Sampath Ratnatunga Archives

eLanka Newsletter – 27 Jan 2021 – 8th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Australia Day 2021 Honours List – Mr Anthony Phillip SWAN (Honorary Consul for for Sri lanka in Queensland Australia) “BIDEN’S CHOICE” – By Des Kelly Kerrigan La-Brooy – Nominated for Australia Day Award as Casey Citizen of the Year Kerrigan La-Brooy – Nominated for Australia Day Award as Casey Citizen of the Year FIRST NATIONS AT FIRST LIGHT ON AUSTRALIA DAY 2021 IN SYDNEY Patron Anton Swan receives OAM in Australia Day Honours AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2021 – Grace Tame – Advocate for survivors of sexual assault and #LetHerSpeak campaigner BOI KOLLO – AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena QUEEN STREET, FORT, COLOMBO 1 IN THE 1960s – By Upali Obeyesekere Will Vaccination hesitancy be a barrier to full ...

Obituary – Sampath Ratnatunga (September 8, 1958 – January 15, 2021) – by Lawrence Machado Vale dear friend and classmate Sampath Ratnatunga, whom I knew for more than 55 years, starting from our early days at kindergarten at St Peter’s College. Friends also knew you as Sammy and Sam. In Sri Lanka, you worked in the travel trade for years, including KLM, but later in Melbourne, you completely changed professions, becoming a professional massage therapist, running your own business, Pascoe Vale Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy from your home, until a few years ago, healing and helping hundreds of people. You then showed your dedication to the medical field by donating your body for medical science. Like many of your friends, I cannot believe you are gone and won’t be there for our regular chats about anything which catches our fancy: from family and friends, to sharing a virtual drink, ...