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LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – NOVEMBER 2023

Dec 1, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY
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Victor Melder

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                                       ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  NOVEMBER  2023

 

BOOKS.

  1. Sri Lanka, Paradise Lost  Paradise Regained by Michael Naseby, 2020

   (Donated  by Jeremy De Lima, Vermont South, Vic)

  1. Reg Van Cuylenburg, Catalogue of Photos and Paintings, 2020

                    (Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) 

  1. Elephantine Tales & Other Anecdotes from the National Parks of Sri Lanka, 2023
  2. Journey Through Colombo, A Pictorial Guide to the Gateway of Heavenly Sri Lanka by Suna Kanga, 2023
  3. 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).

  1. ARTRA, Comics & Caricatures – Aubrey Collette, Bevis Bawa, Gihan De Chickera, 

                    (Donated by Cresside Collette, Canterbury, Vic

MAGAZINES.

  1. The ‘Ceylankan’ – Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal  104,  Vol 26,  No 4,  December  2023

NEWSLETTERS

  1. “Silverscene”, Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club, Qld, November / December 2023
  2. Newsletter – Eighty Club Inc, Melbourne, Newsletter No 162, 3rd Edition, Dec 2023 – March 24.
  3. Journal of The Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc, Vol 64, No 4, November 2023.

OTHERS

  1. Practices of Ceremonial Rituals Related to Death in Sri Lanka: Ancient Times up to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Arthana. U. Medawatte, 

         2021.

  1. Avoiding the Reaper: Notions of Death in Sri Lankan Obituaries by Manel  Herat, 2014.
  2. Patterns and Predictors of Mortality in a Semi-Urban Population-based Cohort in Sri Lanka: Findings from the Ragama Health Study by 
  3. Kasturiaratne et al, 2020.
  4. Cascades Across An “Extremely Violent Society”: Sri Lanka by John Brathwaite et al, 2015.
  5. Leopard Activity Patterns in a Small Montane Protected Area Highlight the need for Integrated, Collaborative Landscape Conservation 

   by Edward L. Webb et al, 2020

  1. Concepts of State Formation and Contemporary Policy Issues in Sri Lanka by Sunil Bastian.
  2. Religion and Christmas Today by Rev. Sam Prem, 2023.
  3. CD – Kataragama Esala Perahera  (Donated by Patrick Melder, Gleneagles, Qld)
  4. 14 Photographs of the Boer Prisoners of War in Diyatalawa, Ceylon.                     

                    (Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) 

  1. 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)

  1. Sri Lanka Pictorial Desk Calendar, 2024.  (Donated by Sanjeeva  Ratnapala, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka)
  1. 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

  1. The Middle Passage: Migration and Displacement of Sri Lankan Tamil Women of the Diaspora by Sivamohan Sumathi, 2022, 19pp.
  2. Identity, Belonging and Political Activism in the Sri Lankan Communities in Germany by Michaela Told, 2014, 191pp – Thesis.
  3. Climate Risk Country Profile: Sri Lanka, 2020, 25pp, Asian Development Bank.
  4. Long-Distance Peace Building: The Experiences of the South Sudaneese and Sri Lankan Diaspora in Australia by Denise Cauchi, 2018,    

          39pp

  1. Souvenir – Annual Feast 20223, All Saints; Church, Borella, Colombo, 18 November 2023.

                    (Donated by Mrs Ranji Perera, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka)

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