23/11/79
Sie werden in kurzer Zeit, hochgeehrter Herr Professor, den gedruckten vollen Bericht über die Entdeckungen des Mr. Alex Forrest in N.W. Australien erhalten.1 Inzwischen möchte ich Ihnen mittheilen, dass dieser ausgezeichnete Reise nach meinem ausgesprochenen Wunsche eine neue Localität mit Ihrem geehrten Namen bezeichnen wird.2
Stets der Ihre
Ferd. von Mueller
23/11/79
Soon, highly esteemed Professor, you will receive the complete printed report about the discoveries of Mr Alex Forrest in north-west Australia. In the meantime I should like to inform you that a new locality of this excellent journey is designated with your esteemed name at my express request.
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller
A. Forrest (1880).
Behn [sic] River was 'called the "Behn," after Dr. Behn, of Gotha, —successor to Petermann, and who co-operated with that gentleman for many years in his researchers towards the advancement of Australian scientific geography' (A. Forrest (1880), p. 28, entry for 7 August 1879). The name was changed to Behm by the WA Geographic Names Committee on 5 February 1996, and by the Place Names Committee for NT in April 1996 (https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=15300, accessed 12 July 2021).
Please cite as “FVM-79-11-23c,” 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