To the Royal Geographical Society   12 February 1896

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Joseph Bradshaw JP

Description

Pastoralist

Residence

Bradshaw's Run, Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 12th day of February 1896

 

Ferd. von Mueller

F.R.G.S

{ From personal knowledge

[J. A.] Panton

F.R.G.S.


A C Macdonald

F.R.G.S.


 

Proposed

23rd March 1896

Elected

13th April 1896

 

NOTE. — State for information of the Council the Geographical work or qualifications, if any, of the Candidate

 

Mr. Bradshaw is the author of two papers contributed to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (part II Vol IX) "Notes on a recent trip to Prince Rupert’s River" and "The Future of North Australia".1

MS annotation: 'Removed 1918'.

Please cite as “FVM-96-02-12b,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/96-02-12b