LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – MARCH 2026

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
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                                            ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  MARCH  2026

BOOKS.

1. The Abeysundere Family of Galle, by Nirmala Pieris, 2025. (Donated by Mevan Pieris, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
2. Thomia, Vol 1 and 2  by Richard Simon, 2025, (Donated d by the Author, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka)
3. Sinharaja by T. Jayaratne  et al, 2026.
4. The Story of Furniture in Sri Lanka by Ayesha Abdur-Rahman, 2025. National Trust.
5. Discovery – Additions to the Flora of Ceylon, Dilmah Conservation, Colombo.
6. The World of the Black Leopard (Ultimate Predator Vol 1), by Senake Kotagama, 2025.

    (No’s 3 – 6, uploaded by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)

7. Sri Lanka – Peradeniya Campus, Glimpses of the Good Old Days, Memoirs of Ranjani and Leslie de Silva, 2014.

                    (Donated by Niranjan de Silva, Kings Langley, NSW)   

MAGAZINES.

NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS

1. Community Newsletter, Burgher Association Australia (BAA) Inc, Autumn Edition, March 2025.
2. Western Australia – Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Association Inc, Newsletter, February 2026.
3. Bulletin of SACK OBA (Colombo Branch), March 2026.
4. Newsletter, Eighty Club Melbourne Inc, Newsletter No 169, 1^st Edition, April 2026.

OTHERS

1. Personal Data Protection Sct, No 9 of 1922, Parliament of Sri Lanka, 64pps.
2. Trafficking in Persons Report: Sri Lanka, US Department  of State, 2023, 13pps.
3. Trafficking in Persons Report: Sri Lanka, US Department  of State, 2023, Prioritized 
4. Sri Lanka: Country Study – Judith Shaw, , pp 153 – 194
5. Modern Slavery Knowledge in the Sri Lankan Tea Industry: A Case study by Saman Bandara et al, Corporate Social Responsibility and

Environmental Knowledge Management, 2025, pp 6317 – 6328.

6. Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Lessons from Complex Processes, Working Paper 2025/175, International Monetary Fund

          42pps.

7. Sri Lanka, Recent Developments, 2024, World Bank, 36pps
8. Sri Lanka, Staying on Track, 2025, World Bank, 10pps,
9. Sr Lanka, Time Release Study, 2025, Sri Lanka Customs, 83pps.