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PAGES WORTH PRESERVING – By Beverley Pinder OAM A memorable visit to the Victor Melder Sri Lanka Library six months ago left me in awe of the work undertaken by Victor over the past 50+ years. The location of the Library, at his home, is one that Victor has very kindly afforded Sri Lankans in Australia to be able to access whenever the need existed for research and information. Alas, the Library was needing to be relocated so that the burden may be eased off Victor and his wife, Esther. With the help of retired IT professional, Hemal Gurusinghe and myself we have found a new location for this valuable resource. Following a visit to the VMSLL in March this year, I began to canvas the need for space for alow rental fee. We explored a garage in Deer Park as well as several other possible ‘homes’ with the intention ...

Oct 2, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Some Street names in Colombo OLD and NEW – By Hemal Gurusinghe For those who grew up in a different era and left Sri Lanka long ago, will now be lost if they were to find directions in Colombo by their current street names. Politicians made a great deal about changing street names.  Perhaps to display their “Nationalism”, maybe an easy con to fool the people. This mania of changing street names happens all the time and everywhere.  London changed streets named after colonial characters whose reputations are now in question.  The irony is that it is Saddiq Khan, the Mayor of London, who is presiding over these changes in the aftermath of Black Lives Matter protests.  Unlike Colombo, New Delhi (and other state capitols) renamed their colonial era street names after internationally famous people, like Nelson Mandela.  In Colombo, one hardly knows some of the characters whose names adorn ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 19th June 2022 – 6th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “Country Medley”- by Des Kelly Watch Cricket Highlights – Sri Lanka vs Australia ODI Series – June 2022 A Magical Blue Sapphire to Conserve the Majestic Sperm Whale Blue Ocean Group Stands Tall During Challenging Times TALK OF THE TOWN – by Charles Schokman Why You Must Visit Sri Lanka Now by Brightsun Grow More Food – Oscar E V Fernando Kangaroo flop at Pallekelle – Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne – eLanka Sports editor) School meal program in Sri Lanka-Rise Up “FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS” – by Des Kelly Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 110 16 06 2022 Health & Views June 1st issue 2022 – By Dr harold Gunatillake Health & Views June 1st issue 2022 – By Dr harold Gunatillake Rose quartz mountain range ...

Jun 19, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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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  MARCH  2022 BOOKS. 1.. Dare to Differ by Sabaratnam Sundaramoorthy, 2021.        (Donated by the Author, Mt Waverley, Vic) An Eternal Summer by Nalini de Sielvie, 2013. 3   Is This Your Caruso ?, Biography of tenor Luigi Campeotto by Nalini de Sielvie, 2012 Written in The Stars by Nalini de Sielvie, 2021 Thistles in the Wind, An Autobiography by Nalini de Sielvie, 2018 (two Copies)        (No’s 2 – 5, Donated by the Author, Mornington, Vic)  Rise (Book of Poems) by Rashika Perera Gomez, 2019       (Donated by Rajitha Perera, ...

Apr 2, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , ,
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  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, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JULY  2019 BOOKS Constitutional Reform and Crisis in Sri Lanka edited by Asanga Welikala, 2019 Sri Lanka: The Recent Past, Brief Essays in History & Politics by Prf. K. M. de Silva, 2018 Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies in South and Southeast Asia, edited by Prof. K. M. de Silva, 2015 Sri Lanka: Come Wind, Come Weather. A Political History of Sri Lanka Since Independence in Narrative Form, Vol 1,2015,by Prof. K. M. de             Silva Sri Lanka: Come Wind, Come Weather. A Political History of Sri Lanka Since Independence in Narrative Form, ...

Aug 4, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , Comments 0
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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, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JUNE  2019   BOOKS Cab Forward 4294, Southern Pacific Railroad’s Signature Locomotive by David N. Anderson, et al, 2018 (Donated by Udaya Peeligama, Baulkham Hills, NSW) The Penguin Book of Hell, edited by Scott. G. Bruce, 2018 (Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) Fond Reminiscence, A Memoir by Sheila De Zoysa, 2019  (Donated by the Author, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka) Legends All, ‘First’ in Sport in Sri Lanka, by Asoka Goonetilleke, 2016 A Fiery Finale, Memories, Chronicles, Essays by Tissa Devendra, 2014 Those Were the Days by P. G. Punchihewa, Reprint 2016 The ...

Jul 1, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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