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Distinguished Sri Lankan Aussies: DFAT Honours-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Peter Kuruvita: Chef, restaurateur and television host Peter Kuruvita’s career was forged in early childhood accompanying his grandmother to markets in Sri Lanka. Kuruvita would observe her devotion to preparing the family meal, while she explained the significance of each ingredient. After emigrating to Australia, Kuruvita’s father allowed him to leave school to follow his dream – on the condition that he pursue an apprenticeship. He has gone on to forge a career as a chef, restaurateur, author and host of his own television series. Kuruvita has worked to transform Australians’ perceptions of Sri Lanka by promoting Sri Lankan culinary traditions and heritage. Through his published works and television series, Kuruvita has played an important role introducing Sri Lankan culture to a wider audience. Victor Melder; Researcher and historian– In nearly 50 years, Victor Melder, founder of the Sri Lanka library in Melbourne, ...

Jun 9, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dinesh Perera, Dr Sam Prince, Naomi Selvaratnam, Padmini Sebastian, Peter Kuruvita, Professor Siri Kannangara, Victor Melder

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 ...

Jun 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Sri Lanka, SRI LANKA LIBRARY, Victor Melder

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 ...

May 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Asoka Bandarage, National Trust of Sri Lanka, SRI LANKA LIBRARY, Thambyah Ramachandran, Victor Melder

eLanka Newsletter – 28th February 2024 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter England battered and bruised against India owing to suspicious DRS reviews – by Sunil Thenabadu SRI LANKAN IN NEW ZEALAND’S WORLD CUP SQUAD – By Clifford Lazarus Vision from the captain’s trophy picture with Pat Cummins and Tim Southee: Health & Views FEBRUARY 3rd issue – By Dr Harold Gunatillake MICHAEL TISSERA 85* – THE FINEST GENTLEMAN CRICKETER – By Ravi Rudra The Michael Tissera Interview – with Ravi Rudra (19.12.2023) Media conference with Australian men’s captain Pat Cummins on the Qantas Tour of New Zealand Fascinating Test Match at Ranchi: An English Observer’s Daily Reviews – By Michael Roberts Josh Hazlewood Press Conference – Australia vs New Zealand – 1st Test Wellington – Feb – Mar 2024 Many ...

Mar 3, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Charles Schokman, Dr. Harold Gunatillake, eLanka Newsletter, Maduwanwela Walawwa, Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, Victor Melder

Award of Appreciation to Victor Melder Image Source : elanka Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Victor Melder, the founder of the Victor Melder Library ( https:// www.vmsl-library.com/ ) in Melbourne and a willing supporter of Daehaena was given an Award of Appreciation by the Consul General for Sri Lanka in Melbourne at the Sri Lanka Independence Day commemoration. Victor started his library in 1968 with one book and today it has a collection of over 5000 books, and over 2000 magazines and journals. The Library is used mainly by students, academics, writers and authors, expatriate Sri Lankans and in short, by anyone who needs any information on Sri Lanka. A number of quasi government departments, non-governmental organisations and associations also use this valuable collection of material on Sri Lanka. The books in the Library are classified into many headings, some of which are: History (Portuguese Period, Dutch Period, British Period), Geography, ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Victor Melder

Victor Melder – Sri Lanka Independence Commemoration event in Melbourne – Award to Victor Melder For His Services to the Community and Sri Lanka in Australia. At the Sri Lanka Independence Commemoration event in Melbourne, Last Sunday, Victor was given an award by the Consul General for his services to the Community and Sri Lanka in Australia. We at eLanka are so proud of your award and thank you also for the great service you do to the community! As they we say in Australia, “Good on Ya Victor” Love and Blessings. eLanka Team Best Wishes from Gamini Dissanayake, Minister from Sri Lanka. Gamini Dissanayake, Minister from Sri Lanka A man is attached to many things. Attachments though leading to sorrow in the end are the living reality of life. Amongst these many attachments, the most noble are the attachments to one’s family and to one’s country. You have left ...

Feb 7, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Award to Victor Melder, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Independence Commemoration event in Melbourne, Sri Lankans in Australia, Victor Melder

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder Chairman of cricket selectors Upul Tharanga said that Dhananjaya de Silva has been appointed the new captain of the Sri Lanka Test team succeeding Dimuth Karunaratne. Kusal Mendis will be the vice-captain. De Silva will become the country’s 18th Test captain when he leads Sri Lanka in the one-off Test against Afghanistan next month. Karunaratne was Sri Lanka’s Test captain from 2018-19 till 2023 leading his country in 28 Tests with 12 wins, 10 losses and 6 draws. He captained Sri Lanka to three series victories, a rare 2-0 win in South Africa making Sri Lanka the only Asian country to win a series in Rainbow Nation in 2018-19, and 2-0 wins against West Indies (2021) and Ireland (2023). (Daily Financial Times, 6.1.2024) The first One Day International (ODI), played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, between the touring Zimbabweans and Sri Lanka, ended ...

Feb 2, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka Cricket, SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS, Sri Lanka Test team, Upul Tharanga, Victor Melder

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 ...

Jan 31, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Naushan Sariffadeen, SRI LANKA LIBRARY, Victor Melder

Wishing Esther Margaret Dunsford & Randolph John Victor Melder a Very Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Esther Margaret Dunsford & Randolph John Victor Melder, Saturday January 18, 1964 at All Saint’s Church, Borella, Colombo, Sri Lanka at 8.00am. Please Join Us as We give thanks to God for His Love and Mercies over this Period. We are Spending a Quiet Day with the Immediate Family. Love & Blessings. Victor & Esther. 18 January 2024 Navaratnarajah Senthinkumarn “Kum”, based in Singapore has been a long-time friend of mine. He is a talented and well-known artist, famous for his sketches and cartoons. This is his contribution re our 60th Wedding Anniversary, which was celebrated On January 18. Esther’s grandfather and father being railwaymen, my grandfather and father being railwaymen and myself too, the sketch has a railway theme. Every Blessing. Victor Saturday, January 20, 2024, 11.21am, AEDT ...

Jan 17, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged 60th Wedding Anniversary, Esther Margaret, Randolph John, Victor Melder, wedding anniversary