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59.04.17

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Wilhelm Haidinger, 1859-04-17. 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//letters/1850-9/1859/59-04-17-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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Letter not found. For the text given here, see Jahrbuch der kaiserlich-königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt, vol. 10 (1859), Verhandlungen, p. 90.
[Eine wahre Oase der geistigen Ruhe und des lebhaftesten Fortschrittes bildet eine an den Director gelangte Zuschrift vom 17. April des gegenwärtigen Präsidenten des Philosophical Institute of Victoria in Melbourne, Herrn Dr. Ferdinand Müller, welche ersterem seine Wahl zum Ehrenmitgliede dieses Instituts anzeigt, und zugleich aus dem Melbourne Herald einen Bericht über das jährliche Festmahl dieses Institutes anschliesst.]
[A communication, dated 17 April 1859, from Dr Ferdinand Mueller the current President of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria in Melbourne, to the Director to notify him of his election as honorary member of the Institute.
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Haidinger was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria at an ordinary meeting held on 20 April 1859, after being proposed by M and seconded by William Wilson. See Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria , vol. 4 (1860), p.vii.
This letter reflects a veritable oasis of mental quietude and lively progress. A report from the Melbourne Herald on the annual banquet of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria is also enclosed.]
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M as the newly elected President of the Institute presided over its annual dinner at the Criterion hotel on 28 March 1859. The Herald carried a lengthy report the next day; see Herald, 29 March 1859, p. 5, cols b-d.