VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY
7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia.
Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040
E-mail < 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 ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.
ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023
BOOKS.
- Sri Lanka, Paradise Lost Paradise Regained by Michael Naseby, 2020
(Donated by Jeremy De Lima, Vermont South, Vic)
- Reg Van Cuylenburg, Catalogue of Photos and Paintings, 2020
(Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)
- Elephantine Tales & Other Anecdotes from the National Parks of Sri Lanka, 2023
- Journey Through Colombo, A Pictorial Guide to the Gateway of Heavenly Sri Lanka by Suna Kanga, 2023
- The Magic of Sri Lanka by Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne, 2005
(No’s 3 – 5, Donated by Lalith Seneviratne, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. Brought Australia by Stefan D’Silva, Sunshie, Vic).
- ARTRA, Comics & Caricatures – Aubrey Collette, Bevis Bawa, Gihan De Chickera,
(Donated by Cresside Collette, Canterbury, Vic
MAGAZINES.
- The ‘Ceylankan’ – Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 104, Vol 26, No 4, December 2023
NEWSLETTERS
- “Silverscene”, Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club, Qld, November / December 2023
- Newsletter – Eighty Club Inc, Melbourne, Newsletter No 162, 3rd Edition, Dec 2023 – March 24.
- Journal of The Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc, Vol 64, No 4, November 2023.
OTHERS
- Practices of Ceremonial Rituals Related to Death in Sri Lanka: Ancient Times up to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Arthana. U. Medawatte,
2021.
- Avoiding the Reaper: Notions of Death in Sri Lankan Obituaries by Manel Herat, 2014.
- Patterns and Predictors of Mortality in a Semi-Urban Population-based Cohort in Sri Lanka: Findings from the Ragama Health Study by
- Kasturiaratne et al, 2020.
- Cascades Across An “Extremely Violent Society”: Sri Lanka by John Brathwaite et al, 2015.
- Leopard Activity Patterns in a Small Montane Protected Area Highlight the need for Integrated, Collaborative Landscape Conservation
by Edward L. Webb et al, 2020
- Concepts of State Formation and Contemporary Policy Issues in Sri Lanka by Sunil Bastian.
- Religion and Christmas Today by Rev. Sam Prem, 2023.
- CD – Kataragama Esala Perahera (Donated by Patrick Melder, Gleneagles, Qld)
- 14 Photographs of the Boer Prisoners of War in Diyatalawa, Ceylon.
(Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)
- USB of Sri Lanka photos of Various Locations
(Donated by Lalith Seneviratne, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka, Brought o Australia by Stefan D’Silva, Sunshine, Victoria)
- Sri Lanka Pictorial Desk Calendar, 2024. (Donated by Sanjeeva Ratnapala, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka)
- Digital Media, ageing and faith” Older Sri Lankan Migrants in Australia and their digital articulations of transnational religion by
Sashini Gamage et al, 2023. 13pp
- The Middle Passage: Migration and Displacement of Sri Lankan Tamil Women of the Diaspora by Sivamohan Sumathi, 2022, 19pp.
- Identity, Belonging and Political Activism in the Sri Lankan Communities in Germany by Michaela Told, 2014, 191pp – Thesis.
- Climate Risk Country Profile: Sri Lanka, 2020, 25pp, Asian Development Bank.
- Long-Distance Peace Building: The Experiences of the South Sudaneese and Sri Lankan Diaspora in Australia by Denise Cauchi, 2018,
39pp
- Souvenir – Annual Feast 20223, All Saints; Church, Borella, Colombo, 18 November 2023.
(Donated by Mrs Ranji Perera, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka)
