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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland   9 Jan 1886

9/1/86

Just received your letter of the 7th,1 dear Sir Edward; in answer to my telegram2 I learnt from Mr Uhr, the Resident Magistrate of Cloncurry, that the statements of Billoch cannot be relied on.3 He seems to have nothing to show of any Leichhardtian relics

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

1

Letter not found.

2

Telegram not found.

3

See Belooch to M, 5 January 1886, and R. Uhr to M, 7 January 1886.

4

For a summary of this letter see ML MSS.853/2 letter register, no. 984, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney.

Please cite as “FVM-86-01-09,” 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/86-01-09