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Australian National Library staff said they were stunned when they found a 120-year-old box of chocolate hidden among the papers of the late Australian poet and journalist Banjo Patterson.
Staff and experts considered that the poet had given them a “precious gift” after he had hidden bars of chocolate among his papers, when he worked as a war correspondent 100 years ago, and that they remained preserved after his death from damage.
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The employees were browsing through the papers they had recently obtained for the Australian poet when they found a souvenir box full of chocolate, according to the “upi” website.
As employees unloaded the Patterson papers for digitization, they found the chocolate in a box designed by Britain’s Queen Victoria, to be sent to soldiers in South Africa in 1900 as a gift to the troops.
“There was an interesting smell when it was wrapped,” said Jennifer Todd, restoration officer of the Australian National Library.
“I wish you a happy New Year. Victoria,” read on the chocolate bars.
Source: Agencies
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