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Eddie Carvalho  Macau Grand Prix – an interview of Nana Barros about her father

China History  The Chinese Repository Vol III (From May 1834 to April 1835), Canton, Printed for the Proprietors 1835

Chindits   From Macau through China to India and Burma: Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits by Anne Ozorio

George Chinnery

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

Robin Hutcheon,  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.)

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

Club Lusitano (Hong Kong)  Lusitano History – 150 years of the Lusitano Club in Hong Kong. 

Book

Speech by  Anthony Correa

Frank CorreaShort autobiography, including experiences during World War II

Pêro Covilhã, The Spy Who Never Came Back by Frederic A. “Jim” da Silva – The story of a spy sent by the King of Portugal to Africa

Macanese Cuisine

Dia de S. João  A plaque by  Victor Marreiros celebrating the 400th anniversary of the battle of Macau on 24 June 1622, in which a large invading Dutch army was defeated by a small force of defenders, augmented by local volunteers.

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