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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 39139, member: 360&quot;]Done MORE DIGGING!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve found a NAME on the box. &quot;Balfour&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Extensive research has proven this to be James Balfour. An Australian politician who lived from 1830-1913. He lived at Tyalla, Toorak, in 1882. His name appears on a list of subscribers to the Melbourne Telephone Exchange, dated August 19, 1882. It lists Tyalla as his address.</p><p><br /></p><p>The date inside the writing-slope is July 14, 1882. Basically 1 month before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gibson&#039;s off the list. James Balfour&#039;s now my prime suspect as being owner of this box...</p><p><br /></p><p>In case you&#039;re wondering who he is, this is his Wikipedia Page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_(Australian_politician)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_(Australian_politician)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_(Australian_politician)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Balfour lived at Tyalla from at least July 14, 1882, until at least 1885. I&#039;m trying to find out exactly when he moved in and when he left the house. The house&#039;s next owner was presumably, Mr. Gibson.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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