LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – DECEMBER 2023

 VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia.
Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040
E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com >
Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >

THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.

 ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  DECEMBER  2023

BOOKS.

1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, A Novel by Shankari Chandran, 2023

                    (Donated by the Author, Roseville, NSW)

2. Just Call Me Dennis, A  Retrospective on Hockey in Sri Lanka by Dennis de Rosayro, 2020.
3. Symphony of Serendib, Cascading Through the Sri Lanka  Wild by Erich Joseph, 2019
4. Elusive, A Journey Through the Wild by Gehan Rajapaksa et al,
5. Colpetty People by Ashok Ferry, 2009.
6. Customs & Culture of Sri Lanka by G. Amirthalingam, 2003
7. Benedictine Memoirs by Neil de Votta, 2005.
8. The Last Kingdom of Sinhalay by Elmo Jayawardena, 2005.
9. Handbook for the Ceylon Traveller,  Studio Times Publication, 1974.
10. The Janashakthi Book of Cricket, 1832 – 1996,    S. S. Perera, 1999.
11. R. in  Cartoons, J.R. Jayewardene Cultural Centre, 2002.
12. Stanleys: The Book for Cartooning Excellence, 1998.      

                   (No’s  2 -1 2, Donated by Shereen Gerryn, Applecross, WA.(late Max Gerreyn’s Colletion,  Facilitated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, 

1. WA)
2. Timeless Houses, Architecture for Living in Sri Lanka by Anura Ratnavibushana, 2023
3. Geoffrey Bawa, Drawings from the Archives by Shayan de Silva, 2023.
4. INI, A Selection of Buildings by Vijitha Basanayake, 2023
5. Kandalama, The Untold  Story by Prema Cooray, 2023.
6. Kohomba Kankariya by Sarath Amunugama, 2021.
7. Conservation of the Built Heritage of Colombo Fort by Pali Wijeratne, 2021.
8. The Eurasians, A Founding Community of Penang by Eustace Anthony Nonis, 2012.
9. The Eurasian Table, Second Helpings by Theresa & Cheryl Noronha, 2023

                    (N’s 13 – 20, Donated by Kevin & Helen Melder, Dalkeith, WA)   

MAGAZINES.

1. ‘The Ceylankan’ , Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia,  Journal 97, Vol 25, No 1, February 2022
2. ‘The Ceylankan’ , Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 98, Vol 25, No 2, May 2022

                      (No’s 1 – 2, Donated by Shereen Gerryn, Applecross, WA. Facilitated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, WA)

NEWSLETTERS

1. Western Australia – Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Association Inc, Newsletter, September 2023
2. “Outreach”, Newsletter of the Voluntary Outreach Club Inc (VOC), Volume 10, December 2023.
3. Newsletter, St Peter’s College OBSC Melbourne, Spring 2023.
4. The Harbinger, Family Magazine of the Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 48, No 5, December 2023
5. Community Newsletter, Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Summer Edition, December 2023.
6. Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc (BWL), Vol 34, No 2, December 2023. 
7. Journal of the Old Aloysians Sports Club (Australia) Inc, December 2023.

OTHERS

1. DVD – 500 Beautiful Landscapes of Sri Lanka by Athula Dissanayake.

                  (No1 , Donated by Shereen Gerryn, Applecross, WA. Facilitated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, WA)