eLanka Newsletter – 5th March 2025 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Mayanz Valentines High Tea at Shangri La Sydney 15th Feb 2025 LEGENDARY DOUGLAS DIAS JAYASINGHE (DD) REMINISCED PRIOR TO THE 119th ANNUAL BIG MATCH BETWEEN RICHMOND AND MAHINDA COLLEGES “ LOVERS QUARREL” – Sunil Thenabadu All good things must come to an end THE EXCEPTIONAL 1965 STC CRICKET SEASON – By Ravi RUDRA Let’s have a blast today—let’s go bananas! – By Dr Harold Gunatillake සුවිසල් සමාජ මෙහෙවරක නියැළි -පැල්පොල විපස්සි නාහිමි – ජන්ම සංවත්සරය සැමරේ. – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් සුවිසල් සමාජ මෙහෙවරක නියැළි -පැල්පොල විපස්සි නාහිමි – ජන්ම සංවත්සරය සැමරේ. – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් SHALIKA ISHAN MULTIFACETED MUSICIAN HAVING REVOLUTIONARISED MUSIC HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR THE FEAT OF BACKING FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF VOCALITS AT PINNACLE OF FAME NOW UNDER THE NEW ...
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First Sri Lankan Family in Australia – A Tale of Survival and Mystery Sources and Recommended Extra Readings: (1) The First Ceylonese Family in Australia — by Glennys Ferguson in the ‘Ceylankan’ Feb. 2002 issue published by the Ceylon Society of Australia. (2) Tri Sinhala, The Last Phase (1796-1815) by P. E. Pieris. Ceylon: Colombo Apothecaries Co. Ltd. (3) Banishment of the first Ceylonese family to Australia by M. D. (Tony) Saldin – Sunday Island Jan 12 2003 (4) Powell, G. (1984). The Kandyan Wars: The British Army in Ceylon, 1803-1818. India: Navrang. (5) The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. (2001). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. (6) Anecdotal account of the 1st Ceylonese soldier migrant to Australia by F. S. R. Jayamanne Sunday Observer, June 29 2003. (7) Thomas, P. (2012). Oodeen, a Malay Interpreter on Australia’s Frontier Lands. Indonesia and the Malay ...
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