LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JANUARY 2017
VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY
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ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017
BOOKS
1. Questions of Travel by Michelle De Kretser, 2013
(Donated by Ms Sharlie Pickering, Alderley, Qld)
2. Sunil Santha: The Man Who Invented Sinhala Music for a Modern Age, by Dr Tony Donaldson, 2016
(Donated by the Author, Melbourne, Vic)
3. Living With Wild Elephants, Experiences of a Wildlife Veterinarian in Sri Lanka by Dr Vijitha Perera, 2015
(Donated by Mr W.G.S.Prasanna, Consul General – Sri Lanka in Melbourne)
4. An Asian Prime Minister’s Story – Sir John Kotelawala, 1956 (Autographed by Sir John Kotelawala)
(Anonymous Donor in NSW)
MAGAZINES
1. HI!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 14, Vol 5, 2016.
2. ‘The Central’ Magazine, Jaffna Central College, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Vol XXXII, No 1, 1937
(Donated by Ms Eileen Hewson, Kabristan Archives, Wembley, UK)
NEWSLETTERS
1. “Floreat”, Newsletter Royal College Old Boys Association Australia Inc, December 2016.
2 ‘The Vine’, Evergreen’s Newsletter, Operation Hope Inc, December 2016
3 ‘The Old Aloysian’, Journal of the Old Aloysians Sports Club (Australia) Inc, December 2016.
4 ‘Silverscene’, Newsletter of The Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld. Jan/Feb 2017.
OTHER
1. Souvenir – New Year’s Eve Ball, Voluntary Outreach Club Inc, Melbourne (VOC), December 31, 2016.
(Donated by Mr Russel Nathanielsz, Broadmeadows, Vic)
2. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Commemoration of C.V.Gooneratne, 7 June 2016.
3. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Commemoration of Chitrasena, 18 July 2016.
4. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Commemoration of Dharmasiri Senanayake, 24 July 2016.
5. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Lawasia Golden Jubilee Conference, 12 August 2016.
6. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Celebrating Sri Lanka Police 1866-2016, 3 September 2016.
7. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Archaeological Society of Sri Lanka, 1966-2016, 8 September 2016.
8. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, World Children’s Day 2016, 1 October 2016.
9. Sri Lanka – First Day Cover, Commemoration of Dr A.N.S.Kulasinghe, 26 October 2016.
(No’s 2 – 9, Donated by Mr Lalith Seneviratne, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka)
10. Souvenir – Kandy City Mission, Sri Lanka, A Decade of Service 1972-1982.
11. Souvenir – St Mary’s Church, Kopay, Sri Lanka, 160th Anniversary, 1852-2012.
12. Souvenir – Holy Trinity Church, Pussellawa, Sri Lanka, 150th Anniversary, 1859 – 2009.
(No’s 10 – 12, Donated by Ms Eileen Hewson, Kabristan Archives, Wembley, UK)
13. CD – Dutch Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Index to Baptism Register, Part 1, A – F, 1709 – 1930, Kabristan Archives.
14. CD – Dutch Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Index to Baptism Register, Part 2, G – O, 1709 – 1930, Kabristan Archives.
15. CD – Dutch Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Index to Baptism Register, Part 3, P – Z, 1709 – 1930, Kabristan Archives.
16. CD – Dutch Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Index to Marriage Register, Part 1, A – K, from 1709, Kabristan Archives.
17. CD – Dutch Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Index to Marriage Register, Part 2, L – Z, from 1709, Kabristan Archives.
18. CD – Irish Genealogical Records from Sri Lankan Sources. Kabristan Archives.
(No’s 13 – 18, Donated by Windsor & Jacky Morris, Croydon, UK)
