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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter Froggatt   [1886]

[I had received several letters from Baron Von Mueller, Government Botanist of Victoria, as to the practicability of ascending Mount Bellenden tier,1 the highest point in Queensland, 4,300 feet, so in the last week of May his collector, Mr. Sayer, came up to join me, but returned again to Cairns, and from thence to the Barron River.]2

1

Printer's error for Ker?

2

See Sayer (1887) and Lavarack (2015).

3

Letters not found. The text given here is from 'Travels in North Queensland', by W. W. Froggatt, Bendigo advertiser, 2 March 1887, p. 2. Froggatt had arrived in Cairns on 3 April 1886.

Please cite as “FVM-86-00-00d,” 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/86-00-00d