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The founder of the firm, John Walker, was born on 24 August 1819 in Doune, Scotland, the seventh child of James Walker, a cobbler, and his wife Charistina (nee Strang). Read More
The four generational links that the Northways had with the plantation enterprise in Ceylon ended with the death of the last of the Northways in Sri Lanka, that of Michael Northway in 1995. Read More
I have two books that depict Ceylon/Sri Lanka in two different periods and from different aspects; they inspire me to discuss my family’s connection and my birth in Ceylon. The first has a title pointing to the fascinating environment in which my parents lived early in the twentieth century. Both books show the multicultural nature of Ceylon’s society that began centuries before that of Australia, Read More
K.J. Murray recently retired from planting, having completed what is unarguably the longest unbroken career on record as an active planter, spanning the period 1962 to 2021. His storied journey through the industry straddles three distinct eras; firstly, the best of the pre-nationalisation period, followed by the State management era and, thereafter, the Regional Plantation regimen. Read More
If one lived in Sri Lanka in the mid-1900s, a name such as F.L. Dick would have raised more than a few titters. The unfortunate man lived in Ceylon a century before such a possibility, in an age when neither ‘F.L.’ nor Dick meant anything other than a mere name. Read More
The economy of Sri Lanka or Ceylon as it was then known, was basically a peasant economy which through the nineteenth century transformed into a plantation economy. The change commenced with the introduction of the first commercial crop, coffee. Read More
This is not really a eulogy, because to my mind, eulogies in general seem to invest the deceased with virtues and attributes, some of which no one knew about, and all of which confer perfection on the dear departed. Read More
Standing on a shelf in my study is a large racing trophy with the inscription “Madras Races 1939/40 - H.H. the Maharajah of Mysore Cup”. Inscribed further down is the name of the horse “Without Regrets”, and the name of the jockey Davison. Read More
