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  2021 BOOKS. Sri Lanka Island of Islands, The National Trust, Sri Lanka, 2020 (Donated by Stefan D’Silva, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka) From Marsh to Boake, The Founding Fathers of Royal College, 1835-1870 by D.L.Seneviratne, 2021  (Donated by the Author, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka. A Man Called “Ceylon”, Heritage is what you make of it by Somasiri Devendra, 2020  (Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka)  – Items 1 – 3, brought Australia by Stefan D’ Silva Shanthy by Ryle J. Moldrich, 2021 (Donated by the Author, Riverview, Qld) MAGAZINES ...

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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  2021 BOOKS. The Nugegoda Mission, After Ninety-One Years with as Record & Retrospect of the Diocese of Colombo, 1940 (Donated by Dr Narme Wickremesinghe, Colombo) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS “Outreach Newsletter”, Newsletter of the Voluntary Outreach Club Inc, July 2021. Newsletter, Eighty Club Melbourne Inc, No 155, June – November 2021.  OTHERS   ...

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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  2021 BOOKS. MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Winter Community Newsletter, June 2021. ‘Silverscene’, Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld,  May/June 2021. Newsletter of the Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 39, Issue 3, July 2021  OTHERS ...

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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  APRIL  2019 BOOKS Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran, 2017 (Donated by the Author, Sydney, NSW) They Call Him Ken, The Life & Times of a Corporate Colossus by Savithri Rodrigo, 2017 Riding the Zeitgeist, The Hemal Amarasuriya Story by Savithri Rodrigo, 2018 (Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka)      MAGAZINES Explore Sri Lanka, Vol 32, No 10, March 2019  (Donated by Kevin Melder. Dalkeith, WA) Hi!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 17, Vol 1, 2019. NEWSLETTERS. “Silverscene” – Newsletter Silver Fawn Club, Qld, March/April 2019 issue. “Outreach” Newsletter – ...

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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  MARCH  2019 BOOKS Amazing Grace, The Memoirs of Tara Bolling, 2012  (Donated by Ms Hilary Koch, Middlesex, UK) A Different Kind of Madness by Pauline Schokman, 2019.  (Donated by the Author, South Yarra, Vic)    MAGAZINES Hi Magazine, The Society Magazine, Series 16, Vol 6, 2019 SilverKris, (Singapore Airlines Inflight Magazine), March 2019) Silkwinds,  (Silk Air Inflight Magazine), March 2019. (No’s 2 – 3, Donated by Roger Thiedeman, Keysborough, Vic)  NEWSLETTERS. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Summer Newsletter, March 209. The Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 61, No 1, March 2019. ...

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VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019 BOOKS Ceylon Daily News Cookery Book by Hilda Deutrom, 2011 edition (Donated by Shenon Fernando, Roxburgh Park, Vic) Persaudaran (Brotherhood), Malay Life in Sri Lanka by Tuan M. Zameer Careem, 2016 (Donated by Tony Saldin, Wattala, Sri Lanka) A Man in his Time, The Jetwing Story and the Life of Herbert Cooray by Shiromal Cooray.  (Donated by Ms Sharlie Pickering, Alderley, Qld) General Denis (Perera), The Epitome of Leadership by M. D. D. Pieris, 2018 (Donated by the Perera family, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka)       MAGAZINES HI!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 16, Vol 5, 2018  NEWSLETTERS. Newsletter – Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 37, Issue 1, January 2019. “Silverscene” – Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January/February 2019 issue. OTHERS. Article – ‘Defend Lanka Your Home’: War on the Home Front in ...

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VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2018 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  AUGUST  2018    BOOKS Worm’s Eye View by Ransiri Menike Silva, 2012 (Donated by Dr Quintus De Zylva, Moorabbin, Vic) Iron Roads in the Outback, The Legendary Commonwealth Railways by Nick Anchen, 2017.       (Donated by Udaya Peeligama, Baulkham Hills, NSW)     MAGAZINES. ‘Serendib’, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, February 2017. Vol 36, No 12 ‘Serendib’, The In Flight Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines, March 2018, Vol 38, No 1. ‘Serendib’, The In Flight Magazine ...

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VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2017 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  NOVEMBER  2017   BOOKS Supplement to the Sapumal Foundation Collection  – Rohan de Soysa, additional notes by Neville Weereratne, 2017        (Donated by Neville Weereratne, Hughesdale, Vic) Ceylon by S.A.Pakeman, 1964 Guide to the Collections of the Colombo Museum, Part 1, Archaeology and Ethnology, 1912. Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2012. Edge of Nowhere by Nalini de Sielvie, 2004. Serendib, Isle of Dreams by Nalini de Sielvie, 1998 National Parks of Ceylon, A Guide by Lyn De Alwis, 1969. The Flower Boy by Karen Roberts, 1999. Once Upon ...

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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 OCTOBER 2017 BOOKS 1. Ancient & Traditional Boxes, Caskets & Chests in Sri Lankan Museums, Vol 1, 8th – 18th Century, by P.H.D.H De Silva, 2015. 2. Ancient & Traditional Boxes, Caskets & Chests in Sri Lankan Museums, Vol 2, 19th – 20th Century, by P.H.D.H De Silva, 2016. 3. Ancient & Traditional Boxes, Caskets & Chests in Sri Lankan Museums, Killota or Chunam (Lime) Boxes, by P.H.D.H De Silva, 2015. 4. Saga of the Elephant in Sri Lanka (Extracts from ‘Loris”, Vol 21 (1996) to Vol 27 (2015), Part 3, by Douglas B. ...

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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  SEPTEMBER  2017  BOOKS Ceylon Tea, The Trade That Made A Nation by Richard Simon, 2017.       (Donated by Dr Rohan Pethiyagoda, Chairman, Ceylon Tea Board, Colombo, Sri Lanka) Fistful of Folly by E.C.T.Candappa, 2017       (Donated by Ms Nimmi Candappa, North Dandenong, Vic)   MAGAZINES   NEWSLETTERS “Outreach” Newsletter, Voluntary Outreach Club Inc (VOC), Melbourne. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), September News Bulletin, Spring 2017. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017/2018 “The Harbinger”, Family Magazine, Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 42, No 4, August 2017. ...

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