappa, 1997<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Palm of His Hand, by E. C. T. Candappa, 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Parish Hymnal, St Mary\u2019s Church, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka, 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Sing Every Song\u2019 \u2013 Bi lingual Song Book, Sri Lanka, 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Sri Lanka\u2019s Secrets. How the Rajapaksha Regime Gets Away With Murder by Trevor Grant, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Journey for Justice, The Life &amp; Work of Rev. Fr Michael Rodrigo, OMI\u00a0 by Nandini Gunewardena, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Ceylon, Historical Sketch &amp; Guide by The Ceylon Publicity Committee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0The Power of Good People, Surviving Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil War, by Para Paheer &amp; Alison Corke, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Symbols of Conflict, A Novel by Cedric Forster, 1989<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Emergency \u201958, The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots by Tarzie Vittachi, 1958<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Tenth Parliament of Sri Lanka, compiled and edited by W. G. Goonerathne &amp; R. S. Karynarathne, 1989<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Parliament of Sri Lanka \u2013 Lake House, Colombo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, The British Period, Vol 1, 1795 \u2013 1844, The Colombo Vicariate, by Fr. V. Perniola, SJ, 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Reflections \u2013 Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc, Foundation &amp; Journey, 1973 \u2013 2012 (Facsimile)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">A History of the Southern Vicariate of Colombo, Sri Lanka, being also, The History of the Apostolate of the Sylvestrine-Benedictine Monks in the<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Island, by Dom Bede Barcutta, OSB, 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<\/strong>No\u2019s 10 \u2013 25, donated by Clair Herft, Glen Waverley, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"26\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">A Concise History of Ceylon, From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505, by Nicholas &amp; Paranavitana, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Essays in Railroading by Udaya Peeligama, 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Essays on Ceylon Railways (1864 \u2013 1964), by Hemasiri Fernando, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Tales of the Blue Elephant, Life &amp; Times with the Ceylon Police by Douglas Ranmuthugala, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Symbols of Conflict, A Novel by Cedric Forster, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Birdsong &amp; Other Tales by Carl Muller, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Crosscurrents, Sri Lanka &amp; Australia at Cricket by Michael Roberts &amp; Alfred James, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Aspects of Sinhala Folklore by J. B. Disanayaka, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Best Loved Folk Tales of Sri Lanka by Manel Ratnatunga, 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Evolution &amp; Development of Water &amp; Soil Conservation Ecosystems from Ancient Dry Zone Forest Garden to Modern Jaffna Market Garden by\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">L. O. Mendis, 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">WTO, Globalization &amp; Eppawala after Seattle, edited by D. L. O. Mendis, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Pugwash, Globalization &amp; Eppawala \u2013 Pugwash Betrayed ? or Eppawala Betrayed ? by D. L. O. Mendis, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">History of Kingship in Ceylon, up to the Fourth Century AD, by Tilak Hettiarachchy, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Guide to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), by H. A. J. Hulugalle, 1973<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Ceremonial Dances of the Sinhalese, An Inquiry into Sinhalese Folk Religion, by Otaker Pertold, 1973.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Wild Ceylon, Describing in Particular the Lives of the Present-Day Veddas, by R. L. Spittel1951.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Ceylon, A General Description of the Island &amp; Its Inhabitants, by Henry Marshall, 1969.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0Water Heritage of Sri Lanka by D. L. O. Mendis, 2002<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, collects and translated by H. Parker, Vol 1, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, collects and translated by H. Parker, Vol 2, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, collects and translated by H. Parker, Vol 3, 1973.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">A History of Sri Lanka, by Prof . K. M. de Silva, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Bronzes From Ceylon Chiefly in the Colombo Museum, Series A, Mo 1, by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 1914<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Rail 2000, Sri Lanka Railway, 1864 \u2013 2000 by Priyal de Silva, 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0Innovation &amp; Self \u2013 Reliance, Kulasinghe Felicitation Volume, History of Engineering in Sri Lanka, Vol 2, Part 1, by D. L. O. Mendis, 2001.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Celebrations \u2013 Fifty Years of Sri Lanka Interactions, edited by C. A. &amp; I. H. vanden Driesen,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Art of the Ancient Sinhalese, by Senarat Paranavitana, 1971.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Story of Sigiri, by Senarat Paranavitana, 1972.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Island of Light, Buddhism in Sri Lanka by T. Y. Lee, 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold, 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Story of Sinhalese Painting, by D. B. Dhanapala, 1957.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Stories from the History of Ceylon, Book 1, by Marie Musaeus-Higgins, 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Railways of Sri Lanka, by David Hyatt, 2000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Early Prints of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1800 \u2013 1900, by R. K. de Silva, 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Ridma Rekha, A collection of deco-motifs based on traditional style. Decorative Motiffs by Jayasiri Semage, 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Lost Cities of Asia, by Wim Swaan, 1976.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Water For People &amp; Nature, Arumugam Commemoration Volume, Sri Lanka Water Heritage, History of Water Conservation, Vol 2, by Bhadra<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kamaladasa, 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (No\u2019s 26 \u2013 62, donated by Mrs Srimathie de Zoysa, Glen Waverley (Her late Husband, Nihal de Zoysa\u2019s Collection)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0<strong>MAGAZINES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Lanka Railway Digest, Ten Issues from Vol 1, Issue 2 to Vol 6, Issue 1 (assorted)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0(No 1, donated by Mrs Srimathie de Zoysa, Glen Waverley (Her late Husband, Nihal de Zoysa\u2019s Collection)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Serendib\u2019, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, Vol 39, No 3, May 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Serendib\u2019, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, Vol 39, No 4, June 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Lankan Isle\u2019, A Collector\u2019s Digest, Vol 2, No 2, April \u2013 June 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0 (No\u2019s 1 \u2013 3, donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018The Ceylankan\u2019 -Journals of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 68 to 85, inclusive.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0(No 4, donated by Clair Herft, Glen Waverley, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Serendib\u2019, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, Vol 39, No 4, June 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u2018Serendib\u2019, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, Vol 39, No 5, July 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0 (No\u2019s 6 \u2013 7, donated by Shenon Fernando, Roxburgh Park, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>NEWSLETTERS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Large selection of assorted Newsletters &#8211; Australia \/ Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc, Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc, Eighty Club Melbourne\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>(<\/strong>No\u2019s 1, donated by Clair Herft, Glen Waverley, Vic)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Newsletter \u2013 Eighty Club Melbourne Inc, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition, July \u2013 October 2019, Newsletter No 149.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Newsletter\u00a0 &#8211; Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 37, Issue No 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">\u201cSilverscene\u201d \u2013 Newsletter, Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, Issue: July \/ August 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Newsletter \u2013 Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc, Vol 30.1, July 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">:Outreach: Newsletter \u2013 Voluntary Outreach Club Inc, July 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>OTHERS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Souvenir, \u201cOff the Beaten Tack 2019\u201d, CDF Transport Annual Ball<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\"> (No 1, donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; VICTOR\u00a0 MELDER\u00a0 SRI\u00a0 LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail &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, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. 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