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Wild Animals & Luxury at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Bourke: “The new Sri Lankan resort where wildlife roam free,” in The Weekend Australian Travel + Luxury Magazine, 3/4 February 2024 ……. Buffalos in pools, elephants on footpaths and an escort needed when you leave your pavilion – the … Continue reading →

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Penny Wong Ties Australia’s Strings to USA’s ‘Cavalrymen’

Mary Kostakidis, in https://johnmenadue.com/wong-defines-australias-foreign-policy/ …. where the title reads  “Wong defines Australia’s foreign policy … all the way with the USA” It was an extraordinary feel-good speech that nevertheless sent a very clear message to the region: the vehicle through … Continue reading →

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Idyllic Explorations: Sri Lanka’s Marvellous Ruins & Monuments

Bernard VanCuylenberg, whose chosen title for this essay was  “An Odyssey – A Search for Heritage” …. with pictorial illustrations selected in arbitrary manner by the Editor, Thuppahi Pursuant to the articles which I wrote last year, “An Odyssey – … Continue reading →

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Ceylonese Migrants to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s

Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … now placed in TPS in a revised form to accomodate illustrations that proved recalcitrant The Six … Continue reading →

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Facing Fortress Australia: Ceylonese Migrants in the 1950s & 1960s

Earlson Forbes, whose title in THE CEYLANKAN, vol 27/2, May 2024 is “Fortress White Australia: What early Ceylonese migrants [1949 t0 1969] were up against” … [now … with most of the author’s documentary illustrations] The Six Australian Colonies came … Continue reading →

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A Royal-Thomian Cricket Match Remembered Not Only for the Cricket

Hugh Karunanayake                                                “Oft in the stilly night                                                 Ere slumber’s chains has bound me                                                 Fond memory brings the light                                                 Of other days around me                                                The smiles, the tears,                                                Of boyhood years”   The Royal Thomian match … Continue reading →

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Rupert Ferdinands: A Stellar Career …. & A Thomian Tall

Ravi Rudra, whose chosen title for this illustrated essay was “Rupert Ferdinands: A Blazing Tennis Star and Much More”  … while the plethora of photographs rendered this item a difficult piece to insert — so that some illustrations will be … Continue reading →

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Mary Rodgers: Broadway Baby

Daniel Okrent, in The New York Times, 5 August 2022, where the title  is  “Broadway Baby: The Astonishing Autobiography of Mary Rodgers” by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers with her father, Richard, in 1959, the year “Once Upon … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Devils: Their Story

Jason Bittel,, in National Geographic, whose prefered title is “Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years” It’s been 3,000 years since the Tasmanian devil’s raspy shriek rang through the forests of mainland Australia. But now, thanks to a dogged … Continue reading →

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Satha and De Saram: Outstanding Batsmen as well Prominent Jailbirds

Nicholas Brookes in The Cricket Monthly at ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2019, where the title runs “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” …. Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they … Continue reading →

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