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84.03.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, 1884-03 [84.03.00a]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/84-03-00a>, accessed September 11, 2025

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Exhibition Trustees held on 4 March 1884 (Leader, 8 March 1884, p. 28).
[Promises of a large number of exhibits for the Manufacturers' Exhibition
2
One of a number of exhibitions displaying local products that were mounted in Melbourne's splendid Exhibition Building, constructed for the International Exhibition, 1880-1, but now vacant. See the call for entries in Age (Melbourne), 23 February 1884, p. 9.
were reported, and letters were received from Baron von Mueller and Mr. Brough Smyth, agreeing to give the trustees their assistance in the formation of botanic and aboriginal collections.
3
In addition to temporary exhibits, it was proposed to mount some permanent displays.
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