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Dr Siri Kannangara in Sydney: A Man for All Seasons Source:Thuppahis Pauline Gunewardene has led and marshalled the Ceylon Society of Australia in its Sydney base and HQ for several years with verve and determination. When she presents a TRIBUTE, as she does on this occasion for Dr Siri Kannangara, it is a Vale of A Tribute indeed. Vale Dr Siri Kannangara, AM. Truly a giant among men in his life of service. Truly a man to be mourned by all, as we do as an entire community, joined together in grieving for the passing of this man of boundless compassion for everyone, giving so generously of his services without limits, in the true spirit of helping his fellow humans on this path of life. May you attain the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana. ………… “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” Ralph ...

Jun 17, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, DR. SIRI KANNANGARA, Pauline Gunewardene, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) Meeting on Sunday 2 June at 6.30 pm at Pennant Hills Community Centre Prof Buddhima Indraratne and his PhD students at the Talk The CSA was privileged to present internationally recognised high profile speaker Distinguished Professor Buddhima Indraratna, AM, at the 2 June General Meeting of the Society. The subject of the talk was “Challenges and Advances in Transportation Infrastructure with special reference to Railways”. Distinguished Professor Buddhima Indraratna’s contributions to civil and geotechnical engineering, with particular focus on railway engineering, have been acknowledged through many national and international awards. He was honoured this year with the highly prestigious Ibarra Foundation’s 2024 International Civil Engineer Award. Considered as the Nobel equivalent in the field of Civil Engineering and awarded every 3-4 years, the Award was presented by the Queen of Spain during a formal ceremony in Madrid in May. Prof. Indraratna was the first Australian ...

Jun 7, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, Ceylon Society of Australia Meeting, Challenges and Advances in Transportation Infrastructure with special reference to Railways, CSA, CSA Meeting, Professor Buddhima Indraratna

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 FEBRUARY 2024 BOOKS. Glenroy Township, A Local History of the Small Township of Glenroy by Judy Archer, 2024. MAGAZINES. The ‘Ceylankan’ – Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 105, Vol 27, No 1, February 2024. NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 42, Issue 1, January 2024. ‘Silverscene’, Newsletter, Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January / February 2024 ‘Thomiana’, Newsletter, S. Thomas’ College Old Boys Association, Australia Branch Inc, ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, LIBRARY, MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS., sri Lankan Library

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Nov 10, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Weekly Events and Advertisements Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, House for Sale in Colombo, PROPERTY FOR SALE, property in Sri Lanka

OBITUARY : JEHAN RAHEEM – By Hugh Karunanayake JEHAN RAHEEM (19. 6. 1935 – 25.10.2023) Jehan Raheem, my classmate through Royal Prep School and thereafter in Royal College,, and an outstanding intellect, passed away in his home in New York, yesterday. His demise was mistakenly announced a week ago, but the end was near, and he finally succumbed to the ravages of cancer in the morning of 25 October. A man given to a wry sense of humour, would have been thinking on the lines of Mark Twain on the unintended falsity, by exclaiming that “rumours of my death are vastly exaggerated”! Born in Hulftsdorf where his father enjoyed a lucrative practice as a lawyer, Jehan was the eldest of nine children, all high achievers, with Jehan the eldest showing the way to his younger siblings. . Of portly build, he was a friendly and genial person very popular with ...

Nov 3, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Hugh Karunanayake, Obituaries Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, Hugh Karunanayake, JEHAN RAHEEM, Prof Lyn Ludowyk, Royal College, Royal Prep School

Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke A Surgeon who valued his patients more than anything-by Dinuli Francisco Performing an amputation on a victim of an antipersonnel mine. Source:Dailymirror With late General Denzil Kobbekaduwa at the Base Hospital Palali 1990 “Knife before the wife is his mission statement”, says his wife after I sat for tea at the end of the quarterly meeting of the Colombo Chapter of Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA), held last Thursday (24) at the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA). Consultant Surgeon Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke was the guest speaker at the meeting, the only person who crossed borders from the South to enter the LTTE-controlled territory in the North to work at the General Hospital, Jaffna for short periods; and also to teach and examine students of the Faculty of Medicine, Jaffna. Dr. Gamini has authored two books, “In the Line of Duty” and “The Extra Mile”. Dr Gamini Goonetilleke ...

