From Alexander Magarey to Ferdinand von Mueller   12 May 1891

Adelaide, May 12, 1891.

To Baron Sir F. Von Mueller,

President of Victorian Branch Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

Sir Thomas Elder cordially assents to your request, by giving his signature for one hundred pounds, this branch will doubtless co-operate. Meeting next week.

A. T. Magarey

Hon. Sec., S. A. Branch

Telegram not found. For the text given here, see Swedish-Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Correspondence with the Hon. Sir Thomas Elder, G.C.M.G. and with the Royal Academy of Science Stockholm, privately printed, ‘Only to be perused by the Members of the Antarctic Committee’, 22 July 1892 (X919.45 MAC, Library, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne), p. 3. See also A. Magarey to M, 1 June 1981 (in this edition as 91-06-01a).

Please cite as “FVM-91-05-12,” 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/91-05-12