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Biographies

Alves, José Luís de SelavisaThe life of an eminent Portuguese, Obituary in The Hongkong Telegraph

Baptista, Marciano Marciano Baptista – Article on Macau’s famous painter by Joe Baptista Barretto, Gloria

Gloria Barretto’s Hong Kong stories by Jason Wordie gave a glimpse of the city history

Bastos, António Joaquim

António Joaquim Bastos by Padre Manuel Teixeira, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese.)

Henrique BotelhoObituary of a prominent Macanese, South China Morning Post by Jason Wordie

Braga, José Maria

José Maria Braga – O Homem e Sua Obra Instituto Cultural de Macau, Arquivo Historico Bibliotéca Central 1993

The Man and his Works. In Portuguese; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong Leia em Português

Chinnery, George:

Conner, Patrick, George Chinnery, 1744-1852, artist of India and the China coast, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1993 – The authoritative study of Chinnery

Hutcheon, Robin, Chinnery: the man and the legend Hong Kong, 1975. – Written by the distinguished editor of the South China Morning Post, this is a more readable and straightforward book than Conner’s major study. (There are five copies in Australian libraries.)

Teixeira, Manuel George Chinnery , Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1944 – The noted painter who did much of his work in Macau. In Portuguese.

Collaço, Oscar Autobiography

Cordeiro, Ray  Biography – Interview by South China Morning Post

Correa, Frank Frank’s Story – Short Autobiography

Gosano, Eddie Hong Kong Farewell

England, Greg (Publ.) Special Limited Edition 1977 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong) Leia em Português

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Gosano, Zinho

Forster, Penelope, From Prison Camp to Priesthood , Seaview Press – (A biography (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong) Leia em Português

The Life and Times of Father José “Zinho” Gosano – Memoirs of a sportsman, soldier, prisoner-of-war and priest

Fr Zinho Gosano – a veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong Kong South China Morning Post, Sep 7 1995

Return of a great survivor, South China Morning Post

Guterres, Alberto The Noronha Twins

Lobo, Roger

Covert War Mission – An article by Jason Wordie in the South China Morning Post on Sir Roger Lobo’s role in forestalling a Chinese takeover of Hong Kong.

Shrinking community still has big role to play in HK (Article on his public service and private career)

Lubeck, CarlosAutobiography

Macaenses Ilustres Galeria de Macaenses Ilustres do século XIX, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 – Gallery of Illustrious Macanese of the 19th Century. (In Portuguese)

Melo, António Alexandrino António Alexandrino de Melo, Barão de Cercal by Padre Manuel Teixeira, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese)

Mesquita, Vicente Nicolau

Teixeira, Pe. Manuel, Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita Tipografia Soi Sang Macau, 1958. – Biography of Mesquita. In Portuguese

Amaral and Mesquita by Henry d’Assumpção on the turbulent period in Macau when the governor was assassinated and Macau seriously threatened.

Nolasco da Silva, Pedro

Pedro Nolasco da Silva by Padre Manuel Teixeira, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese)

Ribeiro, Fernando and Fernanda and family

Grills, Peter Família Ribeiro, Pirion Digital, Fyshwick, ACT ISBN 978 1 74027 488 3, 2008 – Biography of the Ribeiro and Nolasco da Silva families. In English

Rodrigues, Sir Albert Maria

Article in the Bulletin of Club Lusitano of Hong Kong, 2017

Siqueira, Pero Vaz

Leonor de Seabra

Silva, Arnaldo #6138:

Arnaldo da Silva, by Rolando F Villacorte – A Macanese who took part in the Phillipine rebellion

The Story of Arnaldo Frederico da Silva , by Jerome Da Silva – The Philippine Revolution: The La Salle Connection

Silva, Carlos Eduardo

Silva, Gil Vasco Figueiredo

Souza, Henry

Life of a Veteran (biography of Henry Souza)

In the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa

Vieira Ribeiro, Luiz “Luigi”

An Account of my war experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese

Xavier, Augusto Maria A Hero’s Tale Retold by Pinky da SilvaLt Augusto Maria Xavier, about a decorated Macanese hero of the Vietnam war

Yvanovich, Philippe My Wartime Experience 2009 – An edited version of a privately produced and distributed booklet

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