# Hartley College

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{{Short description|Provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka}}
{{For|the British university formerly known as Hartley College|University of Southampton}}
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'''Hartley College''' ({{langx|ta|ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி}} ''Hāṭlik Kallūri'') is a [provincial school](/source/Education_in_Sri_Lanka) in [Point Pedro](/source/Point_Pedro), Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite book|title=Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010|year=2010|publisher=[Northern Provincial Council](/source/Northern_Provincial_Council)|url=http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010|access-date=2011-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001953/http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85%3Anpc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Province – Northern|url=http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|work=Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme|publisher=[Ministry of Education](/source/Ministry_of_Education_(Sri_Lanka))|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001342/http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|archivedate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school is named after [Wesleyan](/source/Wesleyan) priest and missionary Rev. Hartley.

==History==
[Methodist](/source/Methodism) [missionaries](/source/missionaries) from Britain arrived in [Ceylon](/source/British_Ceylon) on 29 June 1814. The ''Wesleyan Mission Central School'' was founded in 1838 by Rev. Dr. [Peter Percival](/source/Peter_Percival).<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=Significant Dates in the Hartley's History|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/history.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref><ref name=treasured>{{cite web|title=Hartley College – Our Treasured School|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/hartley/ourTreasuredSchool.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref> The school is located at the current location of the [Methodist Girls' High School](/source/Methodist_Girls'_High_School%2C_Point_Pedro). The school transferred to its current site in 1874.<ref name=history/> The school was renamed ''Christ Church School'' in 1912 and ''Hartley College'' in 1916.<ref name=history/><ref name=treasured/>

Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.<ref name=treasured/>

Following arson by the Sri Lankan government forces in 1984, the school moved to Puttalai from 1985 to 1990.<ref name=history/> In 1989, the school appeared on a postage stamp issued to commemorate its 150th anniversary.<ref name=history/> From 1996 to 2002, part of the school was occupied by the Sri Lanka Army, and the school remains in a high security zone.<ref>{{cite news|title=HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9458|newspaper=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=17 July 2003}}</ref> In 2005, part of the school was destroyed by a grenade thrown from a motorcycle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16373|newspaper=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=19 November 2005}}</ref>

==Principals==
<ref name=DN260708>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=26 July 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805065439/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|archivedate=5 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Principals of Hartley College Principals|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/principal/|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1838-60 Rev. Dr. [Peter Percival](/source/Peter_Percival)
* 1861-68 Rev. D. P. Niles
* 1868- Samuel Hensman 
* -1878 J. C. T. Sherrard<ref name=TN300401>{{cite news|title=Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5974|newspaper=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=30 April 2001}}</ref>
* 1906 S. A. Paulpillai 
* 1906-12 S. S. Kanapathipillai<ref name=TN300401/>
* 1912-15 E. S. Abraham
* 1915-43 C. P. Thamotheram<ref>{{cite news|title=Thamotheram, social activist, passes away|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|newspaper=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=1 November 2005}}</ref>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|pp=224–225}}
* 1943-67 K. Pooranampillai<ref name=TN300401/>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=145}}
* 1967-71 S. Ratnasabapathy
* 1971-73 C. Rajathurai
* 1973-75 P. Ahamparam 
* 1975-85 W. N. S. Samuel
* 1985-93 P. Balasingam
* 1993-97 K. Nadarajah
* 1997-99 P. Venugopalavanithasan
* 1999-00 N. Gunaseelan
* 2000-02 M. Sripathy 
* 2003-05 V. Pathmanathan 
* 2005-14 N. Theivendraraja
* 2014-21 T. Mugunthan
* 2021-24 T. Kalaichelvan
* 2025–present V. Uthayamohan
{{div col end}}

==Notable teachers==
{{See also|Category:Faculty of Hartley College}}

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! style="width:12%;" | Year
! style="width:65%;" class="unsortable" | Notability
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" | Reference
|-
| {{sortname|K. S.|Arulnandhy}} 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| Deputy Director of Education (1946&ndash;1950)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=13}} 
|-
| {{sortname|Herbert|Thambiah}} 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| [Chief Justice of Sri Lanka](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka) (1991)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=220}} 
|}

