The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Hamilton & West: Dist: College ¶ Sept 22nd [1886] ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I forward you a cheque from Mr W. Moodie of Wando Dale, Coleraine ¶ - the first fruits of the 'Leader' in the 'Spectator'; ¶ an...

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A39 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney. 86.09.22

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Henry de la Poer Wall to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-09-22. 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/86-09-22>, accessed September 11, 2025

Hamilton & West: Dist: College

Hamilton, Vic.

Sept 22nd [1886]

Year deduced from position of MS in a chronological sequence of MSS, and from the date of Moodie's election.

My dear Baron

I forward you a cheque from Mr W. Moodie of Wando Dale, Coleraine

Vic. The list of members of the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, published in August 1890 in vol. 8, part 1, of the Society's Transactions, included 'Moodie, Wm., Coleraine', elected in 1886.

- the first fruits of the 'Leader' in the 'Spectator';

Hamilton Spectator, 14 September 1886, p. 2: ‘The proposal of the Victorian branch of the Geographical Society to equip a vessel for the purposes of exploration in the Antarctic Ocean is one which must meet with the approval of every thinking person in this colony... . The Society does not ask much. It is satisfied with a substantial increase to its roll of members. The annual subscription is one guinea...’.

and I ask you to be kind enough to propose him for membership, and to secure a Seconder.

I hope I shall have more to follow his Example.

I am

Yrs most faithfully

H. B. de la Poer Wall