By the enclosed documents1 you will perceive that the account of Leichhardt's massacre on the Baroo2 is entirely disproved by Mr. McIntyre's expedition.3 As a fellow-labourer with Leichhardt in the field of Natural Sciences in this country, I feel I owe it to him not to cease in my exertions for the revelation of his fate, especially now that our knowledge of his movements has passed into a new phasis. Within a few days I contemplate lecturing on the subject,4 to endeavour to raise sympathy for the foresaken travellers, and to call upon the ladies of all Australia to gather the means of sending forth a new searching party. What a triumph if the Ladies' Expedition should disclose Leichhardt's fate! If you would extend your sympathy to the poor foresaken men, your weight of authority would exercise a most favourable influence on the new enterprise, which, even if it fail to solve the Leichhardt mystery, would not fail to reveal many an interesting feature of the Australian interior.
Documents not found, but see the text of M's widely reprinted lecture of 9 February 1865 (B65.02.01 &c), and D. Wilkie and M to the Editor of the Age, 21 December 1864, which was also widely reprinted (B64.14.04 &c).
Barcoo?
Duncan McIntyre.
eg: B65.13.05.
Letter not found. The text given here is from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. 9 (1865), p. 304 (B65.08.21). It is one of a group of letters introduced by 'An account of the agitation, set on foot in Melbourne, for a new expedition in search of Leichhardt, or further traces of him, is given in the following extracts of letters from Dr. Mueller to Sir Roderick Murchison. This extract is introduced by 'The first letter is dated 24th January, 1865.'
Please cite as “FVM-65-01-24,” 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