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It seems more likely that he was born in London. In the 1851 London Census
Ephraim's place of birth, like that of all his siblings, was given as London, where the family were living. Their address was Long Acre, near London's Covent Garden, and their cap manufacturer father's place of birth was
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December 1852 and worked as an assistant to his cousin Lewis Myer Myers (1830–1891), in a soft goods firm. From 1863 he partnered with Myers in a warehouse business; and, for about five years from 1866, his brother Joseph joined him in Melbourne. On 15 May 1879 his partnership with Myers was
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Melbourne Hebrew congregation in 1883–85, treasurer of the Melbourne Hebrew School in 1883 and president of the Melbourne Jewish Club in 1885. In 1890 he chaired a meeting of the Melbourne branch of the
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Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society from 1885 and chairman in 1898–99, a director of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia and a board member of several hospitals.
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Good natured, genial and popular, he spoke in
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Zox suffered financial reverses in the early 1890s, but was still known for his earnest devotion to charitable movements and for his ready assistance to 'forlorn wayfarers'.
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He was a flamboyant figure, invariably dressed in a white waistcoat so pristine in appearance that he was jocularly said to have 365 of them, one for every day of the year.
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second government, and such measures as income tax and female suffrage in the 1890s. A supporter of the coalitions of the 1880s and of
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dissolved by mutual consent, and the next year he set up on his own as 'financial agent and arbitrator', Collins Street West.
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in May 1877—he was one of the 27 newly elected members—and served in that capacity until his own death in 1899.
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372:"Zox, Ephraim Laman (1837 - 1899)"
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37:Ephraim Laman (Lamen) Zox, MLA.
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748:The Jews in Victoria 1835-1985
746:Rubinstein, Hilary L. (1985),
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382:Australian National University
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806:Businesspeople from Liverpool
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