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  • A tribute to the late Sepala Illangakoon on his 12<sup>th</sup> Death Anniversary

    A tribute to the late Sepala Illangakoon on his 12th Death Anniversary

    Upali Horadagoda (2021)

    This appreciation is dedicated to an illustrious personality who immensely contributed much to the plantation industry of this country, Mr. Sepala Illangakoon on his 12th death anniversary.Mr. Illangakoon was an outstanding student with an enviable academic record, was at a most impressionable period of his life when he gave up his university studies forsaking medicine and decided to make a career in planting. Read More

  • Nagan Perumalammal - The First Female ‘Head Kangani'

    Nagan Perumalammal - The First Female ‘Head Kangani'

    Sukumar Shan (2021)

    "A unique phenomenon on the estates was Mrs. Nagan Perumalammal, who succeeded her husband as Head Kangani of Queensberry Estate in 1896. In an age when women were meant not even to be seen, Premalammal's appointment as 'Periya Kangani' by the management and her acceptance by the other kanganis was extraordinary. Read More

  • In Memoriam – Deaths in the UK in the 1980s of well-known personalities

    In Memoriam – Deaths in the UK in the 1980s of well-known personalities

    Hugh Karunanayake (2021)

    Members of the Ceylon Society of Australia who may have known or worked with Britishers who were in charge of commercial companies, and estates, would possibly have wondered about their lives after returning “home”. Read More

  • In memoriam of Ajit Chitty (1937-2017) : A tribute to a legend

    In memoriam of Ajit Chitty (1937-2017) : A tribute to a legend

    Graeme Tissera (2021)

    The bestowing of legendary acclaim upon a personage is usually in acknowledgement of their accomplishment in a specific discipline, profession or skill. In some instances, individuals that have achieved transformational success through their association with an institution, a just-cause, or even a pressure group, have been included in the narrative of legends. Read More

  • Memories of my Life in	Ceylon

    Memories of my Life in Ceylon

    Joan Turnbull (2021)

    To explain a little about my parents - my father was born at Crudgington Grange, Shropshire, went to Bloxham School near Banbury, did the ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe, worked for some time in a tea import company in London (which encouraged him to try his luck as a Tea Planter). He secured a job as a junior assistant (SD) on a low country tea estate in Ceylon in 1911. In 1914 he returned to England to join the Army and in World War I, joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and ..... Read More

  • Visit by Baron Timothy Renton to Middleton Estate in 1988

    Visit by Baron Timothy Renton to Middleton Estate in 1988

    Mahinda de Alwis (2021)

    Sometime in March 1988 when I was the Superintendent of Logie Estate, Talawakelle, the British High Commission in Colombo communicated with me via the State Plantations Corporation to the intended visit of Timothy Renton then Minister of State in the Thatcher Cabinet. Read More

  • Listing of the Blackett, Wilson & Scott Family Planting History in Ceylon

    Listing of the Blackett, Wilson & Scott Family Planting History in Ceylon

    Robert Wilson (2021)

    Penylan Estate 1853 – Pen-Y-Lan owned by R. Forbes 700 acres – Manager: Arthur Sinclair – Asst: A. Patterson. By 1864 he already owned Pen-Y-Lan and Doteloya. He may have purchased these in or before 1854 or they may have been abandoned. Elevation 2,600 to 3,300 feet. Read More

  • Charles Stanley Braine (1874-1944) - the Rajah of Mawatte

    Charles Stanley Braine (1874-1944) - the Rajah of Mawatte

    Charles Stanley was born in Ceylon on 25 December 1874. He was the eldest son of Charles Frederick Braine and Adeline Mary Becher, who had married in London earlier that year. Read More

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