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eLanka Newsletter – 24th December 2023 – 7th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter NRMA Insurance Test Series begins with strong viewing figures A Magical Christmas Eve – By Dodwell Keyt Gethsemane Carols By Candlelight 2023 Christmas Videos for the festive Season – sent to eLanka by Patrick Ranasinghe ST. John’s Past Pupils Presents Valentine’s Dinner Dance 17th February – By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne. SUNDAY CHOICE – Give It All To Jesus – By Charles Schokman Cricket Australia Launches Multicultural Action Plan Health & Views – December 3rd issue 2023 – by Dr Harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 189 21 12 2023 Celebrity Chef Gary Mehigan Explores Sri Lanka’s Cuisine, Culture and Scenery through Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts! International Tennis Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 – Vijay Amritraj image ...

Dec 24, 2023 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 20th July 2022 – 6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Flashback: Merle Haggard Sings an Emotional ‘If I Could Only Fly’ – by Des Kelly Trinity College Kandy – The “Dance of the Lions” annual dinner at the Grand on Cathies Lane in Melbourne – Photos thanks to Trevine Rodrigo Tribute to Felicia Goonetilleke – By Clifford and Delande Lazarus How I made good in Australia, some reminiscences – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Council stands with Sri Lanka – By Jonty Ralphsmith and Cam Lucadou-Wells THE IMF DOCTOR – by Ernest Macintyre “THE BAILA-BEAT” -by Des Kelly Aussies love Sri Lanka – Good on you Warner Watch Cricket Highlights of 1st Test, SriLanka vs Pakistan at Galle, July 16 – 20, 2022 Sri Lanka’s Future – By Dr Harold Gunatillake CHATHU RAJAPAKSA PHENOMINAL ACTRESS, ...

Jul 20, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Walter May – by Ernest Macintyre A GENTLE HUMAN  Few of Sri Lanka today may know of people who passed away recently and were much of that society long ago. And yet those still left who remember have urge to leave public record, as tribute. Walter May of Perth, Western Australia and of Ceylon till the 1960s, died peacefully a couple of weeks ago, in his ninetieth year. After a variegated childhood and fine records at Trinity College Kandy and St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia he graduated with honours in History from the University of Ceylon with also an outstanding record as a national track athlete. He reached the ideal conveyed in the poetic expression, “ The Paragon of Animals” for by birth and upbringing he was gentle, dispossessed of envy, anger or harshness. My wife and I came to be a friends with his family when I joined the ...

Sep 12, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Obituaries Tagged , , , ,
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