[Forwards a “Lusus Maturae”1 from Messrs Winter bros]
Sport of Nature. Specimen not identified, locality uncertain. Winter brothers held Colbinabbin station, c. 55 km NE of Bendigo, Vic. and other properties individually in the region controlling c. 400,000 acres (about 182,000 ha) by early 1870s (Greater Shepparton Heritage study stage IIc (2017), passim, with William Irving Winter-Irving controlling c. 100,000 ha (ADB).
Letter not found, iitem is a register entry only, of a letter dated 31 July 1861.
Please cite as “FVM-61-07-31,” 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