LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – DECEMBER 2024

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia.
Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040
E-mail: < hemguru@hotmail.com > OR < 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 HEMAL OR VICTOR AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.

                                       ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  DECEMBER  2024

BOOKS.

1. A Modest Arsenal: Gunpowder Weapons in Sri Lanka 1500 – 1820 by Channa Wickremesekera.

    (Donated  by the Author, Mount Waverley, Vic)

2. Gnanam – Timeless Wisdom by Selvi Sachitanandam, 2022.

    (Donated by the Author, Colombo 6, Sri Lanka. Donation facilitated by Rev Sam Prem, Malvern East, Vic and Premilal Thurairatnam,  

     Glen Waverley, Vic) 

3. Elephantine Tales by Srilal Miththapala
4. A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami by Nath Yogasundram.
5. A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park, edited by Sarath Kotagama
6. The Temple of Kelaniya by Vesak Nanayakkara.

                    (No’s 3 – 6, Donated by Geetha Miththapala

7. A Ceylon Moor Pictorial with A Glimpse into the Moorish Life of Old by Asiff Hussein, 2024.

                    (Donated by Tass Thassim, Wolstonecraft, NSW, facilitated by Fazli Sameer, Kalubowilla, Sri Lanka) 

8. Ceylon Through the Eyes of Foreign Artists, Vol 1, 1600 – 1900 by Anura Saparamadu.
9. Ceylon Through the Eyes of Foreign Artists, Vol 2, 1900 – 2000 by Anura Saparamadu.

                    (No’s 8 -9, Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka and conveyed to Melbourne by Stefan D’Silva, Sunshine, Vic) 

10. Textile Heritage in Sri Lanka by Greeta Elisabeth Van Geyzel, 2024.

                    (Donated by Fred & Sherine Prins, NSW)

MAGAZINES.

1. LMD International, Oct – Dec 2024 issue. Lanka Monthly Digest, International, October – December 2024, 3 Copies.

                     (Donated by the Publishers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, courtesy  – Naushan Sarigffadeen) 

NEWSLETTERS

1. Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc, Vol 35, No 2, November 2024.
2. Newsletter, Burgher Association Australia Inc, Summer Edition, December 2024.

OTHERS

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Lovable Patty and Denver Keegal’s Golden Anniversary was a blast at the Lincoln of Toorak.- By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne.

1. 2025 Calendar, NSW Rail Museum. (Donated by Udaya Peeligama, Baulkham Hills, NSW)

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