Conservators at the NLA unearthed the sweet treats from the personal collection of famous Australian poet Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson. The bar was found in a souvenir chocolate tin that was given to soldiers by Queen Victoria during the Boer War. 'There was quite an interesting smell when they were unwrapped,' National Library of Australia conservator Jennifer Todd told the ABC. '[It was] an old tin of chocolates, belonging to Banjo, with the chocolates still wrapped in the box.' The chocolate tin has now found a new home at the National Library of Australia as part of wider collection of Banjo Patterson's personal items.

Source: Daily Mail December 22, 2020 00:27 UTC