==Notable alumni==
{{See also|Category:Alumni of Hartley College}}

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| {{sortname|K.|Alvapillai}} 
| [Permanent Secretary](/source/Permanent_Secretary) – Minister of Agriculture and Food (1953&ndash;1959), Permanent Secretary – Minister of Commerce and Trade (1959&ndash;1965)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=3}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Sri Kantha|first=Sachi|title=Alvapillai: A Silent Axle of the Colonial and Post-colonial Ceylon Administration|url=http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2005/11-30_Alvapillai.php?uid=1340|publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|T. E.|Anandaraja}} 
| [Inspector General of Police](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)) (2002&ndash;2003)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last=Malalasekera|first=Sarath|title=Veteran policeman is new IGP|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/03/new15.html|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=3 October 2002|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017124342/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/03/new15.html|archivedate=17 October 2002}}</ref><ref name=SO271002>{{cite news|title=Well done Hartley!|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2002/10/27/spo18.html|newspaper=[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)](/source/Sunday_Observer_(Sri_Lanka))|date=27 October 2002|access-date=2013-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035915/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/10/27/spo18.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|V.|Anandasangaree}}
| member of [parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka) – [Jaffna](/source/Jaffna_Electoral_District) (2000&ndash;2004), [Kilinochchi](/source/Kilinochchi_Electoral_District) (1970&ndash;1983)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|pp=7–8}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Last TULF Leader Standing: Sangaree at Seventy Five|url=http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/06/post_1.html|publisher=TransCurrents.com|author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|author-link=|date=14 June 2008|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707012042/http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/06/post_1.html|archivedate=7 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|K. D.|Arulpragasam}}
| [Vice-Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_(education)) [Eastern University, Sri Lanka](/source/Eastern_University%2C_Sri_Lanka) (1986&ndash;1989)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University dies|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9602|newspaper=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=8 August 2003}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Christie Jayaratnam|Eliezer}}
| Dean – School of Physical Sciences [La Trobe University](/source/La_Trobe_University), Dean – Faculty of Science [University of Malaya](/source/University_of_Malaya), Dean – Faculty of Science [University of Ceylon](/source/University_of_Ceylon)  
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=52}}<ref name=DN071206>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvatamby|title=Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=7 December 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503145405/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|archivedate=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sri Kantha|first=Sachi|title=Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001): A Conquering Scientist|url=http://www.sangam.org/2012/07/Prof_CJ_Eliezer.php|publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|K.|Ganeshalingam}}
| [Mayor of Colombo](/source/List_of_Mayors_of_Colombo) (1996&ndash;1997)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/><ref>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=3 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703022028/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|archivedate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|A.|Gnanathasan}}
| Deputy [Solicitor General](/source/Solicitor_General_of_Sri_Lanka) (1999&ndash;2008) 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=A. Gnanathasan takes Silk as President's Counsel|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/05/news25.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=5 March 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310043435/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/05/news25.asp|archivedate=10 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Moral or professional standards of behaviour, principles|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/06/fea02.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=6 August 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810004424/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/06/fea02.asp|archivedate=10 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|K.|Kanapathypillai}}
| head – Department of Tamil [University of Ceylon](/source/University_of_Ceylon) (1947&ndash;1965)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=75}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|Karan}}
| [Minister of Economic Affairs for Hamburg](/source/Government_of_Hamburg) (2010&ndash;2011), Member of [Senate of Hamburg](/source/Senate_of_Hamburg)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Senator Ian Kiru Karan Felicitated By His School|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/03/13/senator-ian-kiru-karan-felicitated-by-his-school/|newspaper=[The Sunday Leader](/source/The_Sunday_Leader)|date=13 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lankan born German Minister feted|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/03/15/news35.asp|newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))|date=15 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040918/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/03/15/news35.asp|archivedate=20 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|C.|Loganathan}}
| General Manager [Bank of Ceylon](/source/Bank_of_Ceylon) (1953&ndash;1969)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=93}}
|-
| {{sortname|Captain|Miller|Captain Miller (Tamil militant)}} (Vallipuram Vasanthan)
| Member of [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam](/source/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam), first [Black Tiger](/source/Black_Tigers)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Karumpuli Naal marked worldwide|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=15220|work=[Tamil Guardian](/source/Tamil_Guardian)|date=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pleven|first1=Liam|title=Secrets of their success (part 2)|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosri0719,0,990180.story?page=2&coll=ny-top-headlines|work=[Newsday](/source/Newsday)|date=19 July 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001755/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosri0719,0,990180.story?page=2&coll=ny-top-headlines|archivedate=1 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hartley College Milestones|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/milestones/|publisher=Hartley College|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220172956/http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/milestones/|archivedate=20 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vasanthan Vallipuram|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/cgi-bin/hweb/form/more/all_info.cgi?SERIAL=478|publisher=Hartley College|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616230044/http://www.hartleycollege.com/cgi-bin/hweb/form/more/all_info.cgi?SERIAL=478|archivedate=2016-06-16}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|M.|Nadarajasundaram}}
