[Baron Von Mueller has received a telegram dated the 6th instant, from Charlotte Waters,1 on the trans-Australian line, sent by Mr. Ernest Giles, who heads an exploring and scientific party. It states that the party had reached that station on Sunday last, all well, and were about to start for the country about the Hope River.2]
SA.
Central-west WA, ultimately a tributary of the Murchison River.
Letter not found. The text given here is from Herald (Melbourne), 7 August 1872, p. 2. It was reprinted as 'Exploration of Western Australia', Bendigo advertiser, 9 August 1872, p. 3. See also M to J. Drummond Jr, 7 August 1872 (in this edition as 72-08-07e).
Please cite as “FVM-72-08-06b,” 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