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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland   25 Mar 1885

ISSUED FORM.

NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

COLONIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL LINES.

Office Stamp.

NEW SOUTH WALES — ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEPT —

Sydney, Mar 25 1885

Received at

3h. 20m.

TELEGRAM from MELBOURNE Station,

Reference No.

314

Addressed to Sir Edward Strickland

K. C. B.

President Geographic Socy

No. of Words

31

Sy1

Amount paid

: 4 : 6

Think if positive promises of votes from Queensland & south Australia could be obtained Sydney Govt might render second thousand available at once exploring aird2 Steam Launch useful anyhow various services3

(Signed) Baron Von Mueller

1

Sydney.

2

New Guinea river.

3

For more details, see M to E. Strickland, 27 March 1885.

4

For a summary of this telegram see ML MSS.853/2 letter register, no. 281, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney.

Please cite as “FVM-85-03-25,” 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/85-03-25