| dean – Management Studies and Commerce [University of Jaffna](/source/University_of_Jaffna) (1999&ndash;2005)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Maniccavasagar |first=Chelvatamby |date=28 April 2010 |title=Governor's award for Professor Nadarajasundaram |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/spo23.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704204235/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/spo23.asp |archivedate=4 July 2010 |newspaper=[Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|P. B.|Premachandra}}
| [Air Vice Marshall](/source/Air_Vice_Marshall) [Chief of staff](/source/Chief_of_staff) [Air Force](/source/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force) (2006 &ndash; 2011)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=There was never intentional killing of innocent Tamils – Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Balasundaram Premachandra|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/05/10/there-was-never-intentional-killing-innocent-tamils-air-vice-marshal-retd-balasundar|newspaper=[Asian Tribune](/source/Asian_Tribune)|date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Annalingam|Premashankar}}
| Judge of the [Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka](/source/Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka) since 2025
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AD-11M">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Three new Court of Appeal Justices sworn in |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=106482 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311164030/https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=106482 |archive-date=2025-03-11 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NEM-11M">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Justice Premashankar appointed to Court of Appeal |url=https://www.northeasternmonitor.lk/2025/03/judge-premashankar-appointed-to-court.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312082759/https://www.northeasternmonitor.lk/2025/03/judge-premashankar-appointed-to-court.html |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Northeastern Monitor}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|J. M.|Rajaratnam}}
| Vice President [Singer Company](/source/Singer_Company)
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=150}}
|-
| {{sortname|Rudra|Rajasingham}}
| [Inspector General of Police](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)) (1982&ndash;1985)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=SO271002/>
|-
| {{sortname|K. B.|Ratnayake}}
| [Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka) [Parliament of Sri Lanka](/source/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka) (1994&ndash;2000), [Governor of Central Province](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Central_Province) (2001&ndash;2002)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/><ref>{{cite news|title=K. B. Ratnayake dies at 80|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/01/front/3.asp|newspaper=[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)](/source/The_Daily_Mirror_(Sri_Lanka))|date=1 May 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403091009/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/01/front/3.asp|archivedate=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Personalities from the south nurtured in Jaffna|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/01/13/featur02.html|newspaper=[The Island (Sri Lanka)](/source/The_Island_(Sri_Lanka))|date=13 January 2002}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Vaithilingam|Sornalingam}}
| (aka Colonel Shankar) A member of [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam](/source/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam)
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite journal|title=Death of a Tiger|journal=[Frontline](/source/Frontline_(magazine))|date=13 October 2001|volume=18|issue=21|url=http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210570.htm|author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|author-link=|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021155443/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210570.htm|archivedate=21 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tiger air wing founder worked for Air Canada|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/03/27/news2.html|newspaper=[The Island (Sri Lanka)](/source/The_Island_(Sri_Lanka))|date=27 March 2007}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|M.|Sivapalan}}
| engineer, [hydrologist](/source/hydrologist), academic
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hoole|first1=Ratnajeevan|authorlink1=Ratnajeevan Hoole|title=Lessons from Prof. Sivapalan's Investiture at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=123703|work=[The Island (Sri Lanka)](/source/The_Island_(Sri_Lanka))|date=27 April 2015}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|C. J. T.|Thamotheram}}
| educationalist, founder Association of Commonwealth Teachers 
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=224}}<ref>{{cite web|title=One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: C.J.T.Thamotheram|url=http://tamilnation.co/hundredtamils/thamotheram.htm|publisher=Tamil Nation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thamotheram, social activist, passes away|url=http://wap.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|work=[TamilNet](/source/TamilNet)|date=1 November 2005|access-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630221428/http://wap.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|A.|Thurairajah}}
| [Vice-Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_(education)) [University of Jaffna](/source/University_of_Jaffna) (1988&ndash;1994) 
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=233}}
|-
| {{sortname|A.|Veluppillai}}
| academic, historian, author
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schalk|first1=Peter|editor1-last=Schalk|editor1-first=Peter|editor2-last=Van Nahl|editor2-first=Ruth|title=The Tamils: From The Past To The Present : Celebratory Volume In Honour Of Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai At The Occasion Of His 75th Birthday|date=2011|publisher=Kumaran Book House|isbn=978-955-659-303-7|pages=13–32|url=http://www.profveluppillai.org/images/pdf/anniversary.pdf|chapter=Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai as Researcher and Teacher}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Ratnasiri|Wickremanayake}}
| [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka) (2000&ndash;2001, 2005&ndash;2010), member [parliament](/source/Sri_Lanka_Parliament) – [Horana](/source/Horana_Electoral_District) (1960&ndash;1977), [Kalutara](/source/Kalutara_Electoral_District) (1994&ndash;2010)
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}

==See also==
* [List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka](/source/List_of_schools_in_Northern_Province%2C_Sri_Lanka)

==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997}}
{{refend}}

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* {{URL|1=http://www.hartleycollege.org/|2=www.hartleycollege.org}}
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* {{URL|1=http://www.hartley.lk/|2=www.hartley.lk}}
* {{URL|1=http://www.hartleytrust.com/|2=Hartley College PPA Trust}}

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