LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JUNE 2026

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY

(FOR DETAILS OF THE LIBRARY, please contact: Hemal or Victor)
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  JUNE  2026

BOOKS.

1. Officers’ Mess, A Memoir by Sandra Joseph Nunez, 2025. (Donated by Keith Bennett, Noble Park).
2. A Sri Lankan Experience, Three Weeks in a Land Like No Other, 2010,  by Siri Ipalawatte & Kim Wells.

    (Donated by Siri Ipalawatte, Florey, ACT)

3. Before Justice Awakes, Birth of the Jury in the Island by Ranjan Gooneratne.
4. The Turning Point: The Naval Role in Sri Lanka’s war on LTTE Terrorism by RearAdmiral Wasantha Karanagoda, 2025.
5. The Atrophied Life by M. T. L. Ebell, 2025

                     (No’s 3 -5, Uploaded by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) 

6. Wild Sri Lanka, National Parks by Siri Ipalawatte, 2022. (Donated by the Author, Florey, ACT)

MAGAZINES

NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS

1. Community Newsletter, Burgher Association (Australia), Inc, Winter Edition, Jun e 2026.
2. Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 69, No 3, June 2026.

OTHERS

1. The Worsening Food Insecurity in Sri Lanka (A Study Based on School Children in Polonnaruwa District) by Dewa. H. R. Seneviratne,

    International Journal of Research & Analytical Reviews (IHRAR), Voll 11, Issue 4, Nov 2024, pps 494 – 539

2. Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis, A Crisis of Governance by Alex Dryden & Ulrich Volz, ADB Institute Working Paper No 1527, Feb 2026

    29pps.

3. Australia’s Dictation Test and Early Arrivals from Ceylon, by Erlson Forbes, 10pps.