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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Heales   7 Jan 1861

Melbourne botan. & zool. Garden,

7. Jan. 1861.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that I successfully returned from my journey to Mount Baw Baw1 on the 5th instant. A report of my journey I shall have the honor of laying before you in a short time when submitting the annual report on this establishment.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary.

&c &c &c3

1

Mt Baw Baw, Vic. M started for the mountain on 23 December from Good Hope Creek, not in 21st-century gazetteers but near Mt Tanjil, Gippsland (Hasthorpe & Rogers (1987), p. 17); see M to R. Heales, 10 January 1861 (B61.02.01).

2

M to R. Heales, 10 January 1861 (B61.02.01).

3

MS file annotation by Under Secretary, J. Moore, 18 January 1861: 'Read'.

Please cite as “FVM-61-01-07,” 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/61-01-07