Presumably the wealthy pastoralist William John Turner Clarke and his eldest son, William John Clarke who was at that time managing estates in Tasmania (ADB).
Please cite as “FVM-59-08-25,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-08-25
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Record number
FVM-59-08-25
From
Ferdinand von Mueller
To
David Wilkie
Date
25 Aug 1859
Source of text
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2075/5, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.