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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Pulsford   18 May 1885

SYDNEY MAY 18 1885.1

TELEGRAM from MELBOURNE Station, Addressed to Edw Pulsford Secy Geographic Socy Sy.2

Doctor Bernays accomplished Surgeon has an idea of joining expedition3 he will write doctor Belgrave

Baron Von Mueller

1

Telegraph Office date stamp.

2

Secretary Geographic Society Sydney.

3

The expedition to New Guinea being organized by the New South Wales Branch of the Geographical Society of Australasia. See M to E. Pulsford, 13 May 1885, and E. Pulsford to M, 15 May 1885 (in this edition as 85-05-15a).

4

For a summary of this telegram, see ML MSS.853/2 letter register, no. 536, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch), Mitchell Library: 'Surgeon'.

Please cite as “FVM-85-05-18a,” 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/85-05-18a