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Offline ennael

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Re: Photo Dating & Restoration please
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 21 November 13 06:49 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
  http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/spurling-stephen-1580

Do you have a surname for the gentleman in the photo please?

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Re: Photo Dating & Restoration please
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 21 November 13 10:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
The photo is of William George Beaumont, licensee of the Shades Tavern, The Old Wharf, Hobart, Tasmania. The photographer is most probably Stephen Spurling snr. B 1821. His son Stephen was in Launceston by this time.
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