The White Australia Policy, Ceylonese Burghers and Alice Nona – By Earl Forbes
Upheaval in Asia, post World War II World War II (the War) ended in August 1945. For nearly six years...
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2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony from a Sri Lankan Participant
It was a Friday afternoon in 3 mills studio east London. I was queuing up for the opening round of...
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EPITOME OF AN OLYMPIAN
In just a few days the most spectacular and stupendous sports extravaganza – the Games of the XXXth Olympiad –...
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Merrill is UCSD’s accidental Olympian
Story by Mark Zeigler (ref: https://m.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/25/accidental-olympian/ ) Wednesday, July 25, 2012 LONDON — Christine Sonali Merrill was born in Bakersfield...
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The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon Bulletin June July 2012
The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon Bulletin – June -July 2012 - Read the Full Article - Download the PDF...
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My friends the Thomians
In my youth I wasn’t well disposed towards Thomians. This unease with the blue, black, and blue went back to...
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Cricket @ Killara
2012 Cricket@Killara - Match Report by Dinesh "move over Harsha Bogle" De Silva By Shehan Wijetilaka and Dinesh De Silva...
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Open letter to His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka Dear Mr President
Dear Mr President Your Sri Lanka Cricket Team has just completed a very successful tour of Australia. They played a...
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Being Married to a Thomian by Shamila Jayasinha
“Thomians Hunt in Packs; Never Alone” My journey through life with my Thomian began with this hunt. In an...
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The Scream of the Babe – Oscar E V Fernando
Babe was in Mary’s womb: in a manger before the stable manger. Warmth cocooned him in the womb as well...
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Poems by Oscar E. V. Fernando
Poems by Oscar E V Fernando Meditation Be still and know that I AM God, said He. Seek me first...
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They learnt and made the Thoras depart
By Pulasthi Samaraweera They learnt and made the Thoras depart… Disce Aut Discede - Learn or Depart – The motto...
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OVER 50’S Cricket Match vs Jaffna Central College
Dear Fellow Royalists In our earlier email to you, we invited all the over 50 year OBA members who were...
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Harvesters Assist Inc Being the Difference
Harvesters Assist Inc Being the Difference. Information Night held on 14 th Sep 2013 at St. Anne's Anglican Church Ryde,...
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Neglecting to take care of your diabetes will result in stroke, amputations of limbs, heart attacks, skin infections, and death Be Your Own Doctor For Diabetes Type 2 By Dr Harold Gunatillake FRCS- Health Writer
If there is a history of diabetes in your family, then you should start considering the possibility that you may...
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The innings my father played for Prince of Wales
J.B.C. Rodrigo Born on June 6, 1899 my father was a hero to me. He was educated at Royal College...
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We All Are Tamils, We All Are Sinhalese And We All Are Muslims by Dr. Laksiri Fernando
I am saying it should be the spirit. I am not asking anyone to shed away or denounce their ethnicity...
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A Brief History of Elephants in Heraldry – Thanks to June Ryde for sending this great article
|The history of elephants in Europe dates back to the ice ages, when mammoths (various species of prehistoric elephant) roamed...
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eLanka Jokes
One laugh per day is better than eating one apple a day.... A man was granted two wishes by God....
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History of Thurstan Road.
"Reverend father A. J. Thurstan started a private technical school in 1859 in this beautiful environment and maintained it out...
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Lessons for SL from Roy-Tho by Krishantha Cooray
The Enduring Legacy of the Royal-Thomian "Big Match" 134 and Still Batting On: By Krishantha Prasad Cooray In recent years,...
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KHAKI IN THE BLUES
The Khaki is more at odds than even in the Battle of the Blues, just as much as their colours...
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HOPPERS WERE ONLY HALF THE FUN
The Don Moore Community Centre at North Rocks, NSW, Australia was the scene of good old fashioned fun and frivolity...
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THE SINGING TOWER
THE PERPETUAL NOVENA - ALL SAINTS CHURCH – BORELLA HOW IT BEGAN Rev Fr. Christopher McCarthy a Redemptorist showed Fr....
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The Royal-Thomian It is another country By Krishantha Cooray
136th BATTLE OF THE BLUES When I was invited to write an article on the Royal-Thomian by the Editor of...
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Lanka Reconciliation Forum remembers all those who lost their lives in the Civil War
On the 24th of this month the Sri Lanka Reconciliation Forum Sydney held a solemn event to remember all those...
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A roaring 40 for Lion Harry de Sayrah
Immediate past President of the CSA and now on the Committee, Lion Harry de Sayrah OAM JP recently received the...
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Hot spots for new property investors By William de Ora
Choosing the perfect location in which to purchase your investment property can be daunting. Depending on who you listen to,...
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Is the Fraud & Corruption Investigation Division (FCID) agenda the mother of all political witch hunts in Sri Lanka?
By Raj Gonsalkorale ( article courtesy of the Asian Tribune ) The Sri Lanka Gazette notification 1901/20 dated the 13th...
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