[At the close of the regular business the President1 drew the attention of Members to a communication received from Baron v. Mueller, in which, referring to the interesting Botanical discoveries made by Messrs. W. Sayer and A. Davidson on Mount Bellenden Ker,2 he suggests that the Society, or Members of the Society, should make an exploration of Mount Sea-view;3 stating further that he had himself as far back as 1859 sent Dr. Beckler into the Hastings River district4 for that purpose. This attempt proved ineffectual owing to the absence of settlement in the neighbourhood.]5
William Stephens.
Qld: see M. to W. Sayer, December 1886 (in this edition as 86-12-00g), and Lavarack (2015).
J. H. Maiden had in 1884 been encouraged by M to visit the area but did not do so until November 1897; see notes to M to H. Deane, 12 October 1888.
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The report continues, pp. 175-6:
The Council of the Society, though not able to take action at once in the matter, applied to the best authorities for information. At present the principal points ascertained are, by the kindness of Mr. E. Herborn, L. S. 52 Castlereagh Street— That there are two mountains called Sea-view, one so-marked on the Government Maps at the head of the Hastings, the other marked as " Kippara" near the headwater of the Yesabah Creek. Mr. Herborn had been within a few miles of the former, and on the summit of the latter, which he considers to be, probably, the highest summit in the New England Range. He is not aware that the Hastings River mountain has ever been ascended, and would not advise that the attempt should be made except by a party of experienced bushmen. It was not likely that any effort in this direction could be made during this autumn, especially after so extraordinary a rainfall as we have had. But all information on the subject would be thankfully received.
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Notes and exhibits', an account of items discussed at the meeting of the Linnean Society of NSW, 30 March 1887, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of News South Wales, New series, vol. 2, p 175.
Please cite as “FVM-87-03-00c,” 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