13th May [188]71
Dear Baron Mueller,
I have written to the station-holders in the far north west named in the enclosed list requesting their kind offices on behalf of Mr Bauerlen should he visit them in the course of his journeyings.2
I am as anxious as you are to make this trip a complete success, so please do not hesitate to let me know in what further ways I can be of help.
Yours truly,
J. H. Maiden.
The Baron Ferd: von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
&c &c &c
Melbourne
[P]S I am indebted to my friend Mr Du Faur for the list of squatters.3
J. H. M.
Enclosure in letter to Baron Mueller dated 13 May 1887.4
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135. |
Wornaminta Wilcannia. | R. H. Kennedy |
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this gentleman has already taken much interest in collecting varieties of native grasses &c. |
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92. |
Salisbury Downs | W. Taylor |
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262. |
Whittabranah,5 Wilcannia | W. Scott. |
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8. |
Fort Grey | H. Crozier. |
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64. |
Connulpie Downs, Wilcannia (Charles Fartière; |
Alex Scott lessee) |
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239 |
Mount Poole | Alex. Lang. |
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283 |
Mount Stuart | W. Thompson.6 |
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185 |
Nocoleche | Walter Gamson |
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200 173 |
Nundora & Poolamacca |
K. E. Brobribb |
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2 |
Tarella | T. Walker |
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63 |
Tinapagee | Maurice Feehan |
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274 |
Kayrunnera | W L Wren |
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156 |
Yancannia | Messrs Reed & Shaw |
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93 |
Yantara | Messrs Robertson and McEdward |
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80 |
Brindingabba | J. & M7 Christian |
The numbers represent the holdings on the official maps
J. H. M.
editorial addition.
See M to J. Maiden, 6 May 1887, and J. Maiden to M, 11 May 1887 (in this edition as 87-05-11a).
Requested in J. Maiden to E. Du Faur, 11 May 1887, in this edition as M87-05-11.
On 13 May Maiden wrote to the persons named in the enclosure, outlining the purpose of Baurelen's collecting trip to 'the angle of this colony near the South Australian and Queensland borders [that] has never yet been visited by a botanist', requesting that 'if Mr Bauerlen's journeyings should cause him to pass your station would you kindly exercise your good offices on his behalf, assisting him when en route to or in the direction of the counties of Grey, Evelyn & Poole by conveyance of him & his specimens. Mr Eccleston Du Faur has furnished me with your name as likely (should there be any necessity for it) to assist in this this truly national undertaking' (MRS 4/4/340-1 outward letters, Archives of Powerhouse Museum, Sydney).
Whittabrinnah.
i.e. W. O. Thomson.
W? John and William Christian were the leaseholders.
Please cite as “FVM-87-05-13,” 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