The Avondster Project has been made possible by:

Central Cultural Fund of Sri Lanka
Amsterdam Historical Museum
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands Cultural Fund
Western Australian Maritime Museum

- and builds on the work of the Galle Harbour Project, for which credit is also due to:

Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Sub-Aqua Club

- and many other institutions and individuals.

Individuals participating in 2001/4 include:

Karina Acton, Ross Anderson, Patrick Baker, Ranjith & Nayana Bandara, Claire Barnes, Nicolas Bigourdan, Barbera Boelen, Hans Bonke, Valerio Buffa, Kevin Camidge, Jon Carpenter, Wijamunige Chandaratne (Chandre), Barbara Consolini, Abesin Mallawa Arachachchige Dayananda (Daya), Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Indrani Fernando, Catalina Garcia, Dr Ian Godfrey, Prof Jeremy Green, Niels de Groot, Bill Jeffery, Nawaratna B. Karawgahanga (Nawe), W.K. Karunapala, Kalle Kasi, Anusha Kasturi, Christine Ketel, Geoff Kimpton, Eranga Kotuwegedara, Ruwan Kumara, H.M. Kumarasinha, Menno Leenstra, Senarath Liyanapathirana, Nilantha Liyanage, Martijn Manders, Patricia Meehan, Cristian Murray, Rasika Muthucumarana (Muthu), S.M. Nandadasa, Michael Nash, D.M. Nishshanka, Wijayananda Perera, Wessel Pil, Anil Priyantha, Priyantha Rathnayaka, Nimal Rexy, Vanessa Roth, Gamini Saman, G.A. Darshani Samanthilaka, Krishantha Samarathunga, W.K. Sanath, Annette Schreur, Anna Shepherd, Saman de Silva, Kamal de Soyza, Kumarasinghe Teenegedara (Pradeep), Tatiana Villegas-Zamora, Miranda Vos, Matios Warr, Janaka Warusawithana, K.B. Chandana Weerasena (Chandana), K.D. Palitha Weerasinghe, Nilanthi Weragoda.

Photographers contributing pictures to the website include:

Patrick Baker, Claire Barnes, Jon Carpenter, Rasika Muthucumarana, Robert Parthesius, Brian Richards.

The website has been compiled by Robert Parthesius, Wendy van Duivenvoorde and Claire Barnes, from material of the Avondster Project and the Galle Harbour Project.

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