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Preliminary Thoughts On Emigration From Madeira To British Guiana

On May 3, 1835, the first Portuguese landed in what was then British Guiana. Sr M. Noel Menezes looks at the early Portuguese emigrants and the skills they brought with them from Madeira. Published in Stabroek News, May 2000.

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Sr M. Noel Menezes, R.S.M

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A Brief History Of The Portuguese In Guyana

From their arrival in Demerara in 1835 to their rise in commerce, religion, culture and politics — an account of the Madeiran Portuguese in Guyana. By Sr Mary Noel Menezes, Stabroek News, May 2010.

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Sr Mary Noel Menezes

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Sydney Gonsalves – Guyana's Memory Man

A profile of Sydney Holbert Gonsalves, born October 4th, 1930, known in Guyana as the 'Memory Man' for his extraordinary ability to recall exact dates and events. Published in the Stabroek News, 03 Feb 1988.

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Margaret Kendall

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