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  SEPTEMBER  2024   BOOKS. Stupas of Sri Lanka, A technological Study by Munidasa  Ranaweera, 2018 The Creation of the Hunter,The Vádda Presence in The Kandyan Kingdom: A re-Examination by Gnanath Obeyesekere, 2022. When Counterinsurgency Wins, Sri Lanka’s  Defeat of the Tamil Tigers y Ahmed S. Hashim, 2014 Should Sri Lankan Security Forces Apologize for Eradicating Terrorism ? by J. F. Ranjith Perera, 2017.     (No’s 1 – 4, Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea  Heights, Vic) The Veddahs, Indigenous Communities in Sri Lanka by Nuwan Gankanda and Asanaka Abayakoon, 2012. The ...

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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  AUGUST  2024   BOOKS. Footprints on Water, The Autobiography of W.T.Stace Colonial Administrator in Ceylon 1910 – 1932, edited and critiqued by Bernard     Pflug, 2024. (Donated by Sam Perera, Perera & Hussein Publishing House, Colombo, Sri Lanka.  AYS Gnanam, My Father’s Story by Jey Gnanam      (Donated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, WA) MAGAZINES. The Ceylankan – Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 107, Vol 27, No 3, August 2024. LMD International, October – December 1923. (Donated by Kevin Melder, Dalkeith, WA) NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, The Burgher Welfare League ...

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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  JULY  2024 BOOKS. Periodization in Sri Lankan History. Some Reflections with Special Emphasis on the Development of the State by R.A.L.H.    Gunawardana, 2008. The Origin and Development of Passion Play Tradition in Sri Lanka by Rev.Dr Anthony Fernandopulle, 2021     (No’s 1 – 2, Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic) West Australia Defence Review, Annual Publication 2022-2023                     (Donated by Principal Editor, Serge De Silva, Perth, WA) MAGAZINES. LMD International, July-September 2024 (3 Copies)     (Donated by  LMD, Media Services, Colombo 9 , Co-ordinated by Naushan Sariffadeen ...

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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  JUNE  2024   BOOKS. 15 Short Stories from 1950 – 2023 by Nihal Kodituwakku, 2024                     (Donated by the Author, Applecross, WA)  MAGAZINES. NEWSLETTERS Community Newsletter, Burgher Association Australia Inc, Winter Edition, June 2024.  ‘The Harbinger’, Newsletter Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild (ASWG), Vol 49, No 2, Jun e 2024 Bulletin of SACK OBA (Colombo Branch), June 2024. Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 65, No 2, June 2024. OTHERS Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly ...

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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  MAY  2024 BOOKS. Indonesian roots, Sri Lankan soil, The Journey of a Sri Lankan Malay from Soldier to “Bhoomi Putra”, 2023 by M.D. (Tony) Saldin.   (Donated by the Author, Wattala, Sri Lanka, facilitated by Aslan Assen, Endeavour Hills, Vic)  Sabaragammua Dhumriya’ (The Sabaragamuwa Railway) in Sinhala by Rasika Wickramanayaka, 2024   (Donated by the Author, Malabe, Sri Lanka, facilitated by Akila Ariyaperuma,  Tarneit, Vic)  MAGAZINES. LMD International, Sri Lanka, April – June 2024 issues X 3 copies. (Donated by the Publishers) The ‘Ceylankan’ – Journal of the Ceylon Society ...

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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  APRIL  2024 BOOKS. Jaffna Heritage, National Trust of Sri Lanka, 2024 (Donated by Stefan D’Silva, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka and convyed to Australia by Stefan. Crisis in Sri Lanka and The World, Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives by Asoka Bandarage, 2023.                     (Donated by the Author Maryland, USA, Co-ordinated by Ranjith Soysa, Dandenong, Vic) MAGAZINES.  NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc (BWL), Vol 34.3, March 2024. News Mag, The Old Aloysian, April 2024. OTHERS “After the King of Beasts”: Samuel Baker and the embodied historical geographies ...

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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  JANUARY  2024 BOOKS. Strayan Dictionary, The, by Dominic Knight, 2019 “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” Scripture based Poems by Sharlie Pickering, 2023    (Donated by the Author, Alderley, Qld) MAGAZINES. Ceylon Souvenir, Ceylon Tours, Colombo.    (No 1, Donated  by Tony Melder, Wantirna, Vic) LMD International, January – March 2024 – 3 Copies. LMD, The Voice of Business, Highlights, January 2024.    (No’s 2 -3, Donated by LMD, Media Services, Colombo 9 , Co-ordinated by Naushan Sariffadeen) NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Australia Sri Lanka Association SA Inc, November 2023 Rhythm of ...

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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  DECEMBER  2023 BOOKS. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, A Novel by Shankari Chandran, 2023                     (Donated by the Author, Roseville, NSW) Just Call Me Dennis, A  Retrospective on Hockey in Sri Lanka by Dennis de Rosayro, 2020. Symphony of Serendib, Cascading Through the Sri Lanka  Wild by Erich Joseph, 2019 Elusive, A Journey Through the Wild by Gehan Rajapaksa et al, Colpetty People by Ashok Ferry, 2009. Customs & Culture of Sri Lanka by G. Amirthalingam, 2003 Benedictine Memoirs by Neil de Votta, 2005. The Last Kingdom of Sinhalay by Elmo ...

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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  OCTOBER  2023 BOOKS. The Virtuous Weed, Weeds by Name only, not Weed by Nature by Dr Nimal R. Chandrasena.      (Donated by the Author, Winthrop, W.A.)  Stay, Daughter – A Memoir of Muslim Girlhood by Yasmin Azad, 202                      (Donated by Dr Firazath Hussain, Galle, Sri Lanka. Conveyed to Melbourne by Buddhika Samarakkody, Glen iris, Vic)  Sri Lanka, War Stories by Stephen Champion, 2008.                      (Donated by Ajit St John, Meadow Heights, Vic) MAGAZINES. Lanka Monthly Digest, International, July – September 2023 Lanka Monthly Digest, International, October – December 2023, ...

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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 APRIL 2023 BOOKS. 1. The Community, A Historical Record of the Mudaliyar Class Goyigama Family Combine by Mevan Pieris, 2023 (Donated by the Author, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka) 2. Yarlpana Vaipava Malai, The Ancient History of Jaffna by Mylvaganam, English Translation 2019 (Donated by S. Sundaramoorthy, Mt Waverley, Vic) ...

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