LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – FEBRURUAY – 2026

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                                            ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  FEBRUARY  2026

BOOKS.

1. Sunset of Illusions, A Novel by M. Fernando, 2025. (Donated by Keith Bennett, Noble Park, Vic)
2. Grass For My Feet, Vignettes of Village Life by J. Vijayatunga, 1974.

    (Donated by Mrs Ursula Aruma, Springvale, Vic)  

3. Paradise Beach, A Childhood memoir by Dodwell Keyt, 2026.

    (Donated by the Author. Rosebud, Vic)

MAGAZINES.

NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS

1. ‘Thomiana’, Publication of St. Thomas’ College Old Boy’s Association Australia Branch Inc, Vol 29, Issue 1, January 2026.
2. Newsletter, St Peter’s College OBSC Melbourne, Summer 226.
3. Newsletter of Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 44, Issue 1, January 2026.
4. ‘The Harbinger;, Newsletter of the Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 51, No, February 2026.
5. Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 68, No 2, February 2026.

OTHERS

1. “From Plantations to Military: Heritage of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka by Shian de Silva Jayasuriya, 2024, 22pps.
2. Comprehensive Assessment of a Hotspot with Persistent Bancroftian Filariasis in Coastal Sri Lanka by U. Rao Ramakrishnan et al, 

    2018, 8pps.

3.  Phd Thesis, “Global Cuisine in the Dutch Indian Ocean Empire by Katleen Burke, 2022, 237pps. 
4. Starron Group, Sri Lanka Pictorial Desk Calendar, 2026. (Donated by Mrs Ranji Perera, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka)
5. Monetary Policy Report, February 2026, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 50pps.
6. Sri Lanka: Recharting  S. Strategy after the war, United States Senate, Dece3mber 78, 2009, 18pps.
7. Commentary: Sri Lanka’s Strategic Dilemma, Navigating Great-Power Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific by Dr Hasti Kangaudahewa 

    September 2023, Journal of Indo Pacific Affairs, pps 121 – 125.

8. Sri Lanka: Political-Military relations by K. M. de Silva, Working Paper 3, November 2001, 23pp.
9. Marketing Sri Lanka: Altering a negative tourist image, by W. M. Rohan Laksiri, 2011, 9pps.
10. Drawing (on) Politics; Aubrey Collette in Sri Lanka by Samarth Singhal, International Magazine on Art and Design, Vol 6, No 2, 2016,

    53-66pps.

11. Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology: Implications for Politics and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka, by Neil De Votta, Policy

             Studies 40, East-West  Centre, Washington, 2007, 90pps.

12. The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (as amended up to 31s t October 2022), Revised Edition 2023,  

     Parliament Secretariat, Government of Sri Lanka, 282pps.