Dec 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, Dr Gamini Goonetilleke

Celebrating 25 Years of Multi-Ethnic Conviviality: Old School Sri Lankans in Australia-By Michael Roberts Adam Raffel, whose chosen title reads “The Ceylon Society of Australia 25th Aniversary Celebrations” The Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) held its 25th Anniversary celebrations on 28 August 2022 at the Pennant Hills Community Centre. The hall was decorated with balloons and banners celebrating 25 years of the CSA. All this was the tireless handiwork of Pauline Gunewardene, the President of the CSA, with the able assistance of all members of the CSA Committee. There were approximately 80 people in attendance. Pauline presided over the formal proceedings. She highlighted the achievements of the CSA during its 25-year existence, acknowledging the contributions of all former CSA Presidents. A special mention was made of dearly departed CSA Past Presidents Tony Peries and Sunil de Silva, who served the Society with distinction and were affectionately re- membered by all attendees. ...

Nov 24, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, Harry de Sayrah, Hugh Karunanayake, Thiru Arumugam

Development of the tea industry in Sri Lanka: Talk by Roderick de Sylva at the CSA Meeting held in Sydney on 28 February 2022: a short summary – by Adam Raffel The first meeting of the Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) for 2022 was held on the 28th of February at the Pennant Hills Community Centre. The speaker was Roderick de Sylva who gave an interesting talk on the development of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Roderick shared his expertise and drew on his considerable experience in the tea industry as Tea Taster, Tea Buyer, Tea Blender and Tea Marketer with Lipton Ceylon, where he commenced work in 1973 as a ‘Trainee Tea Executive’. He gave a short history of the tea industry in Ceylon starting with the clearing of the upcountry jungles by the British and then gave a detailed presentation on the aspects of tea cultivation and ...

Mar 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Adam Raffel, Ceylon Society of Australia, Lipton Ceylon, Tea industry

Meeting of the Ceylon Society of Australia on Sunday, 27th February 2022 talk will be by Roderick de Sylva on “The Development of the Tea Industry in Sri Lanka” Members of CSA and guests are welcome to the Meeting of the Ceylon Society of Australia on Sunday, 27th February 2022 commencing at 6.30 pm at the Main Hall of the Pennant Hills Community Centre on Level 1, Ramsay Road, Pennant Hills, NSW 2120. Ramsay Road is off Yarrara Road and the Community Centre is opposite the Pennant Hills Railway Station. The entrance to the building is from the car park at the back of the building. The talk will be by Roderick de Sylva on “The Development of the Tea Industry in Sri Lanka”, followed by a Q&A. The meeting will conclude with the usual social with tea/coffee and some short eats. A donation to the CSA to help ...

Feb 22, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, Lipton Ceylon, Roderick de Sylva, Sri Lanka, Tea, Tea industry, Unilever Tea Divisions

You are invited, to join us for an evening of friendship, tea, food, and an entertaining talk…. CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE CHAPTER At our next meeting Prof Anoma Pieris will present an illustrated talk on “Mrs. B, BMICH and the Non-Aligned Summit Architecture” The fifth Non-Aligned Movement summit in Colombo hosted by Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s 1970-77 government was a spectacular international event, unlike any other held previously in the city, not for its pomp and ceremony, but for its anti-imperialist politics, its call for nuclear disarmament and, above all, its delegates, leaders of newly decolonised nations seeking ‘Third World Solidarity’. Indira Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, Muammar Gaddafi, Cardinal Marcos, and others, glided by in two-toned maroon-and-cream Holden Statesman sedans, and Josip Broz Tito in his six-door Mercedes Benz limousine, cheered on by waiting crowds. Dignitaries were accommodated in American-designed multinational hotels completed during the 1970s, and the host venue for the ...

Jan 17, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged BMICH, Ceylon Society of Australia, Prof Anoma Pieris