Document information

Physical location:

MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2075/5, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 59.08.12

Preferred Citation:

Robert Burke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-08-12. 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/1850-9/1859/59-08-12-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Mount Shadwell
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Near Mortlake, Vic.
12 August 1859
Sir,
You will find enclosed a cheque for £10 that is my mite towards the Exploration fund. I wish I could have conveniently given you more as I am fully sensible that the object is of incalculable importance to the Colony but I cannot afford more at present — I can assure you that I fully appreciate your efforts which will I trust procure the necessary funds to enable you to receive the generous offer of £1000 that has been made conditionally
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See Circular, 15 September 1858.
and that you may be able to accomplish an object that is indeed of great national importance —
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen
Your obedient Servant
Robert Burke
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Robert Bartlett Burke.
To Sir W. F. Stawell
J. Hodgson Esq
F. Mueller Esq
J Macadam Esq
David E Wilkie Esq MD