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From Edward Curr to Ferdinand von Mueller   5 Oct 1887

5 October 1887

Alma House, Chapel St, St Kilda.1

To Baron Von Müeller

President of the Royal Geographical Society, Melbourne.

Sir

I do myself the honor to forward herewith a copy of a work of mine lately published, entitled The Australian Race &c2 of which I beg the acceptance of the Royal Geographical Society, Melbourne.

I am encouraged to think the work may be of some interest to the Society at3 it contains a map showing the geographical positions of a large number of Australian tribes, as well as the areas to which certain customs & peculiarities of language are limitted.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your Obdt Servt

Edward M. Curr

1

An inner suburb of Melbourne.

2

Curr (1886-7).

3

as?

4

MS annotations, the first by M: 'Recd & Acknd | 11/10/87' (letter not found), the second in another hand, 'replied to 13/10/87'.

Please cite as “FVM-87-10-05b,” 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/87-10-05b